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Kuwait Trade Summary

2013

Kuwait exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR KUWAIT 2013

Overall Exports and Imports for Kuwait 2013

Exports and imports of Kuwait in 2013 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 114,404 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 29,646 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,607 products were exported to 147 countries and 4,253 products were imported from 193 countries.

Kuwait top 5 Export and Import partners 2013

Top five countries to which Kuwait exported in 2013 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Kuwait exports to Unspecified worth US$ 107,759 million, with a partner share of 94.19 percent.
  2. Kuwait exports to China worth US$ 1,036 million, with a partner share of 0.91 percent.
  3. Kuwait exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 860 million, with a partner share of 0.75 percent.
  4. Kuwait exports to India worth US$ 722 million, with a partner share of 0.63 percent.
  5. Kuwait exports to Saudi Arabia worth US$ 710 million, with a partner share of 0.62 percent.

Top five countries from which Kuwait imported goods in 2013 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Kuwait imports from China worth US$ 4,012 million, with a partner share of 13.53 percent.
  2. Kuwait imports from United States worth US$ 2,931 million, with a partner share of 9.89 percent.
  3. Kuwait imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 2,632 million, with a partner share of 8.88 percent.
  4. Kuwait imports from Japan worth US$ 2,225 million, with a partner share of 7.51 percent.
  5. Kuwait imports from Germany worth US$ 1,987 million, with a partner share of 6.70 percent.

Kuwait Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2013

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 79,041,032.29 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kuwait exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 24,980,505.09 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kuwait exported Propane, liquefied , worth 2,148,152.43 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kuwait exported Butanes, liquefied , worth 1,616,551.72 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kuwait exported Ethylene glycol (ethanediol) , worth 1,149,906.54 (US$ Thousands).

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 2,195,397.87 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kuwait imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 1,254,410.52 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kuwait imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 795,371.06 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kuwait imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 764,110.26 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kuwait imported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth 544,917.15 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2013

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2013 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2013

Tariffs imposed by Kuwait in 2013 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 4.49 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.93 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,233,094.97 and duty free tariff line items share was 16.30 percent.

Development Indicators 2013

Key Development Indicators of Kuwait in 2013 are below

  • Kuwait GDP in current US dollar was 174,168 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 51,310.00 .
  • Kuwait Trade balance: as % of GDP was 44.12.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 76,836.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 97.61 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 15.61 .

Trade Indicators 2013

Trade Indicators for Kuwait in 2013 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.47.
  • World Growth in percentage was 1.19 and Kuwait Country Growth was -2.36 .