What is the price of beef per kilogram/pound in Kenya today?
The retail price range for Kenya beef is between US$ 1.92 and US$ 3.84 per kilogram or between US$ 0.87 and US$ 1.74 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of beef in Kenya
The retail price range in Kenyan Shilling for beef is between KES 266.42 and KES 532.83 per kilogram or between KES 120.82 and KES 241.65 per pound(lb) in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Kenya beef is between US$ 1.34 and US$ 2.69 per kilogram or between US$ 0.61 and US$ 1.22 per pound(lb).
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Kenya Beef Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Beef from Kenya over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was $3.30, followed by $3.94 in 2018, $4.54 in 2019, $4.26 in 2020, and $4.48 in 2021. This indicates a slight increase in the price of Beef from Kenya over the last five years. It is likely that the price of Beef from Kenya will continue to increase in the coming years, with an estimated price of $4.71 in 2023 and $4.95 in 2024.The exports of beef from Kenya are classified as:
- Fresh or chilled bovine meat, boneless (HS code 020130)
- Frozen edible bovine livers (HS code 020622)
- Fresh or chilled bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and 1/2 carcases) (HS code 020120)
- Frozen bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020220)
- Carcases or half-carcases of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code 020110)
- Frozen bovine carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020210)
- Frozen, boneless meat of bovine animals (HS code 020230)
- Frozen edible bovine offal (excluding tongues and livers) (HS code 020629)
- Frozen edible bovine tongues (HS code 020621)
- Fresh or chilled edible offal of bovine animals (HS code 020610)
Kenya Beef Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Beef into Kenya over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was at its lowest point of $3.30, before increasing to $3.94 in 2018. In 2019, the price rose to $4.54, before dropping to $4.26 in 2020. The price then increased again to $4.48 in 2021. Looking ahead, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Beef into Kenya will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We predict that the price will be $4.48 in 2023 and $4.50 in 2024.Export values for Kenya beef
The total values in export for beef in Kenya were US$ 6,100, US$ 6,372, US$ 6,312 and US$ 6,494 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Kenya beef - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Kenya exported 1,429 tonnes of beef. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Kenya beef (meat category) has decreased, with a change of -10.688 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, beef's exports went down by -25.92 percent bringing Kenya US$6.49m for the year 2019. Kenya's beef exports are categorised as:
- Carcases or half-carcases of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code 020110)
- Frozen edible bovine livers (HS code 020622)
- Frozen edible bovine tongues (HS code 020621)
- Fresh or chilled bovine meat, boneless (HS code 020130)
- Fresh or chilled edible offal of bovine animals (HS code 020610)
- Frozen edible bovine offal (excluding tongues and livers) (HS code 020629)
- Frozen, boneless meat of bovine animals (HS code 020230)
- Fresh or chilled bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and 1/2 carcases) (HS code 020120)
- Frozen bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020220)
- Frozen bovine carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020210)
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Kenya beef export values
In 2019, Kenya exported beef valued at 6.49m USD, a growth of 2.82% from 2018's total beef export of 6.312m USD. The yearly change in value of Kenya beef between 2017 to 2018 was -0.94161959 pc.
The per year variation in the quantity of Kenya's beef exports between 2017 and 2019 was -25.92 pc when compared to a variation of -10.688% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Kenya's portion of the world's total beef's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked position 18 in world exports of beef.
Export markets for Kenya beef ( in '000$ )
Kenya's top export markets for beef are Oman, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Vietnam and Bahrain.
Import/Export Trends
Kenya is a net exporter of beef. The annual growth of Kenya beef in value between 2015 to 2019 was -31%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was -23%, per annum.
Kenya ordered 34 tonnes of beef in 2019.