Agricultural exports reach $4.609 billion
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Monitor
Agricultural export revenues reached $4.609 billion in 2025, compared with an average of $2.5 billion over the previous decade, while the country still imports $800 million worth of vegetable oil. Minister Frank Tumwebaze presented the figures to Parliament, reports Daily Monitor.
Uganda’s agricultural export revenues reached $4.609 billion in 2025, or about 17 trillion shillings, Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, said in Parliament on Wednesday. The figure is more than twice the average recorded over the previous decade, which stood at $2.5 billion, according to the minister, quoted by Daily Monitor.
Despite this progress, Uganda still spends $800 million a year importing vegetable oil, as domestic production does not meet demand. Frank Tumwebaze attributed the rise in exports to agriculture’s growing contribution to the economy, while highlighting persistent shortcomings in some value chains.
