| HS Chapter | Description | Domestic Market Potential in 2016 (What Kenya imported from rest of the world in 2016 - Figures in US Dollars | Domestic Market Potential in 2016 (What Kenya imported from rest of the world in 2016 - Figures in Kenya Shillings | Lead Source Country |
| 01 | Live animals | 2,304,101 | 233,878,441 | Netherlands, Tanzania, South Africa |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,481,497 | 251,885,129 | Germay, Uganda, Denmark |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 14,547,430 | 1,476,641,204 | China, Tanzania, Japan |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 19,223,789 | 1,951,316,481 | Uganda, United Kingdom, Ireland |
| 05 | Products of animal origin not elsewhere specified or included | 1,091,053 | 110,747,682 | USA, Netherlands, China |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 4,379,111 | 444,502,947 | Netherlands, Spain, Israel |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 43,601,533 | 4,425,786,651 | Uganda, Ukraine, Tanzania |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons | 16,792,212 | 1,704,498,515 | Zambia, Egypt, Tanzania |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, mate and spices | 13,314,393 | 1,351,481,453 | Uganda, India, Rwanda |
| 10 | Cereals | 358,153,951 | 36,354,524,292 | Pakistan, Russia, USA |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 14,365,608 | 1,458,185,348 | India, Tanzania, Pakistan |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medical plants; straw and fodder | 18,360,165 | 1,863,654,065 | India, Uganda, USA |
| 13 | Lacs; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 2,302,215 | 233,687,020 | Germany, United Kingdom, India |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 572,687 | 58,130,786 | India, Tanzania, USA |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 389,554,612 | 39,541,857,759 | Indonesia, Malasysia, Singapole |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 882,517 | 89,580,111 | Thailand, Vietnam, South Africa |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 168,650,411 | 17,118,910,542 | Egypt, India, Uganda |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 11,848,553 | 1,202,690,893 | Egypt, South Africa, Ghana |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products | 53,295,260 | 5,409,751,392 | Italy, Belgium, Egypt |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 11,324,316 | 1,149,478,128 | Argentina, Egypt, Netherlands |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 54,718,275 | 5,554,194,896 | France, USA, Germany |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 54,038,690 | 5,485,213,401 | South Africa, United Kingdom, Tanzania |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder | 32,174,599 | 3,265,892,319 | India, Uganda, Tanzania |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 48,935,741 | 4,967,237,036 | Uganda, Malawi, United Arabs Emirates |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 44,952,646 | 4,562,931,844 | Taiwan, China, Tanzania |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 18,051,966 | 1,832,370,205 | China, Tanzania, South Africa |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 27,987,885 | 2,840,918,683 | China, South Africa, India |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 142,260,228 | 14,440,167,103 | China, Paakistan, United Kingdom |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 38,595,693 | 3,917,667,374 | China, United Arabs Emirates, India |
| TOTAL | 1,608,761,136 | 163,297,781,697 |