Table 1 A descriptive statistics of the export share of the East African Community (EAC) member states.

Mean

55941.32

897601.7

44312.74

106109.5

410907.5

Median

60857.98

917496.9

52547.13

117187.8

472816.5

Maximum

85708.19

1242339

63443.64

140648.3

558444.2

Minimum

25384.00

472123.3

16241.20

45711.53

163509.9

St. Deviation

16598.82

206566.4

17612.09

29788.47

135765.7

Skewness

− 0.4025

− 0.4632

− 0.4746

− 0.7929

− 0.5808

Kurtosis

2.5114

2.7120

1.5515

2.3721

1.8568

Jarque− Bera

0.38

0.76

0.42

0.42

0.46

Domestic value added (DVA)

Mean

128531.4

4459949

123600.3

694719.4

969528.3

Median

144265.7

4659579

131600.3

741417.8

977589.4

Maximum

195588.9

5787217

176161.9

1020364

1281763

Minimum

50962.18

2398999

65911.82

330676.4

667709.5

St. Deviation

44165.27

1017292

36914.48

201384.9

185848.5

Skewness

− 0.5148

− 0.6458

− 0.2464

− 0.3733

0.0906

Kurtosis

2.0371

2.3663

1.7156

2.2971

2.0284

Jarque− Bera

0.56

0.55

0.57

0.74

0.75

Indirect value added (DVX)

Mean

55941.32

1557936

55395.59

200689.5

310498.3

Median

60857.98

1621183

57864.70

218254.3

321330.7

Maximum

85708.19

2035450

72539.48

241939.9

410649.9

Minimum

25384.00

831038.8

35084.86

108532.4

206588.2

St. Deviation

16598.82

352082.3

12299.35

40136.59

65873.33

Skewness

− 0.4025

− 0.6037

− 0.3721

− 1.1921

− 0.0701

Kurtosis

2.51149

2.4964

1.8560

3.2424

1.7579

Jarque− Bera

0.77

0.61

0.58

0.18

0.63