EU trade in goods with the East African Community

In 2021, EAC countries accounted for 0.1 % of EU imports and 0.2 % of its exports, whilst the EU represented an important share of EAC trade: 13.7 % (€1.8 billion) of the EAC’s exports to the rest of the world and 11.4 % (€4.0 billion) of its imports. This share was much more sizeable before the United Kingdom left the EU, as the UK accounts for 3.7 % of EAC exports to the world. The EAC’s main imports from the EU are vehicles, mechanical appliances and pharmaceutical products. The EAC’s main exports to the EU are agricultural and horticultural products (coffee, cut flowers, tea, tobacco and vegetables) and fish. EAC-manufactured products (cement, textiles, steel and plastic products) are mainly exported within Africa, mostly within the EAC itself (60 %).