Russian trade in goods with Kuwait in Q2 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Kuwait
In the 2nd quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Kuwait totaled $251,119,579, up 108.93% ($130,925,352) from the 2nd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2020 totaled $250,336,252, up 110.12% ($131,199,195) from the 2nd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2020 were $783,327, down 25.90% ($273,843) from the 2nd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2020 was $249,552,925, a 111.34% increase ($131,473,038) over the 2nd quarter of 2019.
Kuwait was Russia’s 67th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (up from 80th in the 2nd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.2058% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0751% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
Kuwait was Russia’s 49th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (up from 68th in the 2nd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.3580% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1182% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
Kuwait was Russia’s 126th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (up from 132nd in the 2nd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0015% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0018% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Kuwait
The major share of Russian exports to Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 95.61% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (96.82% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.02% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.05% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.78% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (1.63% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.12% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (1.19% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2020 over the 2nd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $126,775,479;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $7,275,419.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2020 over the 2nd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $2,906,170.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2020 over Q2 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 47,775 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 52,030 | 0.02 | 50,090 | 3.87 |
| 10 | Cereals | 7,275,419 | 2.91 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 2,739 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 4,971 | 0.00 | 4,803 | 3.50 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 174,368 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 542,623 | 0.22 | 20,776 | 2,511.78 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 11,767 | 0.00 | 8,595 | 36.91 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 46,400 | 0.02 | 11,550 | 301.73 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 9,278 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 26,927 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 319,346 | 0.13 | 166,333 | 91.99 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 24,621 | 0.01 | 2,632 | 835.45 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 32,030 | 0.01 | 26,651 | 20.18 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 100,777 | 0.04 | 483,346 | -79.15 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 207,472 | 0.08 | 936,891 | -77.86 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 18,759 | 0.01 | 10,510 | 78.49 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 162,400 | 0.06 | 6 | 2,706,566.67 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 11,305 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 84,114 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 77,389 | 0.03 | 2,983,559 | -97.41 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 239,139,999 | 95.53 | 112,364,520 | 112.83 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 54 | 0.00 | 766 | -92.95 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 954 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 549 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 132,943 | 0.05 | 1,901 | 6,893.32 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 723 | 0.00 | 830 | -12.89 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 373,756 | 0.15 | 69,922 | 434.53 |
| 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 | 1,328,669 | 0.53 | 1,626,736 | -18.32 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 42,740 | 0.02 | 6,018 | 610.20 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 205,288 | 0.08 | 236,563 | -13.22 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 832 | 0.00 | 420 | 98.10 |
| 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 | 842 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Kuwait
The major share of Russian imports from Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 91.54% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (0.01% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.60% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (36.07% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.86% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (0.01% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (63.50% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2020 over the 2nd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $406,419;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $296,391;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $22,338;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $14,125.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2020 over the 2nd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $671,346;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $198,070;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $140,320;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $4,354.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2020 over Q2 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 671,346 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,253 | 0.16 | 895 | 40.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 198,070 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 41,996 | 5.36 | 182,316 | -76.97 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 616 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 4,354 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 22,400 | 2.86 | 62 | 36,029.03 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 296,391 | 37.84 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 406,419 | 51.88 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 14,252 | 1.82 | 127 | 11,122.05 |