🇰🇼 Kuwait import and export data
In 2024, Kuwait imported goods worth $37.15 billion and exported $65.98 billion, a trade surplus of $28.83 billion. That is 9% less than in 2023. Across 2017-2024 the long-run trend was broadly stable.
Imports 2024
$37.15B
Exports 2024
$65.98B
Trade balance
+$28.83B
Kuwait imports and exports, 2017-2024
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Where Kuwait imports from
The largest suppliers were China (18%), United Arab Emirates (11%), United States (8%). Trade is spread widely: the top three suppliers together make up only 38%.
Where Kuwait exports to
The largest buyer markets were China (18%), South Korea (13%), India (13%). Trade is spread widely: the top three buyer markets together make up only 44%. Among the main buyer markets, Netherlands grew fastest (+159% on the year before).
Top Kuwait imports, 2024
- 1Cars · HS 8703$4.35B12%
- 2Phones and network equipment · HS 8517$1.58B4.3%
- 3Packaged medicines · HS 3004$1.45B3.9%
- 4Precious metal jewelry · HS 7113$1.21B3.3%
- 5Gold · HS 7108$1.07B2.9%
- 6Petroleum gas · HS 2711$672.0M1.8%
- 7Aircraft · HS 8802$654.5M1.8%
- 8Trucks · HS 8704$627.6M1.7%
- 9Gas turbine · HS 8411$536.0M1.4%
- 10Blood product · HS 3002$522.1M1.4%
- 11Seamless steel pipes · HS 7304$494.1M1.3%
- 12Poultry meat · HS 0207$400.3M1.1%
Top Kuwait exports, 2024
- 1Crude oil · HS 2709$28.82B44%
- 2Refined petroleum products · HS 2710$23.70B36%
- 3Petroleum gas · HS 2711$3.72B5.6%
- 4Aromatic hydrocarbon · HS 2902$1.27B1.9%
- 5Cars · HS 8703$1.13B1.7%
- 6Polyethylene · HS 3901$955.6M1.5%
- 7Sulfonated hydrocarbon · HS 2904$801.6M1.2%
- 8Alcohol · HS 2905$789.8M1.2%
- 9Aircraft · HS 8802$609.7M0.9%
- 10Petroleum residue · HS 2713$306.4M0.5%
- 11Trucks · HS 8704$294.1M0.5%
- 12Phones and network equipment · HS 8517$235.6M0.4%
Beyond the public totals
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Kuwait trade data by product
Every product below has its own page: yearly trend, partner countries on a map, prices per kg and HS detail.
Chapter 01 · Animals; live
Chapter 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
Chapter 03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other…
Chapter 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey…
Chapter 06 · Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and…
Chapter 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
- Kuwait potatoes trade
- Kuwait tomatoes trade
- Kuwait onions and garlic trade
- Kuwait cabbage and brassicas trade
- Kuwait lettuce and chicory trade
- Kuwait root vegetables trade
- Kuwait cucumbers trade
- Kuwait fresh legumes trade
- Kuwait other fresh vegetables trade
- Kuwait frozen vegetables trade
- Kuwait dried vegetables trade
- Kuwait dried legumes trade
- Kuwait starchy roots and tubers trade
Chapter 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or…
- Kuwait edible nuts trade
- Kuwait tree nuts trade
- Kuwait bananas trade
- Kuwait tropical fruit trade
- Kuwait citrus fruit trade
- Kuwait grapes trade
- Kuwait melons and papayas trade
- Kuwait apples and pears trade
- Kuwait stone fruit trade
- Kuwait other fresh fruit trade
- Kuwait frozen fruit trade
- Kuwait dried fruit trade
Chapter 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
Chapter 10 · Cereals
Chapter 11 · Products of the milling industry; malt…
Chapter 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous…
Chapter 13 · Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and…
Chapter 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils…
- Kuwait soya bean oil trade
- Kuwait olive oil trade
- Kuwait olive oil blends trade
- Kuwait palm oil trade
- Kuwait sunflower, safflower and cotton oil trade
- Kuwait coconut and palm kernel oil trade
- Kuwait rapeseed and mustard oil trade
- Kuwait other vegetable oils trade
- Kuwait hydrogenated vegetable oil trade
- Kuwait margarine trade
- Kuwait chemically modified oils trade
Chapter 16 · Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other…
Chapter 17 · Sugars and sugar confectionery
Chapter 18 · Cocoa and cocoa preparations
Chapter 19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk…
Chapter 20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or…
Chapter 21 · Miscellaneous edible preparations
Chapter 22 · Beverages, spirits and vinegar
Chapter 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof…
Chapter 24 · Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes…
Chapter 25 · Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering…
Chapter 26 · Ores, slag and ash
Chapter 27 · Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of…
Chapter 28 · Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic…
- Kuwait halogen gas trade
- Kuwait hydrogen gas trade
- Kuwait hydrochloric acid trade
- Kuwait inorganic acid trade
- Kuwait halide compound trade
- Kuwait caustic soda trade
- Kuwait aluminium oxide trade
- Kuwait manganese oxide trade
- Kuwait hydrazine trade
- Kuwait chloride trade
- Kuwait sulfite trade
- Kuwait sulfate trade
- Kuwait phosphate trade
- Kuwait carbonate trade
- Kuwait radioactive element trade
Chapter 29 · Organic chemicals
- Kuwait hydrocarbon trade
- Kuwait aromatic hydrocarbon trade
- Kuwait halogenated hydrocarbon trade
- Kuwait sulfonated hydrocarbon trade
- Kuwait alcohol trade
- Kuwait ether trade
- Kuwait saturated carboxylic acid trade
- Kuwait unsaturated carboxylic acid trade
- Kuwait polycarboxylic acid trade
- Kuwait oxygenated carboxylic acid trade
- Kuwait inorganic ester trade
- Kuwait amino alcohol trade
- Kuwait quaternary ammonium salt trade
- Kuwait nitrogen compound trade
- Kuwait organosulfur compound trade
- Kuwait organo-inorganic compound trade
- Kuwait heterocyclic nitrogen compound trade
- Kuwait sulfonamide trade
- Kuwait vitamin trade
Chapter 30 · Pharmaceutical products
Chapter 31 · Fertilizers
Chapter 32 · Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their…
Chapter 33 · Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery…
Chapter 34 · Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing…
Chapter 35 · Albuminoidal substances; modified starches…
Chapter 36 · Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches…
Chapter 37 · Photographic or cinematographic goods
Chapter 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
- Kuwait activated carbon trade
- Kuwait black liquor trade
- Kuwait pesticide trade
- Kuwait textile finish trade
- Kuwait fuel additive trade
- Kuwait rubber chemical trade
- Kuwait fire extinguisher trade
- Kuwait paint thinner trade
- Kuwait catalyst trade
- Kuwait refractory mortar trade
- Kuwait antifreeze trade
- Kuwait culture medium trade
- Kuwait diagnostic reagent trade
- Kuwait chemical product trade
Chapter 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
- Kuwait polyethylene trade
- Kuwait polypropylene trade
- Kuwait polystyrene trade
- Kuwait pvc trade
- Kuwait vinyl polymer trade
- Kuwait acrylic resin trade
- Kuwait engineering plastic trade
- Kuwait polyurethane trade
- Kuwait silicone resin trade
- Kuwait petroleum resin trade
- Kuwait cellulose trade
- Kuwait biopolymer trade
- Kuwait plastic waste trade
- Kuwait plastic monofilament trade
- Kuwait plastic hose trade
- Kuwait plastic flooring trade
- Kuwait self-adhesive film trade
- Kuwait plastic sheet trade
- Kuwait plastic film trade
- Kuwait plastic sanitary ware trade
- Kuwait plastic bottle trade
- Kuwait plastic dinnerware trade
- Kuwait plastic building material trade
- Kuwait plastic product trade
Chapter 40 · Rubber and articles thereof
Chapter 42 · Articles of leather; saddlery and harness…
Chapter 44 · Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
- Kuwait fuel wood and wood waste trade
- Kuwait wood charcoal trade
- Kuwait sawn wood trade
- Kuwait particle board and osb trade
- Kuwait fibreboard trade
- Kuwait plywood trade
- Kuwait wooden crates and pallets trade
- Kuwait wood joinery and carpentry trade
- Kuwait wooden tableware trade
- Kuwait wooden ornaments and inlaid trade
- Kuwait wooden articles trade
Chapter 46 · Manufactures of straw, esparto or other…
Chapter 47 · Pulp of wood or other fibrous cellulosic…
Chapter 48 · Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp…
- Kuwait uncoated printing paper trade
- Kuwait tissue paper trade
- Kuwait kraft paper trade
- Kuwait uncoated paperboard trade
- Kuwait greaseproof and parchment paper trade
- Kuwait corrugated cardboard trade
- Kuwait carbon and copy paper trade
- Kuwait coated paper trade
- Kuwait specialty coated paper trade
- Kuwait wallpaper trade
- Kuwait paper envelopes and stationery trade
- Kuwait toilet paper and tissues trade
- Kuwait paperboard boxes and cartons trade
- Kuwait paper notebooks and albums trade
- Kuwait paper labels trade
- Kuwait paper articles trade
Chapter 49 · Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other…
Chapter 51 · Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair…
Chapter 53 · Vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven…
Chapter 54 · Man-made filaments; strip and the like of…
Chapter 55 · Man-made staple fibres
Chapter 56 · Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns…
Chapter 57 · Carpets and other textile floor coverings
Chapter 58 · Fabrics; special woven fabrics, tufted textile…
Chapter 59 · Textile fabrics; impregnated, coated, covered…
Chapter 60 · Fabrics; knitted or crocheted
Chapter 61 · Apparel and clothing accessories; knitted or…
- Kuwait men's knit coat trade
- Kuwait women's knit coat trade
- Kuwait men's knit clothing trade
- Kuwait women's knit clothing trade
- Kuwait men's knit shirt trade
- Kuwait women's knit blouse trade
- Kuwait men's knit underwear trade
- Kuwait women's knit underwear trade
- Kuwait t-shirt and vest trade
- Kuwait knit sweater trade
- Kuwait baby knit clothing trade
- Kuwait knit swimwear and activewear trade
- Kuwait knit garment trade
- Kuwait hosiery trade
- Kuwait knit gloves trade
- Kuwait knit clothing accessories trade
Chapter 62 · Apparel and clothing accessories; not knitted…
- Kuwait men's overcoat trade
- Kuwait women's overcoat trade
- Kuwait men's clothing trade
- Kuwait women's clothing trade
- Kuwait men's shirt trade
- Kuwait women's blouse trade
- Kuwait men's underwear trade
- Kuwait women's underwear trade
- Kuwait baby clothing trade
- Kuwait technical garment trade
- Kuwait swimwear and activewear trade
- Kuwait lingerie and corsetry trade
- Kuwait scarf and shawl trade
- Kuwait necktie trade
- Kuwait clothing accessories trade
Chapter 63 · Textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing…
Chapter 64 · Footwear; gaiters and the like; parts of such…
Chapter 65 · Headgear and parts thereof
Chapter 66 · Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat…
Chapter 67 · Feathers and down, prepared; and articles made…
Chapter 68 · Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or…
- Kuwait stone setts and flagstones trade
- Kuwait worked building stone trade
- Kuwait worked slate trade
- Kuwait grinding stones trade
- Kuwait abrasive cloth trade
- Kuwait mineral wool insulation trade
- Kuwait asphalt and bitumen trade
- Kuwait wood and fiber boards trade
- Kuwait plaster articles trade
- Kuwait cement and concrete trade
- Kuwait brake and clutch material trade
- Kuwait mineral and carbon products trade
Chapter 69 · Ceramic products
Chapter 70 · Glass and glassware
- Kuwait glass scrap trade
- Kuwait float glass trade
- Kuwait safety glass trade
- Kuwait insulating glass units trade
- Kuwait mirrors trade
- Kuwait glass bottles and jars trade
- Kuwait glassware trade
- Kuwait glass blocks and tiles trade
- Kuwait glass beads trade
- Kuwait glass fiber trade
- Kuwait other glass articles trade
Chapter 71 · Natural, cultured pearls; precious…
Chapter 72 · Iron and steel
- Kuwait ferro-alloys trade
- Kuwait reduced iron and sponge iron trade
- Kuwait iron and steel scrap trade
- Kuwait steel semi-finished products trade
- Kuwait hot-rolled steel coils trade
- Kuwait cold-rolled steel sheets trade
- Kuwait coated steel sheets trade
- Kuwait narrow steel strips trade
- Kuwait coated steel strips trade
- Kuwait hot-rolled steel bars trade
- Kuwait forged and hot-rolled steel bars trade
- Kuwait steel shapes trade
- Kuwait steel wire trade
- Kuwait stainless steel sheet trade
- Kuwait stainless steel bars and shapes trade
- Kuwait alloy steel sheet trade
- Kuwait alloy steel strips trade
- Kuwait alloy steel bars and shapes trade
Chapter 73 · Iron or steel articles
- Kuwait railway track trade
- Kuwait cast iron pipes trade
- Kuwait seamless steel pipes trade
- Kuwait large diameter steel pipes trade
- Kuwait welded steel tubes trade
- Kuwait steel pipe fittings trade
- Kuwait steel structural sections trade
- Kuwait steel storage tanks trade
- Kuwait steel drums trade
- Kuwait gas cylinders trade
- Kuwait steel wire ropes trade
- Kuwait steel wire mesh trade
- Kuwait steel chain trade
- Kuwait steel nails trade
- Kuwait steel fasteners trade
- Kuwait steel springs trade
- Kuwait steel stoves trade
- Kuwait steel cookware trade
- Kuwait steel sanitary ware trade
- Kuwait cast iron articles trade
- Kuwait steel articles trade
Chapter 74 · Copper and articles thereof
Chapter 75 · Nickel and articles thereof
Chapter 76 · Aluminium and articles thereof
- Kuwait aluminium ingots trade
- Kuwait aluminium scrap trade
- Kuwait aluminium rods trade
- Kuwait aluminium wire trade
- Kuwait aluminium sheet trade
- Kuwait aluminium foil trade
- Kuwait aluminium structural sections trade
- Kuwait aluminium drums trade
- Kuwait aluminium cables trade
- Kuwait aluminium cookware trade
- Kuwait aluminium products trade
Chapter 78 · Lead and articles thereof
Chapter 79 · Zinc and articles thereof
Chapter 82 · Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks…
Chapter 83 · Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal
Chapter 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers…
- Kuwait industrial boilers trade
- Kuwait boiler economizer trade
- Kuwait gas generator trade
- Kuwait steam turbine trade
- Kuwait piston engine trade
- Kuwait diesel engine trade
- Kuwait engine parts trade
- Kuwait gas turbine trade
- Kuwait pneumatic motor trade
- Kuwait liquid pump trade
- Kuwait air compressor trade
- Kuwait air conditioner trade
- Kuwait furnace burner trade
- Kuwait industrial furnace trade
- Kuwait refrigerator trade
- Kuwait heat treatment machinery trade
- Kuwait centrifuge trade
- Kuwait dishwasher trade
- Kuwait weighing scale trade
- Kuwait spray gun trade
- Kuwait hoist trade
- Kuwait crane trade
- Kuwait forklift trade
- Kuwait conveyor trade
- Kuwait excavator trade
- Kuwait excavation machinery trade
- Kuwait lifting machinery parts trade
- Kuwait harvester trade
- Kuwait milking machine trade
- Kuwait poultry incubator trade
- Kuwait food processing machinery trade
- Kuwait paper machinery trade
- Kuwait paper cutter trade
- Kuwait printing press trade
- Kuwait washing machine trade
- Kuwait industrial washer trade
- Kuwait lathe trade
- Kuwait drill press trade
- Kuwait metal press trade
- Kuwait wood working machine trade
- Kuwait machine tool parts trade
- Kuwait power tool trade
- Kuwait welding machine trade
- Kuwait calculator trade
- Kuwait computer trade
- Kuwait office machine trade
- Kuwait computer parts trade
- Kuwait crushing machine trade
- Kuwait glass working machine trade
- Kuwait vending machine trade
- Kuwait plastic molding machine trade
- Kuwait specialized machinery trade
- Kuwait metal mold trade
- Kuwait valve trade
- Kuwait bearing trade
- Kuwait gearbox trade
- Kuwait gasket trade
- Kuwait machinery parts trade
Chapter 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts…
- Kuwait electric motor trade
- Kuwait generator trade
- Kuwait motor parts trade
- Kuwait transformer trade
- Kuwait electromagnet trade
- Kuwait battery trade
- Kuwait accumulator trade
- Kuwait vacuum cleaner trade
- Kuwait electric appliance trade
- Kuwait electric shaver trade
- Kuwait ignition system trade
- Kuwait automotive lighting trade
- Kuwait flashlight trade
- Kuwait electric furnace trade
- Kuwait electric welding machine trade
- Kuwait electric heater trade
- Kuwait phones and network equipment trade
- Kuwait microphone trade
- Kuwait video recorder trade
- Kuwait storage media trade
- Kuwait television camera trade
- Kuwait radar trade
- Kuwait monitor trade
- Kuwait electronics parts trade
- Kuwait traffic control equipment trade
- Kuwait alarm system trade
- Kuwait capacitor trade
- Kuwait high voltage switch trade
- Kuwait low voltage switch trade
- Kuwait control panel trade
- Kuwait electrical parts trade
- Kuwait light bulbs trade
- Kuwait semiconductors trade
- Kuwait integrated circuits trade
- Kuwait electrical machinery trade
- Kuwait electrical wire and cable trade
- Kuwait carbon brushes trade
- Kuwait electrical insulators trade
- Kuwait insulating fittings trade
- Kuwait electrical components trade
Chapter 86 · Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and…
Chapter 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling…
- Kuwait tractors trade
- Kuwait public transit buses trade
- Kuwait cars trade
- Kuwait trucks trade
- Kuwait special purpose vehicles trade
- Kuwait vehicle parts and accessories trade
- Kuwait motorcycles trade
- Kuwait bicycles trade
- Kuwait mobility carriages trade
- Kuwait motorcycle and bicycle parts trade
- Kuwait baby carriages trade
- Kuwait trailers trade
Chapter 88 · Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
Chapter 89 · Ships, boats and floating structures
Chapter 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic…
- Kuwait optical fibres and lenses trade
- Kuwait optical elements trade
- Kuwait spectacle frames trade
- Kuwait eyeglasses trade
- Kuwait binoculars and telescopes trade
- Kuwait film cameras and projectors trade
- Kuwait optical microscopes trade
- Kuwait lasers trade
- Kuwait navigation instruments trade
- Kuwait surveying instruments trade
- Kuwait drawing and measuring instruments trade
- Kuwait medical instruments trade
- Kuwait therapeutic apparatus trade
- Kuwait breathing apparatus trade
- Kuwait orthopaedic appliances trade
- Kuwait x-ray apparatus trade
- Kuwait demonstration apparatus trade
- Kuwait material testing machines trade
- Kuwait temperature and humidity meters trade
- Kuwait pressure and flow meters trade
- Kuwait analytical instruments trade
- Kuwait utility meters trade
- Kuwait electrical measuring instruments trade
- Kuwait measuring instruments trade
- Kuwait control instruments trade
- Kuwait instrument parts trade
Chapter 91 · Clocks and watches and parts thereof
Chapter 93 · Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories…
Chapter 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress…
Chapter 95 · Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and…
Chapter 96 · Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Chapter 97 · Works of art; collectors' pieces and antiques
Kuwait on EximDataX
Mirror data: built from the shipment records of the countries that trade with it. Updated weekly on EximDataX (some markets daily), while public statistics stop at 2024.
Source: CEPII BACI (reconciled UN Comtrade data), HS 2017 edition, release 202601, Etalab Open Licence 2.0. Values in US dollars.
Straight answers
Trade data for Kuwait: questions
What does Kuwait import most?
By value in 2024: Cars ($4.35 billion), Phones and network equipment ($1.58 billion), Packaged medicines ($1.45 billion).
What are the main exports of Kuwait?
By value in 2024: Crude oil ($28.82 billion), Refined petroleum products ($23.70 billion), Petroleum gas ($3.72 billion).
Who are the biggest trading partners of Kuwait?
Largest suppliers: China, United Arab Emirates, United States. Largest export markets: China, South Korea, India.
Where can I get shipment-level Kuwait trade data?
Mirror data: built from the shipment records of the countries that trade with it. Updated weekly on EximDataX (some markets daily), while public statistics stop at 2024.
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