Summary
- Share of its imports
- 43.5%
- Value imported
- $490million
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 38
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 23
- Dominated value
- $397million
- Share of total imports
- 35.3%
Trend
Trend in shares
Uganda went from 0% to 43.5% of what South Sudan buys
Share (%)
- Uganda 43.5%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 1996 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 1997 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 1998 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 1999 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2012 | 17 | 14% | 4 |
| 2013 | 150 | 36% | 1 |
| 2014 | 249 | 45.7% | 1 |
| 2015 | 235 | 30.9% | 1 |
| 2016 | 189 | 35.7% | 1 |
| 2017 | 254 | 46.4% | 1 |
| 2018 | 302 | 36.4% | 1 |
| 2019 | 341 | 33.6% | 1 |
| 2020 | 357 | 32% | 1 |
| 2021 | 484 | 35.3% | 1 |
| 2022 | 605 | 38.4% | 1 |
| 2023 | 536 | 33% | 1 |
| 2024 | 490 | 43.5% | 1 |
Products where Uganda sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other cereal flours | Uganda | 99.6%over 75% | Tanzania · 0.19% | $48 million |
| Cane and beet sugar | Uganda | 98.4%over 75% | Saudi Arabia · 1.2% | $45 million |
| Cement | Uganda | 67.5% | Kenya · 32.4% | $39 million |
| Steel bars | Uganda | 94%over 75% | Kenya · 4.2% | $32 million |
| Wheat flour | Uganda | 66.5% | Turkey · 19.2% | $27 million |
| Soft drinks | Uganda | 91.1%over 75% | Austria · 6% | $23 million |
| Soap | Uganda | 87%over 75% | Kenya · 12.8% | $20 million |
| Palm oil | Uganda | 69.2% | Kenya · 30.5% | $17 million |
| Welded steel pipes | Uganda | 91%over 75% | Kenya · 3.6% | $17 million |
| Cigarettes and cigars | Uganda | 79.7%over 75% | Tanzania · 17.5% | $15 million |
| Ceramic tiles | Uganda | 96%over 75% | India · 1.5% | $15 million |
| Dried legumes (beans, lentils, peas) | Uganda | 59.1% | United States · 19% | $13 million |
| Plastic packaging | Uganda | 80.6%over 75% | Kenya · 9.8% | $10 million |
| Other processed tobacco | Uganda | 99.3%over 75% | India · 0.42% | $8 million |
| Tea | Uganda | 56.3% | Kenya · 39.2% | $7 million |
| Water-based paints and varnishes | Uganda | 75.2%over 75% | Kenya · 24.4% | $7 million |
| Corn | Uganda | 93.5%over 75% | Tanzania · 6.5% | $6 million |
| Motorcycles | Uganda | 64.5% | China · 32.9% | $6 million |
| Spirits | Uganda | 70.9% | Kenya · 27.7% | $5 million |
| Dishwashers and packing machines | Uganda | 67.2% | China · 31.8% | $4 million |
| Mattresses, pillows and quilts | Uganda | 70.4% | United States · 14% | $4 million |
| Powdered and condensed milk | Uganda | 78.3%over 75% | Kenya · 20.7% | $4 million |
| Plywood | Uganda | 98.6%over 75% | China · 1.4% | $3 million |
| Fresh milk and cream | Uganda | 71.9% | Slovenia · 13.5% | $3 million |
| Iron or steel nails and tacks | Uganda | 91.3%over 75% | Kenya · 4.5% | $2 million |
| Steel angles and sections | Uganda | 87.1%over 75% | China · 8.3% | $2 million |
| Ethyl alcohol (ethanol) | Uganda | 84.1%over 75% | Tanzania · 14.8% | $2 million |
| Live sheep and goats | Uganda | 100%over 75% | — | $2 million |
| Makeup and skin care | Uganda | 53.9% | Kenya · 25.6% | $2 million |
| Bulk medicines | Uganda | 79.2%over 75% | China · 11.5% | $1 million |
and 8 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- Uganda sells 4.6% of what the world exports of other cereal flours; next come Mexico (14.5%), Thailand (9%) and South Africa (8%). The rest of the world exported 32 times what South Sudan buys from Uganda.
- Uganda sells 0.38% of what the world exports of cane and beet sugar; next come Brazil (47.2%), Thailand (6.2%) and India (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 921.3 times what South Sudan buys from Uganda.
- Uganda sells 0.59% of what the world exports of cement; next come Turkey (9.6%), Vietnam (9.5%) and Egypt (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 366.2 times what South Sudan buys from Uganda.
- Uganda sells 0.3% of what the world exports of steel bars; next come Turkey (11.5%), China (10.8%) and Malaysia (10.3%). The rest of the world exported 578.2 times what South Sudan buys from Uganda.
- Uganda sells 0.6% of what the world exports of wheat flour; next come Turkey (20.1%), Kazakhstan (8.6%) and Germany (8%). The rest of the world exported 215.9 times what South Sudan buys from Uganda.
- Uganda sells 0.13% of what the world exports of soft drinks; next come Austria (9.8%), Germany (8.4%) and Netherlands (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 1,314.9 times what South Sudan buys from Uganda.
- Uganda sells 0.32% of what the world exports of soap; next come Indonesia (12%), China (11%) and Germany (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 434.4 times what South Sudan buys from Uganda.
- Uganda sells 0.14% of what the world exports of palm oil; next come Indonesia (48.7%), Malaysia (34.1%) and Netherlands (2%). The rest of the world exported 2,483.6 times what South Sudan buys from Uganda.
- Uganda sells 0.13% of what the world exports of welded steel pipes; next come Italy (14.9%), China (14.6%) and Germany (6.5%). The rest of the world exported 1,433.2 times what South Sudan buys from Uganda.
- Uganda sells 0.09% of what the world exports of cigarettes and cigars; next come Poland (21.3%), Germany (7.4%) and Indonesia (6.8%). The rest of the world exported 1,622.4 times what South Sudan buys from Uganda.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from Uganda
South Sudan is Uganda’s 4th-largest customer, with 5.6% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.