Russian trade with Kuwait in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Kuwait
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Kuwait was $644,554,703, down 8.95% ($63,384,799) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2018 were $644,459,150, down 8.93% ($63,178,269) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2018 were $95,553, down 68.37% ($206,530) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kuwait in 2018 was $644,363,597, a 8.90% decrease ($62,971,739) over 2017.
Kuwait was Russia’s 77th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 71st in 2017), accounting for 0.0937% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1212% in 2017).
Kuwait was Russia’s 68th largest export market in 2018 (down from 59th in 2017), accounting for 0.1432% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1982% in 2017).
Kuwait was Russia’s 171st largest supplier in 2018 (down from 157th in 2017), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0001% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Kuwait
The major share of Russian exports to Kuwait in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 94.81% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (93.53% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.20% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (3.11% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.37% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (1.64% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.92% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (1.12% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $20,020,943.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $70,639,037;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $7,421,651;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $2,239,539.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
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02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 98,001 | -100.00 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 17,749 | 0.00 | 19,160 | -7.36 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 184,220 | 0.03 | 553,361 | -66.71 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 42,172 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 13,845,969 | 2.15 | 21,267,620 | -34.90 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 49,425 | 0.01 | 24,287 | 103.50 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 850 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 46,910 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 5,884 | -100.00 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 11,363 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 14,984 | 0.00 | 6,604 | 126.89 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 6,472 | 0.00 | 28,114 | -76.98 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 279,876 | 0.04 | 859,109 | -67.42 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 20,035 | 0.00 | 7,400 | 170.74 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 17,971 | 0.00 | 1,197,494 | -98.50 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 65,666 | 0.01 | 29,973 | 119.08 |
31 | Fertilizers | 2,032 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 9,382 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 38,302 | 0.01 | 934 | 4,000.86 |
34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 15,106 | 0.00 | 189 | 7,892.59 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 146,522 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,788,790 | 0.43 | 1,539,009 | 81.21 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 169,816 | 0.03 | 65,347 | 159.87 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 174,715 | 0.03 | 190,543 | -8.31 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 40 | 0.00 | 1,391 | -97.12 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 17,200 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,617,777 | 0.25 | 3,456,803 | -53.20 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,286,215 | 0.67 | 4,502,348 | -4.80 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,397 | 0.00 | 1,665 | 43.96 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 141,321 | 0.02 | 36,563 | 286.51 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2 | 0.00 | 2,242 | -99.91 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 22,632 | 0.00 | 106,274 | -78.70 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 4,429 | -100.00 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 59 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | -100.00 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 466,461 | 0.07 | 89,408 | 421.72 |
69 | Ceramic products | 2,348 | 0.00 | 25 | 9,292.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 9,607 | 0.00 | 7,467 | 28.66 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 12 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 20,220,812 | 3.14 | 199,869 | 10,017.03 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 864,215 | 0.13 | 1,058,049 | -18.32 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 589,861,864 | 91.53 | 660,500,901 | -10.69 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 15,311 | 0.00 | 9,000 | 70.12 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 13 | 0.00 | 68,653 | -99.98 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 350 | 0.00 | 257 | 36.19 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 3,151 | 0.00 | 4,036 | -21.93 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 15,418 | 0.00 | 3,741 | 312.14 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 7,851 | 0.00 | 4,433 | 77.10 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,207,724 | 0.50 | 5,447,263 | -41.11 |
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 | 3,951,703 | 0.61 | 3,748,967 | 5.41 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 146,333 | 0.02 | 633,010 | -76.88 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,502,539 | 0.23 | 1,793,331 | -16.22 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 50 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 370 | 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 | 14,505 | 0.00 | 20,858 | -30.46 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 76,685 | 0.01 | 9,790 | 683.30 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 775 | 0.00 | 215 | 260.47 |
SS | Classified | 67,346 | 0.01 | 21 019 | 220.41 |
Russia’s Imports from Kuwait
The major share of Russian imports from Kuwait in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 94.34% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (99.09% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $69,981;
- 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 (HS code 94) - an increase of $4,604;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $483.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $279,256;
- 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 $1,706;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $450;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $302.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 | Organic chemicals | 1,134 | 1.19 | 1,044 | 8.62 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 279,256 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 89,005 | 93.15 | 19,024 | 367.86 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 483 | 0.51 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 95 | 0.10 | 397 | -76.07 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | -100.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 20 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 450 | -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 | 180 | 0.19 | 1,886 | -90.46 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 20 | 0.02 | 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 | 4,604 | 4.82 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 11 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |