Kenya has been a member of the WTO since 1995 and is part of the Common Markets of Eastern & Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Eastern African Community (EAC). The main export sectors are coffee, fruits and vegetables and petroleum oils, and Kenya’s main trading partners are Uganda, U.A.E and Rwanda.

ITC has several on-going projects in Kenya, including the Programme for Building African Capacity for Trade (PACTII), Supporting India’s Trade Preferences for Africa (SITA), Netherlands Trust Fund Phase III and Promoting Intra-Regional Trade in East Africa. ITC has also published a report titled Kenya: Company Perspectives – An ITC Series on Non-Tariff Measures in 2014.

In addition, ITC has developed a series of free online tools that make up the world’s largest databases on trade statistics, tariff data, and rules of origin related to applicable free trade agreements. Additional tools offer export potential estimations, market price information, regional trade and investment data and much more. Learn more about ITC Market Analysis Tools. 

See the list of major trade contacts in Kenya here.