Editing Economy of Kenya (section)

=== Exports ===
Kenya's chief exports are horticultural products and tea. In 2005, the combined value of these commodities was US$1,150 million, about 10 times the value of Kenya's third most valuable export, coffee. Kenya's other significant exports are petroleum products, fish, cement, pyrethrum, and sisal. The leading imports are crude petroleum, chemicals, manufactured goods, machinery, and transportation equipment. Africa is Kenya's largest export market, followed by the European Union.<ref name=cp/>

The major destinations for exports are Uganda, Tanzania, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. Major suppliers are China, India, the [[United Arab Emirates]], Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. Kenya's main exports to the United States are garments traded under the terms of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Notwithstanding this, Kenya's apparel industry is struggling to hold its ground against Asian competition and runs a trade deficit with the United States. Many of Kenya's problems relating to the export of goods are believed by economists to be caused by the fact that Kenya's exports are inexpensive items that do not bring substantial amounts of money into the country.<ref name=cp/>

Kenya is the dominant trade partner for Uganda (12.3% exports, 15.6% imports) and [[Rwanda]] (30.5% exports, 17.3% imports).<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uganda/ The World Factbook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412232431/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uganda |date=12 April 2021 }} Uganda country profile, CIA World Factbook</ref><ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/rwanda/ The World Factbook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109091722/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/rwanda |date=9 January 2021 }} Rwanda country profile, CIA World Fact book</ref>