Uganda Exports 2023
Complete list of Uganda's 155 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$8.39B
Total exports (2023)
#109
Global export rank
155
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Uganda exported $8.39 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #109 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 155 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 82.6% of total export value. The leading export was gold, semi-manufactured, valued at $2.07 billion — 24.6% of the country's export portfolio.
The two tables below list every destination country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All export destinations
155 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | $2.11B | 25.09% |
| 2 | India | $1.51B | 18.01% |
| 3 | Kenya | $712.80M | 8.49% |
| 4 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $710.89M | 8.47% |
| 5 | South Sudan | $536.42M | 6.39% |
| 6 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | $410.86M | 4.90% |
| 7 | Italy | $281.54M | 3.35% |
| 8 | Rwanda | $280.22M | 3.34% |
| 9 | Germany | $217.00M | 2.59% |
| 10 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $166.66M | 1.99% |
| 11 | Netherlands | $126.82M | 1.51% |
| 12 | USA | $118.70M | 1.41% |
| 13 | Sudan | $116.22M | 1.38% |
| 14 | China | $105.68M | 1.26% |
| 15 | Burundi | $70.00M | 0.83% |
| 16 | Spain | $63.53M | 0.76% |
| 17 | Algeria | $46.14M | 0.55% |
| 18 | Türkiye | $43.46M | 0.52% |
| 19 | Belgium | $41.82M | 0.50% |
| 20 | Malaysia | $39.11M | 0.47% |
| 21 | Pakistan | $36.13M | 0.43% |
| 22 | Nigeria | $35.00M | 0.42% |
| 23 | China, Macao SAR | $34.25M | 0.41% |
| 24 | Indonesia | $30.25M | 0.36% |
| 25 | Morocco | $30.09M | 0.36% |
| 26 | Egypt | $28.29M | 0.34% |
| 27 | United Kingdom | $27.93M | 0.33% |
| 28 | Switzerland | $27.76M | 0.33% |
| 29 | Portugal | $25.91M | 0.31% |
| 30 | France | $25.61M | 0.31% |
| 31 | Ethiopia | $22.81M | 0.27% |
| 32 | Zambia | $20.24M | 0.24% |
| 33 | Canada | $18.81M | 0.22% |
| 34 | Japan | $16.86M | 0.20% |
| 35 | Poland | $15.89M | 0.19% |
| 36 | Russian Federation | $15.30M | 0.18% |
| 37 | Israel | $15.18M | 0.18% |
| 38 | Sweden | $14.74M | 0.18% |
| 39 | South Africa | $14.68M | 0.17% |
| 40 | Qatar | $14.47M | 0.17% |
| 41 | Angola | $13.36M | 0.16% |
| 42 | Slovenia | $11.14M | 0.13% |
| 43 | Serbia | $10.28M | 0.12% |
| 44 | Viet Nam | $10.10M | 0.12% |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | $10.09M | 0.12% |
| 46 | Bulgaria | $9.47M | 0.11% |
| 47 | Austria | $9.24M | 0.11% |
| 48 | Romania | $9.01M | 0.11% |
| 49 | Greece | $8.95M | 0.11% |
| 50 | Lithuania | $7.76M | 0.09% |
| 51 | Oman | $7.69M | 0.09% |
| 52 | Ukraine | $7.60M | 0.09% |
| 53 | Rep. of Korea | $7.18M | 0.09% |
| 54 | Australia | $5.21M | 0.06% |
| 55 | Central African Rep. | $5.19M | 0.06% |
| 56 | Mozambique | $5.13M | 0.06% |
| 57 | Finland | $5.05M | 0.06% |
| 58 | Tunisia | $4.45M | 0.05% |
| 59 | Bangladesh | $4.27M | 0.05% |
| 60 | Malawi | $4.21M | 0.05% |
| 61 | Jordan | $4.08M | 0.05% |
| 62 | Singapore | $3.58M | 0.04% |
| 63 | Czechia | $3.44M | 0.04% |
| 64 | Equatorial Guinea | $3.43M | 0.04% |
| 65 | Mexico | $3.10M | 0.04% |
| 66 | Estonia | $3.05M | 0.04% |
| 67 | Somalia | $2.75M | 0.03% |
| 68 | Mauritius | $2.00M | 0.02% |
| 69 | Hungary | $1.96M | 0.02% |
| 70 | Madagascar | $1.81M | 0.02% |
| 71 | Lesotho | $1.75M | 0.02% |
| 72 | Ireland | $1.68M | 0.02% |
| 73 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $1.59M | 0.02% |
| 74 | Georgia | $1.42M | 0.02% |
| 75 | Niger | $1.37M | 0.02% |
| 76 | Dem. People's Rep. of Korea | $1.29M | 0.02% |
| 77 | Denmark | $1.28M | 0.02% |
| 78 | Norway | $1.26M | 0.01% |
| 79 | Latvia | $1.21M | 0.01% |
| 80 | Albania | $1.18M | 0.01% |
| 81 | Thailand | $1.14M | 0.01% |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | $1.09M | 0.01% |
| 83 | Luxembourg | $1.04M | 0.01% |
| 84 | Lebanon | $1.03M | 0.01% |
| 85 | Bahrain | $851,280 | 0.01% |
| 86 | Other Asia, nes | $751,740 | 0.01% |
| 87 | Congo | $748,848 | 0.01% |
| 88 | Slovakia | $723,029 | 0.01% |
| 89 | Armenia | $705,923 | 0.01% |
| 90 | North Macedonia | $608,477 | 0.01% |
| 91 | Libya | $572,408 | 0.01% |
| 92 | Dominican Rep. | $542,829 | 0.01% |
| 93 | Cyprus | $514,201 | 0.01% |
| 94 | Kuwait | $451,804 | 0.01% |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | $403,417 | 0.00% |
| 96 | Benin | $395,153 | 0.00% |
| 97 | Namibia | $394,934 | 0.00% |
| 98 | New Zealand | $391,521 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Ghana | $389,035 | 0.00% |
| 100 | Cabo Verde | $344,743 | 0.00% |
| 101 | Togo | $342,589 | 0.00% |
| 102 | Maldives | $340,420 | 0.00% |
| 103 | Iran | $328,787 | 0.00% |
| 104 | Côte d'Ivoire | $265,362 | 0.00% |
| 105 | Mali | $264,612 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Kazakhstan | $252,779 | 0.00% |
| 107 | Nepal | $239,733 | 0.00% |
| 108 | Djibouti | $224,210 | 0.00% |
| 109 | Burkina Faso | $210,097 | 0.00% |
| 110 | Senegal | $184,891 | 0.00% |
| 111 | Iceland | $178,391 | 0.00% |
| 112 | Brazil | $148,232 | 0.00% |
| 113 | FS Micronesia | $142,459 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Seychelles | $132,201 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Liberia | $120,726 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Cambodia | $120,723 | 0.00% |
| 117 | Cameroon | $118,871 | 0.00% |
| 118 | Colombia | $107,801 | 0.00% |
| 119 | Ecuador | $88,270 | 0.00% |
| 120 | Botswana | $85,071 | 0.00% |
| 121 | Chile | $70,552 | 0.00% |
| 122 | Gambia | $68,591 | 0.00% |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | $67,753 | 0.00% |
| 124 | Rep. of Moldova | $47,737 | 0.00% |
| 125 | Brunei Darussalam | $34,210 | 0.00% |
| 126 | Barbados | $32,908 | 0.00% |
| 127 | Peru | $30,478 | 0.00% |
| 128 | Croatia | $29,390 | 0.00% |
| 129 | Guinea | $28,299 | 0.00% |
| 130 | Iraq | $27,741 | 0.00% |
| 131 | Comoros | $20,847 | 0.00% |
| 132 | Azerbaijan | $20,738 | 0.00% |
| 133 | Mauritania | $19,191 | 0.00% |
| 134 | Belarus | $11,969 | 0.00% |
| 135 | Afghanistan | $11,904 | 0.00% |
| 136 | Malta | $11,699 | 0.00% |
| 137 | Dominica | $11,422 | 0.00% |
| 138 | Argentina | $10,089 | 0.00% |
| 139 | Chad | $10,036 | 0.00% |
| 140 | Sierra Leone | $9,508 | 0.00% |
| 141 | Gabon | $8,777 | 0.00% |
| 142 | Andorra | $8,358 | 0.00% |
| 143 | Philippines | $8,355 | 0.00% |
| 144 | Costa Rica | $8,254 | 0.00% |
| 145 | Montenegro | $7,532 | 0.00% |
| 146 | El Salvador | $7,107 | 0.00% |
| 147 | Kyrgyzstan | $4,295 | 0.00% |
| 148 | Eritrea | $3,957 | 0.00% |
| 149 | Paraguay | $3,915 | 0.00% |
| 150 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $2,796 | 0.00% |
| 151 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $2,694 | 0.00% |
| 152 | Uruguay | $2,180 | 0.00% |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | $1,754 | 0.00% |
| 154 | Eswatini | $1,096 | 0.00% |
| 155 | Guatemala | $737 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 710813 | Metals: gold, semi-manufactured | $2.07B | 24.65% |
| 2 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $2.07B | 24.62% |
| 3 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $989.41M | 11.79% |
| 4 | 271000 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils | $138.51M | 1.65% |
| 5 | 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $126.39M | 1.51% |
| 6 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $91.68M | 1.09% |
| 7 | 690740 | Finishing ceramics | $91.49M | 1.09% |
| 8 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $88.38M | 1.05% |
| 9 | 090240 | Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $84.20M | 1.00% |
| 10 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $79.44M | 0.95% |
| 11 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $74.95M | 0.89% |
| 12 | 030572 | Fish: edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws | $72.69M | 0.87% |
| 13 | 260111 | Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated | $65.08M | 0.78% |
| 14 | 690722 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 0.5% but not over 10% | $54.17M | 0.65% |
| 15 | 110220 | Cereal flour: of maize (corn) | $53.41M | 0.64% |
| 16 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $50.15M | 0.60% |
| 17 | 040120 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6% | $47.06M | 0.56% |
| 18 | 440839 | Wood, of tropical wood: as in Subheading note 2 to this Chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 4408.31, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn length wise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not thicker than 6mm | $46.36M | 0.55% |
| 19 | 271600 | Electrical energy | $46.31M | 0.55% |
| 20 | 100510 | Cereals: maize (corn), seed | $43.66M | 0.52% |
| 21 | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $42.44M | 0.51% |
| 22 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $38.29M | 0.46% |
| 23 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $37.96M | 0.45% |
| 24 | 060210 | Plants, live: unrooted cuttings and slips | $37.85M | 0.45% |
| 25 | 090510 | Spices: vanilla, neither crushed nor ground | $37.35M | 0.45% |
| 26 | 240110 | Tobacco, (not stemmed or stripped) | $36.67M | 0.44% |
| 27 | 721041 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, corrugated, plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $35.52M | 0.42% |
| 28 | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $34.74M | 0.41% |
| 29 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $33.17M | 0.40% |
| 30 | 100790 | Cereals: grain sorghum, other than seed | $30.71M | 0.37% |
| 31 | 120740 | Oil seeds: sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | $30.48M | 0.36% |
| 32 | 730690 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | $29.07M | 0.35% |
| 33 | 030433 | Fish fillets: fresh or chilled, Nile perch (Lates niloticus) | $28.61M | 0.34% |
| 34 | 230230 | Bran, sharps and other residues: of wheat, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | $28.55M | 0.34% |
| 35 | 071331 | Vegetables, leguminous: beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $27.51M | 0.33% |
| 36 | 240120 | Tobacco: partly or wholly stemmed or stripped | $26.41M | 0.31% |
| 37 | 030463 | Fish fillets: frozen, Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) | $26.18M | 0.31% |
| 38 | 060240 | Plants, live: roses, grafted or not | $25.28M | 0.30% |
| 39 | 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $25.24M | 0.30% |
| 40 | 690723 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 10% | $22.86M | 0.27% |
| 41 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $22.36M | 0.27% |
| 42 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $21.44M | 0.26% |
| 43 | 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $21.19M | 0.25% |
| 44 | 340119 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, not for toilet use | $21.10M | 0.25% |
| 45 | 110430 | Cereal: germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground | $20.66M | 0.25% |
| 46 | 350300 | Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives: isinglass: other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of heading no. 3501 | $19.84M | 0.24% |
| 47 | 842959 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: n.e.c. in item no. 8429.50 | $19.81M | 0.24% |
| 48 | 010221 | Cattle: live, pure-bred breeding animals | $19.54M | 0.23% |
| 49 | 090230 | Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | $18.69M | 0.22% |
| 50 | 240311 | Tobacco: smoking, water pipe tobacco as specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $17.33M | 0.21% |
| 51 | 071339 | Vegetables, leguminous: n.e.c. in item no. 0713.3, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $17.17M | 0.20% |
| 52 | 100710 | Cereals: grain sorghum, seed | $17.13M | 0.20% |
| 53 | 520300 | Cotton: carded or combed | $16.79M | 0.20% |
| 54 | 220710 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol: of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher | $16.70M | 0.20% |
| 55 | 441114 | Medium density fibreboard (MDF), of a thickness exceeding 9 mm | $15.72M | 0.19% |
| 56 | 071090 | Vegetable mixtures: uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen | $15.16M | 0.18% |
| 57 | 440890 | Wood: n.e.c. in heading no. 4408, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not exceeding 6mm in thickness | $15.00M | 0.18% |
| 58 | 441299 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood (other than blockboard, laminboard and battenboard, other than of bamboo, and other than plywood consisting only of sheets of wood each ply 6mm or thinner) | $14.85M | 0.18% |
| 59 | 240399 | Tobacco: other than homogenised or reconstituted or smoking | $14.51M | 0.17% |
| 60 | 190531 | Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $14.26M | 0.17% |
| 61 | 220890 | Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages: n.e.c. in heading no. 2208 | $13.88M | 0.17% |
| 62 | 220720 | Ethyl alcohol and other spirits: denatured, of any strength | $13.85M | 0.17% |
| 63 | 110423 | Cereal grains: worked (e.g. hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled) of maize (corn) | $13.54M | 0.16% |
| 64 | 040210 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $13.48M | 0.16% |
| 65 | 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value: stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | $12.44M | 0.15% |
| 66 | 401140 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motorcycles | $12.28M | 0.15% |
| 67 | 520100 | Cotton: not carded or combed | $12.09M | 0.14% |
| 68 | 720310 | Ferrous products: obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | $11.92M | 0.14% |
| 69 | 340120 | Soap: in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | $11.77M | 0.14% |
| 70 | 040510 | Dairy produce: derived from milk, butter | $11.75M | 0.14% |
| 71 | 350110 | Casein | $11.70M | 0.14% |
| 72 | 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $10.90M | 0.13% |
| 73 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $10.58M | 0.13% |
| 74 | 847490 | Machines, for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing etc mineral substances, for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid fuels, ceramic pastes etc, for forming foundry moulds of sand: parts | $10.27M | 0.12% |
| 75 | 731700 | Iron or steel: nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (not those of heading no. 8305) and the like, with heads of other material or not, but excluding articles with heads of copper | $9.88M | 0.12% |
| 76 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $9.86M | 0.12% |
| 77 | 870333 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc | $9.73M | 0.12% |
| 78 | 071333 | Vegetables, leguminous: kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $9.68M | 0.12% |
| 79 | 870423 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $9.33M | 0.11% |
| 80 | 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $9.29M | 0.11% |
| 81 | 940421 | Mattresses: of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not covered | $9.28M | 0.11% |
| 82 | 120799 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits: n.e.c. in heading no. 1207, whether or not broken | $8.73M | 0.10% |
| 83 | 070820 | Vegetables, leguminous: beans (vigna spp., phaseolus spp.), shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled | $8.67M | 0.10% |
| 84 | 030559 | Fish: dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.5 | $8.59M | 0.10% |
| 85 | 060311 | Flowers, cut: roses, flowers and buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh | $8.25M | 0.10% |
| 86 | 230210 | Bran, sharps and other residues: of maize (corn), whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | $7.88M | 0.09% |
| 87 | 330520 | Hair preparations: for permanent waving or straightening | $7.53M | 0.09% |
| 88 | 391590 | Plastics n.e.c. in heading no. 3915: waste, parings and scrap | $7.23M | 0.09% |
| 89 | 880390 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts thereof n.e.c. in chapter 88 | $7.07M | 0.08% |
| 90 | 200290 | Vegetable preparations: tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | $6.92M | 0.08% |
| 91 | 120110 | Soya beans: seed, whether or not broken | $6.86M | 0.08% |
| 92 | 040221 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $6.81M | 0.08% |
| 93 | 220860 | Vodka | $6.74M | 0.08% |
| 94 | 080440 | Fruit, edible: avocados, fresh or dried | $6.70M | 0.08% |
| 95 | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | $6.58M | 0.08% |
| 96 | 253010 | Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites: unexpanded | $6.39M | 0.08% |
| 97 | 320990 | Paints and varnishes: (based on polymers other than acrylic or vinyl), dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | $6.37M | 0.08% |
| 98 | 721650 | Iron or non-alloy steel: angles, shapes and sections, n.e.c. in heading no. 7216, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | $6.36M | 0.08% |
| 99 | 440399 | Wood: in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated, n.e.c. in heading no. 4403 | $6.17M | 0.07% |
| 100 | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $6.12M | 0.07% |