# Singapore exports to Kenya: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Singapore reported $49.4M in goods exports to Kenya. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $49.4M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 25% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 3 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.4 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 20.8% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 540249 | Yarn, synthetic: filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), other than high tenacity or textured yarn, single, untwisted or twisted 50 turns or less per metre, n.e.c. in heading no. 5402, not for retail sale, not sewing thread | $14.0M | 46.2% | High attention |
| 2 | 390140 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $20.3M | 16.1% | Watch |
| 3 | 842129 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying liquids, n.e.c. in item no. 8421.2 | $10.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 4 | 390110 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $92.6M | 5% | Stable |
| 5 | 480255 | Paper and paperboard: uncoated, for printing & writing, containing no, or not more than 10% by weight of total fibres obtained by mechanical or chemi-mechanical process, weighing 40g/m2 to 150g/m2, in rolls | $46.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 6 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $38.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 550190 | Fibres: synthetic filament tow, of synthetic materials n.e.c. in heading no. 5501 | $22.0M | 30% | Watch |
| 8 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $68.4M | 11.2% | Stable |
| 9 | 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances: n.e.s. in item no. 8479.8, having individual functions | $37.8M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | $13.2M | 24.9% | High attention |

## 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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