Kuwait Trade Summary

2013 Data

Kuwait exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Kuwait

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 114,404
No. Of products: 2,607
No. Of partners: 147
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 29,646
No. Of products: 4,253
No. Of partners: 193

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...79,041,032.29
Petroleum oils, etc, ...24,980,505.09
Propane, liquefied2,148,152.43
Butanes, liquefied1,616,551.72
Ethylene glycol (eth ...1,149,906.54
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Automobiles with rec ...2,195,397.87
Automobiles with rec ...1,254,410.52
Gold in unwrought fo ...795,371.06
Transmission apparat ...764,110.26
Art. of jewellery an ...544,917.15

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Unspecified107,759 94.19
China1,036 0.91
United Arab Emirates860 0.75
India722 0.63
Saudi Arabia710 0.62
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China4,012 13.53
United States2,931 9.89
United Arab Emirates2,632 8.88
Japan2,225 7.51
Germany1,987 6.70

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials79,354 69.36 2,290 7.72 2.75
Intermediate goods3,913 3.42 5,716 19.28 4.02
Consumer goods30,394 26.57 14,379 48.50 4.39
Capital goods743 0.65 7,261 24.49 3.53

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.09
Index of export market penetration: 2.47
World Growth: 1.18
Country Growth: -2.36

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 3
Maximum Rate (%): 3,000
Simple Average (%): 4.49
Weighted Average (%): 3.93
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 4,233,094.97
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 16.30

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 174,168
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 51,310.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 44.12
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 76,836.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 15.61
Trade (% of GDP): 97.61