# Kenya exports to Ethiopia: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Kenya to Ethiopia, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/KEN-ETH/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Kenya reported $42.7M in goods exports to Ethiopia. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $42.7M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 57.2% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 5 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 37% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $550.4M | 50.7% | High attention |
| 2 | 830910 | Stoppers: corks, of base metal | $10.1M | 14.2% | High attention |
| 3 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $83.4M | 60.4% | High attention |
| 4 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $250.9M | 32.9% | Stable |
| 5 | 340120 | Soap: in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | $27.8M | 37.9% | High attention |
| 6 | 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $107.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $61.6M | 9.4% | Watch |
| 8 | 730820 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, towers and lattice masts | $25.6M | 39% | Watch |
| 9 | 380891 | Insecticides: not containing substances of 3808.50: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $39.6M | 56.3% | Watch |
| 10 | 340290 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), including auxiliary washing preparations, not for retail sale | $10.6M | 58.5% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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