Kenya Exports Performance Overview
Kenya's economy has been running on one engine. Kenya's strong engine is domestic consumption, which accounts for 75 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Kenya's weak engine remains its exports, which have been declining sharply...
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okr-10986-268102021-04-23T14:04:37Z Kenya Exports Performance Overview World Bank AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE APPAREL BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS BILATERAL TRADE COMMODITY EXPORTS COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE POSITION COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC INVESTMENT ELASTICITY EMERGING MARKETS EXPORT BASKET EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKET EXPANSION EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PATTERNS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT POTENTIAL EXPORT PRODUCTS EXPORT SECTOR EXPORT SECTORS EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SPECIALIZATION EXPORT VALUE EXPORTS EXPORTS OF GOODS EXTERNAL SHOCKS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL EXPORTS GLOBAL MARKETS GRAVITY MODEL GROWTH RATE GROWTH VOLATILITY IMPORT COSTS IMPORT VALUES INCOME INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND INDUSTRIALIZATION INDUSTRY TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE MARKET PENETRATION MARKET SHARE MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORT MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MERCHANDISE TRADE OIL EXPORTERS OIL IMPORTS OPENNESS POSITIVE EFFECTS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REGIONAL TRADE SERVICE EXPORTS SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS SPECIALIZATION STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSTITUTES TERMS OF TRADE TERMS OF TRADE SHOCKS TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE INTENSITY TRADE ORIENTATION TRADE PARTNERS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE PERFORMANCE VALUE OF TRADE WORLD MARKET WORLD TRADE Kenya's economy has been running on one engine. Kenya's strong engine is domestic consumption, which accounts for 75 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Kenya's weak engine remains its exports, which have been declining sharply in relative importance. Kenya's top four main exports do not earn enough to pay for oil imports, not to mention other imports. It will be very difficult for Kenya to achieve high growth over an extended period of time because of its existing economic imbalances. Kenya needs to increase its export competitiveness. It is clear that Kenya's trade performance is below its potential. The objective of this overview is to provide some of that analysis and to contribute to the policy dialogue on the role of exports Kenya's future growth. This paper focuses on five issues: 1) overall trade orientation and export growth; 2) merchandise export trends; 3) merchandise exports by sector; 4) merchandise exports by destination; and 5) diversification. The growth of merchandise exports has been slow and volatile. The average annual growth rate of merchandise exports has been only 10 percent. And while countries such as Vietnam have has a distinct export growth trajectory with steady growth in merchandise exports year after year, Kenya's pattern has been rather volatile with a few good years followed by major falls. Export growth has been driven primarily by existing products in existing markets. Overall there has been little new product/new market discovery. 2017-05-31T19:59:23Z 2017-05-31T19:59:23Z 2012-08 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/933041468278359551/Kenya-exports-performance-overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26810 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Kenya |
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE APPAREL BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS BILATERAL TRADE COMMODITY EXPORTS COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE POSITION COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC INVESTMENT ELASTICITY EMERGING MARKETS EXPORT BASKET EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKET EXPANSION EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PATTERNS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT POTENTIAL EXPORT PRODUCTS EXPORT SECTOR EXPORT SECTORS EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SPECIALIZATION EXPORT VALUE EXPORTS EXPORTS OF GOODS EXTERNAL SHOCKS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL EXPORTS GLOBAL MARKETS GRAVITY MODEL GROWTH RATE GROWTH VOLATILITY IMPORT COSTS IMPORT VALUES INCOME INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND INDUSTRIALIZATION INDUSTRY TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE MARKET PENETRATION MARKET SHARE MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORT MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MERCHANDISE TRADE OIL EXPORTERS OIL IMPORTS OPENNESS POSITIVE EFFECTS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REGIONAL TRADE SERVICE EXPORTS SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS SPECIALIZATION STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSTITUTES TERMS OF TRADE TERMS OF TRADE SHOCKS TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE INTENSITY TRADE ORIENTATION TRADE PARTNERS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE PERFORMANCE VALUE OF TRADE WORLD MARKET WORLD TRADE |
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE APPAREL BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS BILATERAL TRADE COMMODITY EXPORTS COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE POSITION COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC INVESTMENT ELASTICITY EMERGING MARKETS EXPORT BASKET EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKET EXPANSION EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PATTERNS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT POTENTIAL EXPORT PRODUCTS EXPORT SECTOR EXPORT SECTORS EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SPECIALIZATION EXPORT VALUE EXPORTS EXPORTS OF GOODS EXTERNAL SHOCKS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL EXPORTS GLOBAL MARKETS GRAVITY MODEL GROWTH RATE GROWTH VOLATILITY IMPORT COSTS IMPORT VALUES INCOME INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND INDUSTRIALIZATION INDUSTRY TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE MARKET PENETRATION MARKET SHARE MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORT MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MERCHANDISE TRADE OIL EXPORTERS OIL IMPORTS OPENNESS POSITIVE EFFECTS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REGIONAL TRADE SERVICE EXPORTS SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS SPECIALIZATION STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSTITUTES TERMS OF TRADE TERMS OF TRADE SHOCKS TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE INTENSITY TRADE ORIENTATION TRADE PARTNERS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE PERFORMANCE VALUE OF TRADE WORLD MARKET WORLD TRADE World Bank Kenya Exports Performance Overview |
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Kenya's economy has been running on
one engine. Kenya's strong engine is domestic
consumption, which accounts for 75 percent of Gross Domestic
Product (GDP). Kenya's weak engine remains its exports,
which have been declining sharply in relative importance.
Kenya's top four main exports do not earn enough to pay
for oil imports, not to mention other imports. It will be
very difficult for Kenya to achieve high growth over an
extended period of time because of its existing economic
imbalances. Kenya needs to increase its export
competitiveness. It is clear that Kenya's trade
performance is below its potential. The objective of this
overview is to provide some of that analysis and to
contribute to the policy dialogue on the role of exports
Kenya's future growth. This paper focuses on five
issues: 1) overall trade orientation and export growth; 2)
merchandise export trends; 3) merchandise exports by sector;
4) merchandise exports by destination; and 5)
diversification. The growth of merchandise exports has been
slow and volatile. The average annual growth rate of
merchandise exports has been only 10 percent. And while
countries such as Vietnam have has a distinct export growth
trajectory with steady growth in merchandise exports year
after year, Kenya's pattern has been rather volatile
with a few good years followed by major falls. Export growth
has been driven primarily by existing products in existing
markets. Overall there has been little new product/new
market discovery. |
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Kenya Exports Performance Overview |
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Kenya Exports Performance Overview |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/933041468278359551/Kenya-exports-performance-overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26810 |
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