What is the price of yeast in Kenya?

As of January 2024, yeast in Kenya is US$ 2.46 per kg (341 KES), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Kenya's world rank in yeast exports?

Kenya ranks 71st out of 99 yeast exporters.

Yeast Price in Kenya - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Yeast Prices in Kenya

US$ 2.46 / kg

341 KES / kg

MoM ▲ 14.3% YoY ▲ 14.3%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2024

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (KES)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	2.46	341	▲ 14.3%	▲ 14.3%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the yeast price in Kenya available is US$ 2.46 per kg (341 KES), up 14.3% year-on-year.

Kenya exported 52 tonnes of yeast in 2024, valued at US$128,538, ranking 71st out of 99 global exporters and accounting for 0.0% of world exports. Export value declined by 26.3% year-on-year. Kenya is a net exporter of yeast. The latest export unit value is US$2.4568 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - yeast in Kenya

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Kenya exported $128.5K (52.3 t) of yeast▼ 26.3% YoY. That ranks #71 worldwide (0% of global exports).

$128.5K

Export value

52.3 t

Export volume

#71 / 99

World rank

Global share

$2.46

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top yeast exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 China $435.6M · 22%
#2 Turkey $245.8M · 12.4%
#3 Canada $186.3M · 9.4%
#4 France $123.5M · 6.2%
#5 Mexico $105.4M · 5.3%

Annual export data Kenya · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$128.5K	52.3 t	$2.46
2023	$174.3K	81.1 t	$2.15
2022	$56K	18.2 t	$3.07
2021	$210.5K	33.5 t	$6.28
2020	$153K	85 t	$1.8

HS Code

yeast is traded under Harmonized System code 2102.10. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

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

Kenya yeast - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 Kenya sold 68 tonnes of yeast. For 2019 alone, the market for Kenya yeast (processed category) has shrunk, changing by -21.839 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, yeast's exports decreased by -36.45 percent bringing the exporter US$0.15m for the year 2019. Kenya's yeast exports are categorised as:

Active yeasts (HS code 210210)
Inactive yeasts; other dead single-cell micro-organisms (excluding packaged as medicaments) (HS code 210220)

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Kenya yeast export values

In 2019, Kenya supplied yeast worth 0.15m USD, a reduction of -2.60% from 2018's total yeast export of 0.154m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Kenya yeast between 2017 to 2018 was 9.22 per cent.

The yearly change in the quantity of Kenya's yeast exports between 2017 and 2019 was -36.45 percent when compared to a variation of -21.839% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

Kenya's share of the world's total yeast's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Kenya is ranked position 76 in world exports of yeast.

Export markets for Kenya yeast ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Kenya is a net importer of yeast. The annual growth of Kenya yeast in value between 2015 to 2019 was -63%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was -43%, per annum.

Kenya imported 4,111 tonnes of yeast in 2019.

Yeast Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest yeast prices in other Africa countries:

Gabon$2.32/kg Morocco$3.02/kg Uganda$2.74/kg Algeria$3.22/kg Botswana$3.88/kg South Africa$3.29/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 Sunflower Oil$1.07/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

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Yeast Kenya

US$ 2.4568 / kg

generic Export (unit value) as of 2024-01-01

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