How to Import from Kenya: Best Products, Verified Suppliers & Shipping Guide
A buyer's overview of Kenya's top export products, how sourcing works and how goods get from Kenyan farms and factories to your port.
Kenya is East Africa's largest economy and its main trade gateway. Buyers worldwide import from Kenya for tea, coffee, flowers, avocados, vegetables and nuts — and increasingly for apparel and manufactured goods.
Kenya's top export products
- Tea — the world's largest black tea exporter.
- Arabica coffee — AA, AB and Peaberry specialty grades.
- Hass avocados and avocado oil.
- Cut flowers — roses for Europe's auctions and supermarkets.
- Fresh vegetables and fruit — French beans, peas, mangoes.
- Macadamia, cashew and sesame.
- Gemstones and minerals, apparel and manufactured goods.
Browse everything by product category or see the full Kenyan product catalogue.
How to find a reliable Kenyan supplier
Kenyan exports are regulated: tea, coffee, horticulture and nuts need Agriculture and Food Authority permits; plant products need KEPHIS phytosanitary certificates; minerals need licensed dealers. Working with an established export partner means verified sources, pre-shipment samples and documents handled for you.
Shipping from Kenya
Mombasa is East Africa's largest port with direct services to Europe, the Gulf, Asia and the Americas. JKIA Nairobi handles perishables with daily cargo flights. Read our Mombasa and JKIA logistics guide.
Prices and payment
We quote FOB Mombasa, CFR, CIF, CIP or DAP — see FOB vs CIF explained. Payment is by T/T, L/C or CAD; samples are paid in advance on an emailed proforma invoice — see how sample orders work.
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Send your product, quantity and destination on the quotation form.
Frequently asked questions
What are Kenya's main export products?
Tea, cut flowers, coffee, fresh vegetables and fruit, avocados, nuts, apparel, minerals and manufactured goods for the East African region.
Which port does Kenya export from?
Sea freight leaves from the Port of Mombasa; air freight from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi.
Why import with ProExporters Kenya?
ProExporters Kenya is your single, accountable partner for importing from Kenya and East Africa — from the first quotation to the bill of lading.
- 10 source countries, one partner — Kenya plus DR Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Burundi, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia.
- Verified, licensed suppliers — auction-registered buyers, KEPHIS-registered packhouses, certified factories and licensed mineral dealers.
- Quality you can check — pre-shipment samples, lab analysis and independent inspection before loading.
- Documents handled — export permits, certificates of origin, phytosanitary, EUDR and due-diligence files.
- Transparent sample pricing — instant calculation and an emailed proforma invoice.
- Fast answers — formal FOB / CIF / DAP quotations, usually within 24 hours.
- Registered company — ProExporters is a brand and trading name of PROTECH CONSULTING, a company registered in Kenya.
