Kuwait Trade Summary

2011 Data

Kuwait exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Kuwait

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 102,696
No. Of products: 2,134
No. Of partners: 146
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 25,142
No. Of products: 4,101
No. Of partners: 194

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...68,810,913.40
Petroleum oils, etc, ...25,273,771.13
Propane, liquefied1,812,816.27
Butanes, liquefied1,496,023.89
Other cellular plate ...868,243.09
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Automobiles with rec ...1,460,062.04
Automobiles with rec ...1,211,593.03
Transmission apparat ...923,956.11
Distilling or rectif ...363,875.31
Gold in unwrought fo ...362,115.38

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Unspecified97,365 94.81
China830 0.81
Saudi Arabia688 0.67
United Arab Emirates686 0.67
India639 0.62
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China3,713 14.77
United States2,688 10.69
Japan1,661 6.61
Germany1,658 6.60
United Arab Emirates1,603 6.38

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials69,104 67.29 1,988 7.91 2.04
Intermediate goods3,465 3.37 5,326 21.18 3.98
Consumer goods29,607 28.83 11,480 45.66 4.41
Capital goods520 0.51 6,343 25.23 3.58

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.09
Index of export market penetration: 2.27
World Growth: 9.25
Country Growth: 18.87

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 1
Maximum Rate (%): 100
Simple Average (%): 4.62
Weighted Average (%): 3.94
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 5,973,738.89
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 8.10

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 154,080
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 44,130.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 47.31
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 72,890.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 18.89
Trade (% of GDP): 99.09