71123 v2 Kenya: Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 2007 GDP 2007 GDP 2007 Share 2007 Trade Membership No. of RTAs/ EIAs (millions) per capita in World Trade per capita GATT WTO Goods Services $28,259 $762 0.05% $431 1964 1995 2 0 Kenya TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ SSA Ranking Decile TP Low inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 84 7 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 52 5 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 82 5 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 76 6 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 143 9 TF IE ‡ Rankings are based on the "representative" indicators (in bold) in each group below for the latest year Outer bound represents best value in latest year TRADE POLICY (TP)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Trade Tariff Restrictiveness Index (MFN applied tariffs)& 9.6 7.8 8.2 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 7.8 7.6 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 8.7 8.1 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) .. 18.0 12.7 12.6 Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) .. 0.8 0.9 0.9 tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate .. 330.7 104.3 100.0 Agriculture - simple avg (%) .. 22.9 19.0 19.9 Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) .. 17.2 11.7 11.5 duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) .. 13.4 11.2 11.2 MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) .. 15.9 66.2 61.2 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) .. 13.3 9.9 10.4 Nontariff measures Agriculture .. 29.1 13.7 18.2 Nonagriculture .. 10.7 9.5 9.4 0 10 20 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. .. .. SSA Low inc Kenya Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) 2.4 1.4 0.4 Agriculture .. 9.0 4.8 3.5 Nonagriculture .. 4.5 3.9 3.3 Import duties (% of imports) 9.4 7.4 4.4 .. Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) .. 78.5 77.1 76.7 Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) .. 12.3 12.9 14.6 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) .. 3.4 0.2 0.2 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) .. .. .. .. SSA Low inc Kenya Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 3.2 3.2 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 5.3 3.9 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 30.4 23.7 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 4.8 5.4 3.7 2.6 * MFN duty free Agriculture 4.6 5.7 3.8 1.8 * (exports) Nonagriculture 5.3 5.1 3.8 3.5 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 24.5 23.1 28.2 23.2 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 30.7 37.8 .. .. Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. 96.5 93.0 * 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. 9.7 9.8 * SSA Low inc Kenya Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) .. .. .. .. ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used(noted by *). For more infor., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008. ŸMFN: most favored nation; NTM: nontariff measures; MA: market access; ROW: rest of the world; FTA: free trade agreement; CU: customs union; WTO: World Trade Organization GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; WGI: World Government Indicators; ".." indicates missing value; RTA/EIA: regional trade arrangement / economic integration arrangement; & 2007 are preliminary estimates Kenya Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 78 82 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 115 109 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 106 109 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 79 107 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.68 -0.68 -0.59 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.99 -0.93 -0.98 .. SSA Low inc Kenya WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.85 -0.89 -0.94 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.5 2.5 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 2.2 2.2 * International transportation costs .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Logistics competence .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 2.6 2.6 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 2.8 2.8 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 2.9 2.9 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 152 148 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 9 9 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 29 30 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 1,963 2,055 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 10 8 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 45 26 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 2,105 2,190 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 9.0 10.9 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 1.0 4.5 21.9 31.2 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 8.4 4.9 .. .. SSA Low inc Kenya Internet usage (per 100 people) 0.0 1.6 6.2 8.0 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 38.6 42.9 49.2 50.3 * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 1.8 5.2 9.9 0.9 12 Exports -2.6 6.5 8.8 -2.2 10 9.9 8 8.0 8.2 8.0 Imports 6.6 2.3 13.4 3.1 6.2 7.1 7.4 7.1 6 5.7 5.2 Other trade outcome indicators 4 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 54.3 54.3 62.5 58.2 2 1.8 0.9 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) -2.5 0.3 4.4 -1.8 Trade Growth Rate Exports -5.3 0.3 2.8 -7.2 Kenya SSA Low inc Imports 0.6 0.5 5.7 2.0 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 67.9 64.9 61.4 64.8 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 43.6 39.5 .. .. Manufacturing 17.0 15.3 .. .. Mining, fuel and others 7.3 10.2 .. .. Service, Service share in total exports (%) 32.1 35.1 38.6 35.2 38.6 Tourism 13.1 10.0 11.2 11.5 * Transportation 10.7 14.4 15.5 17.1 * Mercha Other services 8.2 10.7 11.6 12.6 * ndise, 61.4 Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 25.6 28.7 20.0 18.8 * Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 26.6 26.5 .. .. Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 43.5 42.2 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) ( 074) Tea ( 292) Vegetable materials ( 054) Vegetables ( 071) Coffee (334) Heavy petroleum oils ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used (noted by *). For more info., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008 ## Most outcome indicators (mostly through 2007) are from the WDI (World Bank, Data Group), UNCTAD or COMTRADE; for filling gaps and 2008, data from the Prospects Group are used.