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Uganda chemical trade

Chemicals, plastics and rubber (HS chapters 28 to 40) that Uganda exported and imported, as reported by its trade partners, with its largest HS codes and partner countries.

Suppliers in Uganda
Exports in 2024
$34.8M
−27.5% vs 2023
Imports in 2024
$536M
+4.2% vs 2023
Trade balance
−$501M
Net importer
World exporter rank
#115
<0.1% of world chemical exports

Uganda does not publish detailed six digit trade figures. Its figures for 2019 to 2024 are mirror data, built from what the 28 major economies reported about their trade with Uganda, so treat them as a lower bound.

Trend

Uganda's chemical exports and imports per year, 2019 to 2024, partly or fully as reported by its trade partners.

Exports$34.8M in 2024Imports$536M in 2024
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Uganda chemical exports and imports by year, US dollars
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Uganda chemical exports and imports by year, US dollars
YearExportsImports
2019$10.1M$367M
2020$29.5M$416M
2021$25.6M$682M
2022$92.5M$675M
2023$48M$514M
2024$34.8M$536M

By HS chapter

How Uganda's chemical trade in 2024 splits across chapters 28 to 40.

Exports Imports

Largest HS codes

The chemical HS codes Uganda exported and imported the most in 2024.

Top exports

  1. 13806.10Rosin and resin acidsAt least 3 destinations$12.4M
  2. 23503.00Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not…At least 3 destinations$8.14M
  3. 33501.10CaseinAt least 1 destination$7.51M
  4. 43907.61Poly(ethylene terephthalate), having a viscosity number of 78 ml/g or higherAt least 2 destinations$2.64M
  5. 53915.90Waste, parings and scrapAt least 3 destinations$745K
  6. 63006.60Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 2937…At least 1 destination$641K
  7. 73907.69Poly(ethylene terephthalate), otherAt least 6 destinations$518K
  8. 83004.90Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products not elsewhere classified in heading 3004, for therapeutic…At least 11 destinations$371K
  9. 93904.21Non-plasticised poly(vinyl chloride), in primary forms, mixed with other substancesAt least 1 destination$240K
  10. 104011.20New pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorriesAt least 1 destination$221K
  11. 112803.00Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)At least 1 destination$195K
  12. 123002.12Antisera and other blood fractionsAt least 6 destinations$139K

Top imports

  1. 13302.10Odoriferous substances and mixtures of a kind used in the food or drink industriesAt least 15 supplying countries$67.1M
  2. 23822.19Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on…At least 20 supplying countries$45.7M
  3. 33907.61Poly(ethylene terephthalate), having a viscosity number of 78 ml/g or higherAt least 2 supplying countries$27M
  4. 43004.90Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products not elsewhere classified in heading 3004, for therapeutic…At least 20 supplying countries$24.8M
  5. 53002.41Vaccines for human medicineAt least 5 supplying countries$22.4M
  6. 64011.20New pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorriesAt least 9 supplying countries$14.7M
  7. 72938.90Natural or reproduced by synthesis, other than rutoside (rutin) and its derivativesAt least 3 supplying countries$14.2M
  8. 83926.90Plastics, other articles not elsewhere classified in chapter 39At least 24 supplying countries$13M
  9. 93901.20Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0,94 or moreAt least 5 supplying countries$12.8M
  10. 103902.10PolypropyleneAt least 7 supplying countries$12.7M
  11. 113004.20Medicaments containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives)…At least 12 supplying countries$12M
  12. 123006.60Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 2937…At least 4 supplying countries$10.3M

Main partner countries

Where Uganda's chemicals went and came from in 2024, among the 28 major reporting economies. Based on the top 10 partners for each HS code.

Exports to

  1. 1
    China
    $14.9M
    42.7% of exports
  2. 2
    United States
    $7.92M
    22.8% of exports
  3. 3
    Turkey
    $5.33M
    15.3% of exports
  4. 4
    Spain
    $2.9M
    8.3% of exports
  5. 5
    South Korea
    $1.04M
    3.0% of exports
  6. 6
    Netherlands
    $687K
    2.0% of exports
  7. 7
    Germany
    $437K
    1.3% of exports
  8. 8
    South Africa
    $366K
    1.1% of exports
  9. 9
    Ireland
    $287K
    0.8% of exports
  10. 10
    Japan
    $269K
    0.8% of exports

Imports from

  1. 1
    China
    $212M
    39.6% of imports
  2. 2
    Ireland
    $63.2M
    11.8% of imports
  3. 3
    Germany
    $33.8M
    6.3% of imports
  4. 4
    Belgium
    $31.2M
    5.8% of imports
  5. 5
    Netherlands
    $28.5M
    5.3% of imports
  6. 6
    Egypt
    $26.9M
    5.0% of imports
  7. 7
    Saudi Arabia
    $23.1M
    4.3% of imports
  8. 8
    South Africa
    $21.1M
    3.9% of imports
  9. 9
    United States
    $20.6M
    3.8% of imports
  10. 10
    United Kingdom
    $19.7M
    3.7% of imports

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