Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Kuwait, the State of
Kuwait, the State of
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
107 936 26 884 0.8 12 951 48.2
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
53 36 65 41
Imports
64 44 42 28
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 40 116 27 738 2020 0.23
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 -5 2
2019 -10 -6
2020 -38 -17 2020 0.16
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 1.1
Fuels and mining products: 81.5
Agricultural products: 16
Fuels and mining products: 4
Manufactures: 10.1
Other: 7.3
Manufactures: 80
Other: 0
By main destination, % (2019)
By main origin, % (2019)
Iraq: 1.5 India: 1.2 United Arab Emirates: 0.9
China: 1.4 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of: 1 Other: 93.9
European Union: 19.6 United States of America: 9.1 Japan: 6.3
China: 17.9 United Arab Emirates: 8.4 Other: 38.7
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS1101 HS2202 HS2009 HS1902 HS1602
2019 . 54 31 30 25 25
Wheat or meslin flour Waters containing added sugar Fruit juices and vegetable juices Pasta Other prepared or preserved meat
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1006 HS0207 HS2402 HS1905 HS1806
2019
Rice Meat and edible offal of poultry Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Chocolate and other cocoa food
357 311 277 200 193
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
Imports
10%
20%
0%
HS1101
HS1006
HS2202
HS0207
HS2009
HS2402
HS1902
HS1905
HS1602
HS1806
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 394 5 371
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 7 5
2018 -1 7
2019 -39 2
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2709 HS2710 HS2711 HS2904 HS2905
2019
Petroleum oils, crude Petroleum oils, other than crude Petroleum gases Other derivatives of hydrocarbons Acyclic alcohols, their derivatives
46 539 9 925 2 220 787 767
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS8703 HS8525 HS3004 HS7113 HS7304
2019
Motor cars for transport of persons Radio-telephony transmission tools Medicaments in measured doses Articles and parts of jewellery Tubes, pipes, of iron or steel
3 227 1 593 1 030 696 648
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
198
20%
40%
Imports 60%
80%
0%
HS2709
HS8703
HS2710
HS8525
HS2711
HS3004
HS2904
HS7113
HS2905
HS7304
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 64 036 28 113
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 0 4
2018 31 7
2019 -10 -8
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Kuwait, the State of TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
6 703 17 464 2020 0.14
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
-2 2
2019
2020
-1 -19
-10 -39 2020 0.38
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 13.7 Other commercial services: 79.9
Travel: 6.4 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 18.6 Other commercial services: 38.8
By main destination
Travel: 42.3 Goods-related services: 0.4
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Kuwait, the State of
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2020 918 3 245
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
Value 609 170 139
2010-2020 -14 -2
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 -5 -9
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2019) By other (2020)
66.3 18.6 15.2
2020 -22 -21
Value
Share (%)
6 0 3 239
0.2 0.0 99.8
Travel 300
Kuwait, the State of
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 427 7 379
2010-2020 4 1
Annual percentage change 2019 53 11
2020 -39 -53
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 14.8
4.1 0.5
ICTs Insurance & pension 80.6
Value
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 5 358 Imports 6 771
3 6
2020
Financial services
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
na 69
na -2
2019
2020
-4 -48
-4 -21
2019
2020
na 17
na -34
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2018 Residents
1
Non-residents
256
Trademark applications, 2018 Total
257
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
3 543
Non-residents
7 195
Industrial design applications, 2018 Total
10 738
Residents
197
Non-residents
202
Total
399
199