Kuwait Trade Summary

2017 Data

Kuwait exports, imports, tariff by year.
Kuwait monthly trade data
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Kuwait

Overall Exports and Imports

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Exports (in US$ Mil): 54,992
No. Of products: 2,659
No. Of partners: 145
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 33,598
No. Of products: 4,143
No. Of partners: 203

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...38,152,286.38
Petroleum oils, etc, ...9,147,960.92
Propane, liquefied1,259,938.99
Butanes, liquefied1,016,853.03
Ethylene glycol (eth ...754,161.41
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Automobiles with rec ...1,862,303.01
Transmission apparat ...1,692,244.77
Other medicaments of ...776,365.21
Automobiles with rec ...754,116.55
Art. of jewellery an ...716,577.59

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Unspecified49,566 90.13
India761 1.38
Iraq692 1.26
Saudi Arabia658 1.20
United Arab Emirates589 1.07
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
China5,504 16.38
United States3,444 10.25
United Arab Emirates2,930 8.72
Germany1,993 5.93
Saudi Arabia1,836 5.47

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials38,504 70.02 2,790 8.31 1.76
Intermediate goods2,548 4.63 5,757 17.13 3.21
Consumer goods13,025 23.69 14,553 43.32 6.33
Capital goods720 1.31 10,452 31.11 3.07

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.09
Index of export market penetration: 2.60
World Growth: 5.17
Country Growth: 12.28

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 5
Maximum Rate (%): 1,278.39
Simple Average (%): 3.88
Weighted Average (%): 4.34
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 12,890,133.97
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 25.77

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 120,688
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 30,870.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 4.55
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 5,494.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 27.74
Trade (% of GDP): 97.84