World Tariff Profiles
2023
SPECIAL TOPICS 1. World Tariff Profiles: the evolution of market access over 16 years 2. MTN Categories: product classification for WTO trade statistics and policy analysis
Kuwait, the State of Kuwait, the State of Part A.1
Tariffs and imports: Summary and duty ranges
Summary
Total
Simple average final bound
Ag
Non-Ag
WTO member since
1995
98.0
100.0
97.7
Binding coverage:
4.7
5.4
4.6
Ag: Tariff quotas (in %)
0
Ag: Special safeguards (in % )
0
MFN applied Simple average
2022
Trade weighted average
Total
99.9
Non-Ag
99.9
Imports in billion US$ Duty-free
Frequency distribution
0 <= 5
5 <= 10
10 <= 15
15 <= 25
25 <= 50
50 <= 100
> 100
NAV
Tariff lines and import values (in %)
in %
Agricultural products Final bound MFN applied
0
0
0
0
0
0
100.0
0
0
2022
23.6
67.6
0
0
0
0
1.6
0
7.3
2.3
0
0
0
0
0
97.6
0
0
2022
8.5
91.2
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0.3
Imports Non-agricultural products Final bound MFN applied Imports
Part A.2
Tariffs and imports by product groups Final bound duties
Product groups Animal products
AVG
Duty-free
Max
Binding
in % 100.0
MFN applied duties
AVG
in %
0
100
Duty-free
Imports Max
in %
100
2.8
36.2
5
Dairy products
100.0
0
100
100
5.0
0
5
Fruit, vegetables, plants
100.0
0
100
100
3.3
34.5
5
Coffee, tea
100.0
0
100
100
3.1
37.5
5
Cereals & preparations
100.0
0
100
100
3.2
35.2
5
Oilseeds, fats & oils
100.0
0
100
100
4.8
3.4
5
Sugars and confectionery
100.0
0
100
100
3.5
29.4
5
Beverages & tobacco
100.0
0
100
100
35.9
0.6
100
Cotton
100.0
0
100
100
5.0
0
5
Other agricultural products
100.0
0
100
100
4.4
11.0
5
Fish & fish products
100.0
0
100
100
3.6
28.2
5
Minerals & metals
99.9
0.1
100
100
4.9
2.3
5
Petroleum
-
-
-
0
5.0
0
5
Chemicals
99.9
0.1
100
100
4.6
11.7
100
Wood, paper, etc.
100.0
0
100
100
4.8
4.5
5
Textiles
100.0
0
100
100
5.0
0.2
5
Clothing
100.0
0
100
100
5.0
0
5
Leather, footwear, etc.
100.0
0
100
100
5.0
0
5
Non-electrical machinery
95.0
5.0
100
100
4.5
9.7
5
Electrical machinery
77.9
22.1
100
100
3.6
27.3
5
Transport equipment
100.0
0
100
100
4.3
14.3
5
Manufactures, n.e.s.
93.9
6.1
100
100
4.6
8.1
5
Part B
Share
Duty-free
in %
in %
Exports to major trading partners and duties faced Bilateral imports
Major markets
in million US$
Diversification
MFN AVG of
Pref.
95% trade in no. of
traded TL
margin
TL
Value
Weighted
in %
in % 100.0
HS 2-digit
HS 6-digit
Simple
Weighted
Duty-free imports
Agricultural products 1. Bahrain, Kingdom of
2021
12
13
42
4.4
4.6
4.6
100.0
2. European Union
2021
8
2
2
11.1
2.6
0.0
18.8
1.7
3. United Kingdom
2021
3
2
2
7.9
1.8
0.0
28.0
15.0
4. India
2021
1
6
7
35.7
49.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1. China
2021
17,756
2
6
4.5
0.6
0.0
26.3
86.2
2. India
2021
11,001
4
8
9.8
1.0
0.0
4.1
0.9
3. Korea, Republic of
2021
8,254
1
2
6.3
2.6
0.0
24.1
12.1
Non-agricultural products
114
4. Japan
2021
6,626
1
3
0.8
0.0
0.0
76.2
99.3
5. Viet Nam
2021
4,720
1
1
6.6
0.1
0.0
52.0
97.6
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WTO ITC UNCTAD World Tariff Profiles 2023