Russian trade with Kuwait in 2015
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Kuwait
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Kuwait totaled $405,905,755, up 727.73% ($356,867,487) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2015 totaled $405,822,514, up 798.92% ($360,676,947) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2015 were $83,241, down 97.86% ($3,809,460) from 2014.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kuwait in 2015 was $405,739,273, a 883.54% increase ($364,486,407) over 2014.
Kuwait was Russia’s 79th largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 131st in 2014), accounting for 0.0771% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0063% in 2014).
Kuwait was Russia’s 67th largest export market in 2015 (up from 119th in 2014), accounting for 0.1181% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0091% in 2014).
Kuwait was Russia’s 171st largest supplier in 2015 (down from 133rd in 2014), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0014% in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Kuwait
The major share of Russian exports to Kuwait in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 57.62% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (42.81% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 27.43% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (6.52% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 12.70% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (34.25% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.61% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (13.99% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.15% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (1.19% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $211,870,359;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $106,880,439;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $35,826,501;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $2,623,475;
- 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 $2,618,215;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,683,058.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,900 | 0.00 | 1,500 | 26.67 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 215,030 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 51,190,465 | 12.61 | 15,363,964 | 233.19 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 18,688 | 0.00 | 65,265 | -71.37 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 30,452 | 0.01 | 20,460 | 48.84 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 285 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 43,421 | 0.01 | 3,679 | 1,080.24 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 12,890 | 0.00 | 7,385 | 74.54 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 20,468 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6,824 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,787,093 | 0.44 | 104,035 | 1,617.78 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 183,300 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 30,712 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 36,250 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 309,000 | 0.08 | 523,182 | -40.94 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 9,148 | 0.00 | 13,177 | -30.58 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 57,261 | 0.01 | 3,089 | 1,753.71 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 741 | 0.00 | 124 | 497.58 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 881 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,447,168 | 0.60 | 1,509,975 | 62.07 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 240,865 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,846,298 | 0.95 | 4,805,050 | -19.95 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,519 | 0.00 | 36 | 4,119.44 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 71 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 581 | 0.00 | 3,925 | -85.20 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 59,170 | 0.01 | 118,986 | -50.27 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 40 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 745 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
69 | Ceramic products | 476 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 11,985 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,773 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 13,006,054 | 3.20 | 10,382,579 | 25.27 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 116,360 | 0.03 | 110,153 | 5.63 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 220,690,219 | 54.38 | 8,819,860 | 2,402.20 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 40 | -100.00 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 252 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 14,808 | 0.00 | 13,751 | 7.69 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 14 | 0.00 | 208 | -93.27 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 461,249 | 0.11 | 1,166,530 | -60.46 |
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 | 3,747,840 | 0.92 | 1,129,625 | 231.78 |
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 | 6,450 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 106,880,439 | 26.34 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 224,719 | 0.06 | 648,776 | -65.36 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 80 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 22,928 | 0.01 | 95,438 | -75.98 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,465 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 12,115 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 67,265 | 0.02 | 234 452 | -71.31 |
Russia’s Imports from Kuwait
The major share of Russian imports from Kuwait in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 94.67% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (99.46% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.15% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (0.13% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.20% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (0.18% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $700.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $3,096,574;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $696,196;
- Headgear and parts thereof (HS code 65) - a decrease of $3,661;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $3,254;
- 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) - a decrease of $2,856;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $2,772;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $1,016;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - a decrease of $1,003;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $955;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $856;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - a decrease of $460;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $373.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 3,096,574 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 78,806 | 94.67 | 775,002 | -89.83 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,000 | 1.20 | 3,772 | -73.49 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 3,254 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,661 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 1,003 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,355 | 1.63 | 655 | 106.87 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 955 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 288 | 0.35 | 1,144 | -74.83 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 1,016 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 96 | 0.12 | 469 | -79.53 |
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 | 1,696 | 2.04 | 4,552 | -62.74 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 184 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 460 | -100.00 |