What is the price of wheat per kilogram/pound in Kenya today?
The retail price range for Kenya wheat is between US$ 1.08 and US$ 1.37 per kilogram or between US$ 0.49 and US$ 0.62 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of wheat in Kenya
The retail price range in Kenyan Shilling for wheat is between KES 149.89 and KES 190.77 per kilogram or between KES 67.98 and KES 86.52 per pound(lb) in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Kenya wheat is between US$ 0.76 and US$ 0.96 per kilogram or between US$ 0.34 and US$ 0.44 per pound(lb).
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Kenya Wheat Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Wheat from Kenya over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 0.24 US $ per kg, followed by 0.42 US $ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 0.19 US $ per kg, before increasing to 0.47 US $ per kg in 2020. The price then decreased to 0.33 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Wheat from Kenya in 2023 will be around 0.37 US $ per kg, and in 2024 will be around 0.41 US $ per kg.The Kenya wheat exports are classified as:
- Wheat (excl durum) & meslin (HS code 1001Xb)
- Durum wheat (HS code 100110)
- Durum wheat (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100119)
- Durum wheat seed for sowing (HS code 100111)
- Wheat gluten, whether or not dried (HS code 110900)
- Wheat and meslin (excluding durum wheat) (HS code 100190)
- Wheat and meslin (excluding seed for sowing, and durum wheat) (HS code 100199)
- Seed of wheat and meslin, for sowing (excluding durum) (HS code 100191)
Kenya Wheat Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Wheat into Kenya over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 0.24 US $ per kg, followed by 0.42 US $ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 0.19 US $ per kg, before increasing to 0.47 US $ per kg in 2020. The price then decreased to 0.33 US $ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Wheat into Kenya in 2023 will be 0.37 US $ per kg and in 2024 will be 0.41 US $ per kg.Export values for Kenya wheat
The total values in export for wheat in Kenya were US$ 3,665, US$ 3,662, US$ 1,157 and US$ 1,011 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Cereals/Grains category in Kenya: Rye, Barley, Oats, Maize, Rice, Sorghum, Buckwheet, Millet, Canary seed & Fonio.
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Kenya wheat - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Kenya shipped 5,205 tonnes of wheat. For 2019 alone, the interest in Kenya wheat (cereals/grains category) has climbed, with a change of 90.102 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, wheat's exports went down by -65.56 pc bringing Kenya US$1.01m for the year 2019. Kenya's wheat exports are classified as:
- Durum wheat (excluding seed for sowing) (HS code 100119)
- Durum wheat (HS code 100110)
- Durum wheat seed for sowing (HS code 100111)
- Wheat gluten, whether or not dried (HS code 110900)
- Seed of wheat and meslin, for sowing (excluding durum) (HS code 100191)
- Wheat and meslin (excluding durum wheat) (HS code 100190)
- Wheat and meslin (excluding seed for sowing, and durum wheat) (HS code 100199)
- Wheat (excl durum) & meslin (HS code 1001Xb)
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Kenya wheat export values
In 2019, Kenya sold wheat costing 1.01m USD, a drop of -12.71% from 2018's total wheat export of 1.157m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Kenya wheat between 2017 to 2018 was -68.405 per cent.
The per year change in the amount of Kenya's wheat exports between 2017 and 2019 was -65.56 per cent in comparison to a variation of 90.102% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Kenya's stake of the world's total wheat's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 26 in world exports of wheat.
Export markets for Kenya wheat ( in '000$ )
Kenya's best performing export markets for wheat are Oman, Vietnam, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and South Sudan.
Import/Export Trends
Kenya is a net exporter of wheat. The annual growth of Kenya wheat in value between 2015 to 2019 was -19%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -18%, per annum.
Kenya ordered 1,998,864 tonnes of wheat in 2019.
Production
The production of wheat in Kenya was 2,929,600 tonnes in 2019 and is forecast to change by an average of 8.79%. The country had approximately 1,078,280.00 hectares under wheat cultivation.