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About

Uganda-United States Trade: In 2022, Uganda exported $175M to United States. The main products that Uganda exported to United States were Coffee ($71.9M), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($44.8M), and Vanilla ($21.4M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Uganda to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 23.8%, from $60.2M in 2017 to $175M in 2022.

In 2022, Uganda did not export any services to United States.

United States-Uganda Trade: In 2022, United States exported $137M to Uganda. The main products that United States exported to Uganda were Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($60.1M), Other Plastic Products ($10.5M), and Broadcasting Equipment ($5.42M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United States to Uganda have increased at an annualized rate of 3.6%,  from $115M in 2017 to $137M in 2022.

In 2022, United States did not export any services to Uganda.

Comparison: In 2022,  Uganda ranked 105 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.85), and 135 in total exports ($3.99B). That same year, United States ranked 10 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.47), and 2 in total exports ($1.95T).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Uganda exported $175M to United States. The main products exported from Uganda to United States were Coffee ($71.9M), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($44.8M), and Vanilla ($21.4M). During the last 5 years the exports of Uganda to United States have increased at an annualized rate of 23.8%, from $60.2M in 2017 to $175M in 2022.

In 2017, United States exported $137M to Uganda. The main products exported from United States to Uganda were Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($60.1M), Other Plastic Products ($10.5M), and Broadcasting Equipment ($5.42M). During the last 5 years the exports of United States to Uganda have increased at an annualized rate of 3.6%, from $115M in 2022 to $137M in 2017.

Exports from Uganda (Flag) to United States (Flag) (2022)

Exports from United States (Flag) to Uganda (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between Uganda (Flag) and United States (Flag)

Uganda Exports

United States Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Uganda
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$1.22B
United States
Top Destination
Canada$308B

This map shows whether countries import more from Uganda or United States. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Uganda and United States or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Uganda than United States included Burundi ($71.8M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from United States than Uganda included Canada ($308B), Mexico ($294B), and China ($151B).

Difference in imports from United States (Flag) and Uganda (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Uganda - United States

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Uganda and United States by product, considering products traded by both, Uganda and United States.

During 2022, Uganda had a large net trade with United States in the exports of Vegetable Products ($101M), Chemical Products ($59.5M), and Foodstuffs ($5.61M).

During 2017, United States had a large net trade with Uganda in the exports of Chemical Products ($66.2M), Machines ($27M), and Plastics and Rubbers ($18.7M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Uganda United States+$60.4MCoffee
Top Product Potential United States Uganda+$17.8MVaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Uganda and United States. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Uganda indicates it has a comparative advantage over United States. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of United States indicates it has a comparative advantage over Uganda.

Product Space of Uganda (Flag) and United States (Flag) (2022)

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