Shipped Where
Imported from Uganda, 2025
$199 million
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#116 of 218
Arrived by ship
93%

Uganda is the 116th largest source of US imports: $199 million in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is coffee, followed by cocoa beans and vanilla.

What the US buys from Uganda

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Coffee$133M · 66.9%
  2. 02Cocoa beans$34.6M · 17.4%
  3. 03Vanilla$11.8M · 6.0%
  4. 04Mineral substances not elsewhere specified$2.1M · 1.0%
  5. 05Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives$2M · 1.0%
  6. 06Fruit and nuts, whether not sweetened, frozen$1.9M · 1.0%
  7. 07Live plants not elsewhere specified, cuttings and slips$1.4M · 0.7%
  8. 08Fish fillets$1M · 0.5%
All 23 products from Uganda
  1. 09Silver$675K · 0.3%
  2. 10Gelatin and gelatin derivatives$656K · 0.3%
  3. 11Cassava, arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes$488K · 0.2%
  4. 12Fruit juice$382K · 0.2%
  5. 13Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin$339K · 0.2%
  6. 14Fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils, including jojoba oil$334K · 0.2%
  7. 15Soybean oilcake and other solid residues resulting from$285K · 0.1%
  8. 16Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas$260K · 0.1%
  9. 17Frozen vegetables$256K · 0.1%
  10. 18Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits not elsewhere specified$205K · 0.1%
  11. 19Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles$185K · <0.1%
  12. 20Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants$152K · <0.1%
  13. 21Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood and other wood sawn lengthwise$151K · <0.1%
  14. 22Flour and meal of dried leguminous vegetables$151K · <0.1%
  15. 23Fruit, dried, not elsewhere specified$135K · <0.1%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

US imports from Uganda by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Uganda, 2025. Letters match the list.

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93% of goods from Uganda arrived by ship. Charleston, SC handled 15% on its own.

  1. ACharleston, SC $29M · 14.6%
  2. BNewark, NJ $26.8M · 13.5%
  3. CNew York, NY $23.7M · 11.9%
  4. DNorfolk, VA $19.9M · 10.0%
  5. EPhiladelphia, PA $17.3M · 8.7%
  6. FNew Orleans, LA $16M · 8.1%

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