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Kuwait Trade Summary

2011

Kuwait exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR KUWAIT 2011

Overall Exports and Imports for Kuwait 2011

Exports and imports of Kuwait in 2011 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 102,696 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 25,142 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,134 products were exported to 146 countries and 4,101 products were imported from 194 countries.

Kuwait top 5 Export and Import partners 2011

Top five countries to which Kuwait exported in 2011 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Kuwait exports to Unspecified worth US$ 97,365 million, with a partner share of 94.81 percent.
  2. Kuwait exports to China worth US$ 830 million, with a partner share of 0.81 percent.
  3. Kuwait exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 688 million, with a partner share of 0.67 percent.
  4. Kuwait exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 686 million, with a partner share of 0.67 percent.
  5. Kuwait exports to India worth US$ 639 million, with a partner share of 0.62 percent.

Top five countries from which Kuwait imported goods in 2011 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Kuwait imports from China worth US$ 3,713 million, with a partner share of 14.77 percent.
  2. Kuwait imports from United States worth US$ 2,688 million, with a partner share of 10.69 percent.
  3. Kuwait imports from Japan worth US$ 1,661 million, with a partner share of 6.61 percent.
  4. Kuwait imports from Germany worth US$ 1,658 million, with a partner share of 6.60 percent.
  5. Kuwait imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,603 million, with a partner share of 6.38 percent.

Kuwait Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2011

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Kuwait along with trade value are:

  1. Kuwait exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 68,810,913.40 million.
  2. Kuwait exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 25,273,771.13 million.
  3. Kuwait exported Propane, liquefied , worth US$ 1,812,816.27 million.
  4. Kuwait exported Butanes, liquefied , worth US$ 1,496,023.89 million.
  5. Kuwait exported Other cellular plates, strips..., of plastics, , worth US$ 868,243.09 million.

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Kuwait along with trade value are

  1. Kuwait imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 1,460,062.04 million.
  2. Kuwait imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 1,211,593.03 million.
  3. Kuwait imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 923,956.11 million.
  4. Kuwait imported Distilling or rectifying plant , worth US$ 363,875.31 million.
  5. Kuwait imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth US$ 362,115.38 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2011

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2011 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2011

Tariffs imposed by Kuwait in 2011 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.62 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.94 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 5,973,738.89 and duty free tariff line items share was 8.10 percent.

Development Indicators 2011

Key Development Indicators of Kuwait in 2011 are below

  • Kuwait GDP in current US dollar was 154,080 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 44,130.00 .
  • Kuwait Trade balance: as % of GDP was 47.31.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 72,890.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 99.09 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 18.89 .

Trade Indicators 2011

Trade Indicators for Kuwait in 2011 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.27.
  • World Growth in percentage was 9.25 and Kuwait Country Growth was 18.87 .