Russian trade with Kuwait in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Kuwait
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Kuwait was $33,952,462, down 59.06% ($48,975,399) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2013 were $32,416,397, down 59.91% ($48,438,651) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2013 were $1,536,065, down 25.89% ($536,748) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kuwait in 2013 was $30,880,332, a 60.80% decrease ($47,901,903) over 2012.
Kuwait was Russia’s 133rd largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 120th in 2012), accounting for 0.0040% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0098% in 2012).
Kuwait was Russia’s 122nd largest export market in 2013 (down from 105th in 2012), accounting for 0.0061% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0154% in 2012).
Kuwait was Russia’s 149th largest supplier in 2013 (down from 138th in 2012), accounting for 0.0005% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0007% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Kuwait
The major share of Russian exports to Kuwait in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 75.59% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (13.23% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 20.86% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (9.18% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.66% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.28% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.94% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (75.21% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.25% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (1.63% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $15,998,079;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $286,576;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $264,439;
- 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 (HS code 85) - an increase of $248,689;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $167,682.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $60,401,850;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2,609,439;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $1,101,121;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $890,765;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $196,146;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $169,734;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $166,523.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 50,385 | 0.16 | 18,814 | 167.81 |
10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 1,101,121 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 3,120 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 26,280 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 196,146 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,962 | 0.01 | 2,419 | -18.89 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 131,017 | 0.40 | 300,751 | -56.44 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 264,439 | 0.82 | 0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 40,721 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 305 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 255,806 | 0.79 | 169,440 | 50.97 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 19,044 | 0.06 | 12,007 | 58.61 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 204 | 0.00 | 2,061 | -90.10 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 383 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 888 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 825,766 | 2.55 | 539,190 | 53.15 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 56,835 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,934,951 | 18.31 | 6,825,716 | -13.05 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 231 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 26 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 924 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,273 | 0.01 | 703 | 223.33 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 79,116 | 0.24 | 59,093 | 33.88 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 11,636 | 0.04 | 14,357 | -18.95 |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 606 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 9,962 | 0.03 | 60,411,812 | -99.98 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 206,975 | 0.64 | 373,498 | -44.58 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 793 | 0.00 | 3,165 | -74.94 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 88,564 | 0.27 | 25,554 | 246.58 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 303 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 490,113 | 1.51 | 322,431 | 52.01 |
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 | 1,162,465 | 3.59 | 913,776 | 27.22 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 22,670,250 | 69.93 | 6,672,171 | 239.77 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 180,622 | 0.56 | 2,790,061 | -93.53 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 68 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 40 | 0.00 | 30 | 33.33 |
Russia’s Imports from Kuwait
The major share of Russian imports from Kuwait in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 99.40% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (96.15% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $398,421;
- 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 (HS code 85) - an increase of $6,531.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $864,442;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $13,218;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $11,959.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 800 | -100.00 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | -100.00 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 323,312 | 21.05 | 1,187,754 | -72.78 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,203,592 | 78.36 | 805,171 | 49.48 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,630 | 0.17 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 126 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 11,959 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | -100.00 |
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 | 6,531 | 0.43 | 0 | ∞ |
86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 0 | 0.00 | 2,868 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 13,218 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 50 885 | -100.00 |