Kuwait | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2011 - 2023

Exports structure from Kuwait in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 93% (78 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 1.96% (1.65 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
• 1.06% (895 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 0.813% (683 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 0.343% (288 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 0.322% (270 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 0.298% (250 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 0.2% (168 million US$): 33 - Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
• 0.197% (165 million US$): 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products
• 0.159% (134 million US$): 04 - Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

What did Kuwait export in 2023?

Kuwait's Top Exports in 2023:

• 59% ($49 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 29% ($25 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 3.73% ($3.13 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
• 1.07% ($903 million): 2904 - Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated
• 0.849% ($713 million): 2905 - Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
• 0.747% ($627 million): 3901 - Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms
• 0.723% ($607 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 0.241% ($202 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 0.221% ($185 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 0.203% ($170 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods

Imports structure to Kuwait in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 15.8% (5.95 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 9.45% (3.54 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 9.01% (3.38 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 5.73% (2.15 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 5.01% (1.88 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 3.75% (1.4 billion US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel
• 2.38% (893 million US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• 2.25% (847 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 2.25% (844 million US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
• 2.24% (842 million US$): 33 - Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations

What did Kuwait import in 2023?

Kuwait's Top Imports in 2023:

• 12.5% ($4.7 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 4.56% ($1.71 billion): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 3.64% ($1.36 billion): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 3.17% ($1.18 billion): 7113 - Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
• 2.4% ($902 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
• 1.89% ($710 million): 7304 - Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel.
• 1.57% ($590 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
• 1.12% ($421 million): 3002 - Human blood; animal blood for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions, immunological products, modified or obtained by biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) etc
• 1.1% ($413 million): 8431 - Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 84.25 to 84.30
• 1.02% ($383 million): 3304 - Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), including sunscreen or sun tan preparations; manicure or pedicure preparations