Uganda Major Exports

According to the statistics of CIA FactBook, Uganda exported US$1,477 million worth of goods around the world in 2018. Among all the top products exported from Uganda, Fish Fillets contribute to 10.74% of total trade value, equal to US$158,637 thousand. The second exported is Coffee, which accounts for 9.77%. The following table lists the top products exported by Uganda. Also shown are the trade value and the percentage share for each export category as well as the growth rate during the past 5 years.

Top Products Exported by Uganda

Market Value: 1,477 (millions) – Last Updated: June, 2019

Top Products Exported by Uganda

Rank Product Trade Value (thousands) Share (%) Growth (% 5yr)
1 Fish Fillets 158,637 10.74 100.45
2 Coffee 144,285 9.77 9.15
3 Tobacco 27,847 1.89 -42.61
4 Cut Flowers & Buds 27,501 1.86 82.66
5 Cotton 17,783 1.20 41.13
6 Live Plants 13,598 0.92 121.12
7 Fresh Fish 12,658 0.86 590.07
8 Cobalt Mattes 10,849 0.73 78.02
9 Cocoa 8,326 0.56 88.41
10 Oil Seeds & Oleaginous Fruits 8,225 0.56 528.82
11 Frozen Fish 7,764 0.53 48.41
12 Cow & Horse Hides 7,638 0.52 -17.38
13 Vanilla Beans 7,048 0.48 -27.63
14 Fresh Vegetables 4,698 0.32 13.59
15 Dried Fish 4,522 0.31 12.44
16 Tea 3,785 0.26 2,368.67
17 Bananas 2,438 0.17 656.61
18 Raw Hides & Skins 1,608 0.11 243.87
19 Telephone, Fax & Switching Apparatus 1,560 0.11 153.84
20 Misc Animal Products 1,339 0.09 255.87
21 Non-Knit Mens & Boys Suits 1,219 0.08 11,322.98
22 Corn 1,081 0.07 -85.67
23 Mineral Substances 994 0.07 1,171.50
24 Goat Leather – No Hair 925 0.06 -24.78
25 Dates 837 0.06 319.67
26 Tungsten Ores 828 0.06 323.04
27 Diamonds 633 0.04 -92.79
28 Cel Phones, Video Recorders & Radio Transcievers 562 0.04 -58.78
29 TV Receivers 530 0.04 22,915.60
30 Ivory 516 0.03 43.91
31 Cow &Horse Hides -No Hair 502 0.03 10.18
32 Passenger Vehicles 499 0.03 -19.55
33 Binders For Found Molds 471 0.03 0.00
34 Cement 458 0.03 -33.57
35 Furniture & Parts 417 0.03 968.10
36 Worn Clothing 359 0.02 377.21
37 Organic Compounds 347 0.02 74.59
38 Prepared Unrecorded Sound Media 319 0.02 28,533.03
39 X-Ray Apparatus 294 0.02 205.07
40 Cotton Yarn – > 85% 264 0.02 0.00
41 Frozen Beef 261 0.02 0.00
42 Television, Radio & Assessory Parts 252 0.02 18.47
43 Medical, Dental & Vet Instruments 252 0.02 476.60
44 Fresh Fruit 234 0.02 636.70
45 Computers, Printers & Storage Units 225 0.02 -53.92
46 Prepared Rubber Accelerators 216 0.01 4,919.14
47 Coloring Preparations 213 0.01 0.00
48 Electrical Switching Boards 209 0.01 5,100.72
49 Computer & Office Machines Parts 198 0.01 159.73
50 Interchange Hand & Machine Tools 180 0.01 -26.81
51 Leguminous Vegetables 180 0.01 -51.26
52 Machines For Preparing Fibers & Yarns 172 0.01 0.00
53 Cocoa Shells 146 0.01 0.00
54 Raw Hides & Skins – No Hair 142 0.01 771.13
55 Transformers, Converters & Power Supplies 142 0.01 15.46
56 Cotton Waste 134 0.01 1,934.28
57 Aircraft Parts 126 0.01 -58.03
58 Basketwork 118 0.01 353.62
59 Enzymes 118 0.01 -25.17
60 Sheep Skins – No Wool 115 0.01 -64.70
61 Ginger, Thyme & Spices 113 0.01 -50.10
62 Iron & Steel > 600 mm Wide – Clad 107 0.01 -87.95
63 Pepper 106 0.01 43.13
64 Sheep Skins 94 0.01 -11.65
65 Organic Surface-Active Agents 94 0.01 -45.47
66 Electronic Integrated Circuits 93 0.01 2,630.16
67 Art Paper 93 0.01 66.63
68 Parts For Fork Lifts, Bulldozers & Graders 91 0.01 683.26
69 Hydrazine 91 0.01 9,139.98
70 Medicines in Doses 88 0.01 -79.72
71 Books 82 0.01 91.90
72 Vegetable Saps & Extracts 78 0.01 -83.79
73 Prepared & Preserved Fish 78 0.01 723.73
74 Buttons 77 0.01 0.00
75 Niobium 73 0.00 0.00
76 Seeds 73 0.00 2,480.60
77 Pumps For Liquids 72 0.00 -42.31
78 Ambergris 63 0.00 0.00
79 Mach For Making Up Pulp & Paper 60 0.00 -19.38
80 Oscilloscopes & Electrical Measuring Instruments 58 0.00 74.41
81 Knitted T-Shirts 56 0.00 98.96
82 Alloy Steel > 600 mm Wide 54 0.00 0.00
83 Reception Apparatus For Radiotelephony 52 0.00 2,177.88
84 Live Fish 52 0.00 0.00
85 Demonstrational Instruments & Parts 51 0.00 1,669.21
86 Builders Ware of Plastics 51 0.00 -47.35
87 Knitted Babies Garments & Accessories 50 0.00 0.00
88 Dishwashing & Packaging Machines 48 0.00 53.89
89 Compasses & Navigation Instruments 44 0.00 -69.58
90 Non-Knit Womens & Girls Suits 42 0.00 732.62
91 Non Sweetened Waters 42 0.00 4,709.50
92 Melons & Papayas 41 0.00 1,551.25
93 Molding Boxes For Metal Foundry 39 0.00 384.15
94 Beauty & Make-up Perparations 37 0.00 -85.68
95 Wood Marquetry 37 0.00 -27.45
96 Seamed Hollow Tubes & Pipes 36 0.00 -74.42
97 Alloy Steel Bars 36 0.00 0.00
98 Beer 35 0.00 -68.23
99 Other Animals 35 0.00 -77.12
100 Spectacles 34 0.00 648.74
101 Cassava 33 0.00 240.69
102 Instruments For Physical or Chemical Analysis 32 0.00 36.44
103 Soft Drinks 31 0.00 155.22
104 Photocopy Apparatus 31 0.00 62.70
105 Leather Apparel & Accessories 30 0.00 16.11
106 Taps, Cocks & Valves 30 0.00 97.30
107 Tableware & Kitchenware 30 0.00 0.00
108 Dried Fruit 29 0.00 824.62
109 Engine Parts 29 0.00 -21.71
110 Air Conditioners 27 0.00 344.09
111 Cereal Flours 27 0.00 -35.50
112 Wood Sawn > 6 mm 26 0.00 -69.50
113 Human Blood 26 0.00 -44.76
114 Office Paper 25 0.00 -78.29
115 Mechanical Machinery & Parts 25 0.00 53.60
116 Motor Vehicle Parts 24 0.00 -54.90
117 Apparel of Furskin 24 0.00 0.00
118 Polyethers 23 0.00 81.40
119 Aluminum Plates 22 0.00 -58.79
120 Plants For Pharmacy 22 0.00 0.00
121 Hydrometers & Thermometers 22 0.00 626.52
122 Carbon 22 0.00 0.00
123 Survey Instruments 21 0.00 -72.61
124 Specialized Electrical Machinery & Parts 21 0.00 -42.17
125 Leguminous Vegetables 21 0.00 9.86
126 Polymers of Ethylene 20 0.00 -40.05
127 Records & Tapes 20 0.00 43.84
128 Articles of Plastics 20 0.00 -69.52
129 Floating Structures, Rafts & Buoys 19 0.00 1,002.79
130 Aircraft Engines 19 0.00 -97.48
131 Automatic Regulating & Control Instruments 18 0.00 0.00
132 Milk 18 0.00 -89.85
133 Percussion Instruments 18 0.00 155.69
134 Leather Footwear 18 0.00 1,393.18
135 Apples & Pears 18 0.00 1,394.92
136 Orthopedic Appliances 17 0.00 5.78
137 Articles of Vulcanized Rubber 17 0.00 288.44
138 Lifting & Handling Machines 16 0.00 -73.89
139 Personal Toilet Preparations 16 0.00 421.30
140 Worked Ivory Articles 16 0.00 84.01
141 Washing Machines 16 0.00 0.00
142 Trucks 15 0.00 -92.66
143 Handbags, Wallets & Travel Goods 15 0.00 341.64
144 Machine Tools For Drilling 14 0.00 0.00
145 Instruments for Measure & Check Flow 14 0.00 88.97
146 Piston Engines 14 0.00 -46.43
147 Imitation Jewelry 14 0.00 201.61
148 Non-Knit Mens & Boys Shirts 14 0.00 0.00
149 New Pneumatic Tires 13 0.00 -93.54
150 Plastic Containers 13 0.00 -96.17
151 Electric Motors & Generators 13 0.00 -83.77
152 Sacks & Bags of Textile Material 13 0.00 -81.67
153 Household Art & Parts 13 0.00 0.00
154 Petroleum Jelly 12 0.00 -78.73
155 Auxiliary Machinery For Textile Machines 12 0.00 0.00
156 Composite Diagnostic & Lab Reagents 11 0.00 -22.06
157 Carrots 11 0.00 -41.62
158 Tools For Working in the Hand 11 0.00 0.00
159 Arcade, Table or Parlor Games 11 0.00 0.00
160 Transmission Shafts, Bearings & Parts 11 0.00 -90.92
161 Non-Knit Womens & Girls Blouses 11 0.00 0.00
162 Rolls of Toilet Paper 11 0.00 0.00
163 Woven Fabric -Over 85% Synthetic > 170G/M2 10 0.00 1.95
164 Furnishing Articles of Textile Materials 10 0.00 0.00
165 Switches, Relays & Fuses < 1000 Volts 10 0.00 -64.33
166 Vans & Buses 10 0.00 -94.24
167 Measuring or Checking Instruments 10 0.00 -89.62
168 Tube & Pipe Fittings 10 0.00 516.16
169 Glassware For Lab & Pharmaceutical Use 10 0.00 0.00
170 Air & Vacuum Pumps 10 0.00 258.83
171 Antibiotics 9 0.00 0.00
172 Vessels For Transport 9 0.00 0.00
173 Refrigerators & Freezers 9 0.00 -77.82
174 Transister & Semiconductor Devices 9 0.00 93.89
175 Knitted Garments 9 0.00 0.00
176 Iron & Steel > 600 mm Wide – Hot 8 0.00 -83.13
177 Photographic Still Cameras 8 0.00 277.44
178 Iron & Steel Angles & Shapes 8 0.00 -74.78
179 Cinematographic Cameras & Projectors 8 0.00 -94.82
180 Bed & Table Linen 7 0.00 -89.71
181 Filters & Centrifuges 7 0.00 73.77
182 Cullet a Oth Wst a Scrap Glass 7 0.00 0.73
183 Transmission Belts of Vulcanized Rubber 7 0.00 398.95
184 Electric Ignition Equipment 7 0.00 -25.37
185 Radioactive Chemical Elements & Isotopes. 7 0.00 80.46
186 Mineral Wools 7 0.00 0.00
187 Polishes & Creams For Leather 7 0.00 -13.06
188 Insulated Wire & Cable 6 0.00 -86.36
189 Liquid Crystal Devices 6 0.00 588.23
190 Antiques > 100 Years Old 6 0.00 -74.47
191 Locust Beans 6 0.00 17.06
192 Hand Paintings & Drawings 6 0.00 -82.46
193 Pictures & Photos 6 0.00 -15.86
194 Padlocks 6 0.00 155.58
195 Articles of Iron & Steel 6 0.00 -82.20
196 Food Preparations 6 0.00 380.10
197 Screws, Bolts & Nuts 5 0.00 -89.24
198 Leather Used in Machinery 5 0.00 0.00
199 Plastic Garments 5 0.00 0.00
200 Uncombed Wool 5 0.00 -84.50
201 Plastic Self-Adhesive Plates 5 0.00 -40.16
202 Soap 5 0.00 -97.90
203 Containers For Compressed & Liquid Gas 5 0.00 0.00
204 Plastic Waste 5 0.00 35.35
205 Optical Telescopes 5 0.00 0.00
206 Other Footwear 5 0.00 533.02
207 Medicines Not in Doses 5 0.00 -38.15
208 Festive & Entertainment Art 5 0.00 30.05
209 Articles of Wood 4 0.00 -22.19
210 Non-Knit Track Suits 4 0.00 11.43
211 Household Articles & Parts 4 0.00 365.75
212 Electric Filament & Discharge Lamps 4 0.00 406.85
213 Food & Drink Preparation Machines 4 0.00 -94.15
214 Electric Water Heaters 4 0.00 336.01
215 Coated Paper 4 0.00 0.00
216 Ink Jet Printers 4 0.00 -76.76
217 Collectors Items of Botanic 4 0.00 -71.77
218 Knitted Womens & Girls Suits 4 0.00 -94.70
219 Bones & Waste 4 0.00 -92.27
220 Water Heaters 4 0.00 -59.73
221 Printed Circuits 4 0.00 258.43
222 Foliage 4 0.00 26.51
223 Paper & Paperboard 3 0.00 254.00
224 Bandages 3 0.00 0.00
225 Onions 3 0.00 0.00
226 Weighing Machines 3 0.00 -44.72
227 Non-Knit Womens & Girls Overcoats 3 0.00 0.00
228 Bicycles 3 0.00 -43.01
229 Ball & Roller Bearings & Parts 3 0.00 -37.14
230 Plastic Monofil 3 0.00 0.00
231 Knitted Womens & Girls Blouses & Shirts 3 0.00 0.00
232 Bread, Pastry & Cakes 3 0.00 -99.35
233 Parts of Electric Motors 3 0.00 293.18
234 Peanuts 3 0.00 -64.19
235 Preserved Vegetables 3 0.00 56.52
236 Titanium Oxides 3 0.00 0.00
237 Alcoholic Beverages 3 0.00 -98.77
238 Ties 3 0.00 0.00
239 Calendars 3 0.00 -78.93
240 Apparel & Accessories of Rubber 2 0.00 0.00
241 Diesel Engines 2 0.00 224.27
242 Ceramic Statuettes 2 0.00 86.73
243 Seats & Parts 2 0.00 -72.91
244 Woven Fabric of Synthetic Filament Yarn 2 0.00 0.00
245 Wood Packings 2 0.00 -1.10
246 Lamps & Lighting Fittings 2 0.00 38.85
247 Machines For Cleaning Seed 2 0.00 -94.22
248 Machinery Parts 2 0.00 -90.99
249 Hand-Woven Tapestries 2 0.00 133.22
250 Brooms & Mops 2 0.00 111.16
251 Hand Tools 2 0.00 -61.31
252 Ceramic Articles 2 0.00 0.00
253 Structures & Parts of Iron or Steel 2 0.00 -97.32
254 Original Sculptures & Statues 2 0.00 -39.40
255 Compound Optical Microscopes 2 0.00 0.00
256 Dried Vegetables 2 0.00 -89.77
257 Petroleum Gases 2 0.00 -99.60
258 Photographic Chemicals 2 0.00 -81.63
259 Radar Apparatus & Navigation 2 0.00 -69.49
260 Parts For Machine Tools 2 0.00 0.00
261 Glass Containers For Packing 2 0.00 -64.75
262 Citrus Fruit 2 0.00 -94.18
263 Parts For Machines & Instruments 2 0.00 -85.02
264 Nails 2 0.00 -98.54
265 Iron & Steel Bars & Rods – Irregular Coils 2 0.00 -88.00
266 Iron & Steel Bars & Rods 2 0.00 0.00
267 Video Recording Equipment 2 0.00 99.23
268 Microphones 2 0.00 -46.64
269 Optical Lenses & Fibers 1 0.00 -70.62
270 Dolls 1 0.00 -15.62
271 Plastic Tubes 1 0.00 -87.87
272 Labels & Badges 1 0.00 -12.50
273 Household Articles 1 0.00 -52.47
274 Tanks – < 300 Liter 1 0.00 0.00
275 Portable Electric Lamps 1 0.00 91.67
276 Tableware of Base Metal 1 0.00 0.00
277 Grain Sorghum 1 0.00 0.00
278 Cabbages 1 0.00 0.00
279 Chain & Parts 1 0.00 91.41
280 Nuts 1 0.00 -97.91
281 Parts For Electric Equipment 1 0.00 -76.60
282 Trailers 1 0.00 0.00
283 Non Crude Oil 1 0.00 -99.04
284 Tufted Carpets 1 0.00 -23.37
285 Monument Stone Articles 1 0.00 0.00
286 Ink 1 0.00 -90.37
287 Electric Lasers 1 0.00 -67.71
288 Breathing Appliances & Gas Masks 1 0.00 0.00
289 Bells & Ornaments 1 0.00 -81.43
290 Made-Up Articles of Textile Materials 1 0.00 -87.54
291 Switching Equipment, > 1000 V 1 0.00 0.00
292 Optical Elements 1 0.00 0.00
293 Plastic Sheets, Film & Plates 1 0.00 0.00
294 Mattress Supports 1 0.00 -88.50
295 Stoppers & Caps 1 0.00 -68.38
296 Glassware For Table 1 0.00 0.00
297 Textile Products For Specific Tech Uses 1 0.00 0.00
298 Prepared Vegetables 1 0.00 0.00
299 Fruit & Vegetable Juice 1 0.00 -86.04
300 Turntables & Cassette Players 1 0.00 23.05
301 Motorcycles 1 0.00 -99.47
302 Electric Storage Batteries 1 0.00 -99.41
303 Non-Adhesive Plastic Plates, Sheets & Film 1 0.00 -99.78
304 Knitted Mens & Boys Suits 1 0.00 0.00
305 Wheat 1 0.00 -64.33
306 Plastic & Rubber Footwear 1 0.00 0.00
307 Puzzles, Models & Toys 1 0.00 -73.19
308 Ceramic Tableware of Porcelain & China 1 0.00 0.00
309 Knitted Made-Up Clothing Accessories 0 0.00 0.00
310 Bookbinding Machinery 0 0.00 0.00
311 Primary Cells & Batteries 0 0.00 -95.81
312 Other Pharmaceutical Goods 0 0.00 -94.69
313 Misc Tools 0 0.00 0.00
314 Printed & Illustrated Post Cards 0 0.00 -77.36
315 Iron & Steel Cloth 0 0.00 -97.31
316 Made-Up Clothes Accessories 0 0.00 -78.43
317 Cows 0 0.00 0.00
318 Knitted Womens & Girls Slips 0 0.00 0.00
319 Revolution & Production Count Meters 0 0.00 0.00
320 Iron & Steel < 600Mm Wide 0 0.00 0.00
321 Extracts of Coffee 0 0.00 0.00
322 Quicklime 0 0.00 -99.38
323 Articles of Asbestos 0 0.00 0.00
324 Misc Ores 0 0.00 -99.82
325 Gaskets & Similar Joints of Metal Sheeting 0 0.00 -92.36
326 Sheet Piling 0 0.00 0.00
327 Cooking & Heating Parts 0 0.00 -96.77
328 Dextrins 0 0.00 -98.72
329 Clock Glasses 0 0.00 -77.01
330 Natural Vegetable Fats & Oils 0 0.00 -99.66
331 Safety Glass 0 0.00 -99.63
332 Wine 0 0.00 -99.57
333 Precious & Semiprecious Stones 0 0.00 -98.47
334 Alloy Steel < 600Mm Wide 0 0.00 0.00
335 Typewriter Ribbons 0 0.00 0.00
336 Pens & Mechanical Pencils 0 0.00 -98.05
337 Gypsum 0 0.00 0.00
338 Machine Tools For Shaping 0 0.00 0.00
339 Wigs of Hair 0 0.00 0.00
340 Misc Fats & Oils 0 0.00 -99.90
341 Paper Labels 0 0.00 -99.46
342 Cast & Rolled Glass 0 0.00 -88.91
343 Stoves 0 0.00 0.00
344 Clocks 0 0.00 0.00
345 Notebooks & Business Forms 0 0.00 -99.97
346 Knitted Mens & Boys Shirts 0 0.00 -98.65
347 Shell Fish 0 0.00 -99.85
348 Pebbles 0 0.00 0.00
349 Carpentry of Wood 0 0.00 -99.55
350 Physical Exercise Equipment 0 0.00 -94.46
351 Instruments With Electric Sound Productions 0 0.00 0.00
352 Knives 0 0.00 0.00
353 Vulcanized Rubber Tubes 0 0.00 -98.05
354 Files, Pliers & Shears 0 0.00 0.00
355 Articles of Aluminum 0 0.00 -97.33
356 Friction Material 0 0.00 0.00
357 Iron & Steel > 600Mm Wide – Cold 0 0.00 -99.94
358 Barbed Wire & Twisted Wire For Fencing 0 0.00 -98.40
359 Fork-Lift Trucks 0 0.00 0.00
360 Needlecraft Sets 0 0.00 0.00
361 Newspapers 0 0.00 0.00
362 Sand Blasting Machines 0 0.00 -99.72
363 Tanks – > 300 Liter 0 0.00 0.00
364 Tape Recorders 0 0.00 0.00
365 Hair Preparations 0 0.00 -98.34
366 Lubricating Preparations 0 0.00 0.00
367 Shawls & Scarves 0 0.00 0.00
368 Artificial Flowers 0 0.00 0.00
369 Woven Cotton Fabrics – > 85% < 200G/M2 0 0.00 0.00
370 Ceramic Tableware & Earthenware 0 0.00 0.00
371 Electrical Resistors 0 0.00 0.00
372 Twine 0 0.00 0.00
373 Clays 0 0.00 0.00
374 Vacuum Flasks & Vessels 0 0.00 0.00
375 Products of Plaiting Materials 0 0.00 0.00
376 Knit &Lace Hats 0 0.00 0.00
377 Work Trucks 0 0.00 -99.66
378 Knitted Pantyhose 0 0.00 0.00
379 Cigars & Cigarettes 0 0.00 0.00
380 Musical Boxes, Whistles 0 0.00 -99.85
381 Plastic Floor Cover & Wall Cover 0 0.00 0.00
382 Misc Headgear 0 0.00 -99.70
383 Odoriferous Mixtures 0 0.00 -99.99
384 Tobacco Substitutes 0 0.00 -99.85