Imports from EAC partner states increased by 31.8 percent from US$ 77.8 million in the second quarter 2010 to US$ 102.6 million in the second quarter 2011. Uganda and KENYA have the big shares of the RWANDA imports from EAC region for 46.6 and 28.5 percent respectively. This is to say that more than 75 percent of imports are from Uganda and Kenya.

Exports to EAC Partner States increased by 65.7 per cent from US$ 9.88 million in the third quarter of 2010 to US$ 16.37 million in 2011 in the same quarter.  The decrease from the second quarter level of 2011 is 17.1 per cent. KENYA was the main destination of RWANDA with the share of 84.8 per cent of the total exports to EAC region, followed by Burundi and Uganda for 9.3 and 5.1 per cent respectively.

Exports of Rwanda increased by 87.5 per cent from US$ 63.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2010 to US$ 118.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 and the main destination was COMESA, EU and EAC with 39.4%, 29.7%, and 20.5% of shares respectively. Moreover, as it has been noticed in table 3 for imports, total general exports of Rwanda also increased at very low rate of 0.8%.

The 2010/11 Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey or EICV3 (Enquête Intégrale sur les Conditions de Vie des Ménages) is the third in the series of surveys which started in 2000/01 and is designed to monitor poverty and living conditions. The survey methodology has changed little over its 10 years, making it ideal for monitoring changes in the country. In 2010/11, for the first time the achieved sample size of 14,308 households in the EICV3 was sufficient to provide estimates which are reliable at the level of the district.

This report provides a summary analysis of recent changes in poverty in Rwanda, based on three comparable household surveys (EICV: Enquête Intégrale sur les Conditions de Vie des ménages) conducted over the past ten years, EICV1 in 2000/01, EICV2 in 2005/06 and EICV3, just completed, in 2010/11. Much of the report focuses on poverty measured in consumption terms; household consumption is measured in comparable terms across the three surveys and adjusted for differences between households in the prices they face and in their size and composition.

the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and the National Institute of Statistics Rwanda (NISR) have organized a joint launch of the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Startegy (EDPRS 2) elaboration and the publication of the Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey (EICV 3) report as well as the 4th Demographic and Health Survey (DHS 4) results.