What is the price of sunflower oil in Kenya?

As of May 2026, sunflower oil in Kenya is US$ 1.07 per kg (149 KES), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

How much sunflower oil did Kenya export in 2024?

495 tonnes, valued at US$532,003.

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Sunflower Oil Prices in Kenya

US$ 1.07 / kg

149 KES / kg

MoM ▼ 51.2%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: May 2026

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (KES)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Global benchmark	1.51	209	▲ 1.4%	▲ 24.6%	World Bank Pink Sheet
-	Export (unit value)	1.07	149	▼ 51.2%	n/a	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the sunflower oil price in Kenya available is US$ 1.07 per kg (149 KES).

Kenya exported 495 tonnes of sunflower oil in 2024, valued at US$532,003, ranking #45 out of 79 global exporters and accounting for 0.0% of world exports. The country is a net exporter of sunflower oil. The latest export unit value is US$1.0748 per kg.

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We are building a dedicated sunflower oil price series for Kenya history. The trend line shown is the closest commodity benchmark, for reference only.

Global benchmark (world reference) price for sunflower oil, US$ per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - sunflower oil in Kenya

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Kenya exported $532K (495 t) of sunflower oil. That ranks #45 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$532K

Export value

495 t

Export volume

#45 / 79

World rank

Global share

$1.07

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top sunflower oil exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Ukraine $4.4B · 53.9%
#2 Netherlands $597.5M · 7.3%
#3 Argentina $509.4M · 6.2%
#4 Bulgaria $416.9M · 5.1%
#5 Hungary $369.7M · 4.5%

Annual export data Kenya · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$532K	495 t	$1.07
2021	$339K	154 t	$2.2
2020	$70.7K	-	-

HS Code

sunflower oil is traded under Harmonized System code 1512.11. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Kenya sunflower oil - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 Kenya shipped 70 tonnes of sunflower oil. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Kenya sunflower oil (processed category) has gone up, with a change of 1650 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sunflower oil's exports increased by 66.67 pc earning Kenya US$0.08m for the year 2019. Kenya's sunflower oil exports are classified as:

Crude sunflower-seed or safflower oil (HS code 151211)

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Kenya sunflower oil export values

In 2019, Kenya shipped sunflower oil valued at 0.08m USD, a surge of 788.89% from 2018's total sunflower oil export of 0.009m USD. The annual increase in value of Kenya sunflower oil between 2017 to 2018 was -80 per cent.

The per year variation in the quantity of Kenya's sunflower oil exports between 2017 and 2019 was 66.67% compared to a variation of 1650% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Kenya's stake of the world's total sunflower oil's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Kenya holds position 65 in world exports of sunflower oil.

Export markets for Kenya sunflower oil ( in '000$ )

Kenya's leading export markets for sunflower oil are Rwanda, Tanzania, DRC Congo, Italy and Uganda.

Import/Export Trends

Kenya is a net exporter of sunflower oil. The annual growth of Kenya sunflower oil in value between 2015 to 2019 was 58%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 63%, per annum.

Kenya ordered 6,416 tonnes of sunflower oil in 2019.

Sunflower Oil Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest sunflower oil prices in other Africa countries:

Tanzania$1.66/kg South Africa$1.70/kg Djibouti$1.51/kg Nigeria$0.97/kg Mozambique$2.12/kg Egypt$1.27/kg Malawi$0.50/kg Zambia$1.78/kg Ghana$1.51/kg Angola$4.72/kg Namibia$0.96/kg Ivory Coast$2.22/kg Algeria$1.01/kg Morocco$4.25/kg

Other Processed Prices in Kenya

Latest prices for other processed in Kenya:

Coffee$7.38/kg Raw Hides & Skins$0.40/kg Sugar$0.97/kg Palm Oil$0.97/kg Natural Honey$1.70/kg Milk & Cream$8.38/kg Cocoa Beans$1.20/kg Molasses$0.08/kg Black Tea$2.24/kg Butter$3.00/kg Cotton$4.92/kg Leather$1.55/kg Kefir & Buttermilk$2.10/kg Wheat flour$0.51/kg Mineral water$0.28/kg

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