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Kenya Exports Performance Overview

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-31T19:59:23Z
dc.date.available2017-05-31T19:59:23Z
dc.date.issued2012-08
dc.description.abstractKenya'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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/933041468278359551/Kenya-exports-performance-overview
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/26810
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/26810
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAPPAREL
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectBENCHMARKS
dc.subjectBILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectCOMMODITY EXPORTS
dc.subjectCOMMODITY PRICES
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE INDEX
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE POSITION
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONSUMERS
dc.subjectCURRENT ACCOUNT
dc.subjectCURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectDOMESTIC INVESTMENT
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectEMERGING MARKETS
dc.subjectEXPORT BASKET
dc.subjectEXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectEXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectEXPORT EARNINGS
dc.subjectEXPORT GROWTH
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKET
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKET EXPANSION
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKETS
dc.subjectEXPORT PATTERNS
dc.subjectEXPORT PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectEXPORT POTENTIAL
dc.subjectEXPORT PRODUCTS
dc.subjectEXPORT SECTOR
dc.subjectEXPORT SECTORS
dc.subjectEXPORT SHARE
dc.subjectEXPORT SPECIALIZATION
dc.subjectEXPORT VALUE
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectEXPORTS OF GOODS
dc.subjectEXTERNAL SHOCKS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGLOBAL EXPORTS
dc.subjectGLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subjectGRAVITY MODEL
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH VOLATILITY
dc.subjectIMPORT COSTS
dc.subjectIMPORT VALUES
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
dc.subjectINDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subjectINDUSTRY TRADE
dc.subjectINTRAREGIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectMARKET PENETRATION
dc.subjectMARKET SHARE
dc.subjectMERCHANDISE
dc.subjectMERCHANDISE EXPORT
dc.subjectMERCHANDISE EXPORTS
dc.subjectMERCHANDISE TRADE
dc.subjectOIL EXPORTERS
dc.subjectOIL IMPORTS
dc.subjectOPENNESS
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectREGIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectSERVICE EXPORTS
dc.subjectSHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS
dc.subjectSPECIALIZATION
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL CHANGE
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTES
dc.subjectTERMS OF TRADE
dc.subjectTERMS OF TRADE SHOCKS
dc.subjectTRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subjectTRADE COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectTRADE INTENSITY
dc.subjectTRADE ORIENTATION
dc.subjectTRADE PARTNERS
dc.subjectTRADE PATTERNS
dc.subjectTRADE PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectVALUE OF TRADE
dc.subjectWORLD MARKET
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE
dc.titleKenya Exports Performance Overviewen
dc.typeReporten
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okr.crossref.titleKenya Exports Performance Overview
okr.date.disclosure2012-08
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T08:52:02.228450Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows Study
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/933041468278359551/Kenya-exports-performance-overview
okr.guid933041468278359551
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000356161_20130429163651
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum17643526
okr.identifier.report77028
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/933041468278359551/pdf/770280WP0P1209092B00PUBLIC00A9RC16C.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.themeTrade and integration :: Export development and competitiveness
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Export Competitiveness
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Free Trade
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Policy
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Access to Markets
okr.unitFinancial and Private Sector Development
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