Russian trade in goods with Kuwait in Q4 2021
February 13, 2022
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Kuwait in the fourth quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Kuwait
In the 4th quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Kuwait totaled $153,859,654, up 10.66% ($14,818,823) from the 4th quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2021 totaled $153,859,546, up 10.70% ($14,868,679) from the 4th quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2021 were $108, down 99.78% ($49,856) from the 4th quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2021 was $153,859,438, a 10.74% increase ($14,918,535) over the 4th quarter of 2020.
Kuwait was Russia’s 82nd largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2021 (down from 81st in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0662% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0858% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
Kuwait was Russia’s 70th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2021 (down from 65th in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1022% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1472% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
Kuwait was Russia’s 210th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2021 (down from 160th in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0001% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Kuwait
The major share of Russian exports to Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2021 (and in the 4th quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 93.75% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (97.33% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.31% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.17% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.77% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (1.11% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.10% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.59% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $30,768,646;
- 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 $1,829,208;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $1,419,913;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $1,188,452;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $520,502.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $24,933,113;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $524,826.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2021 over Q4 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 1,247,628 | 0.81 | 59,176 | 2,008.33 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 191,886 | 0.12 | 26,513 | 623.74 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 998 | 0.00 | 4,698 | -78.76 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 290,631 | 0.19 | 31,985 | 808.65 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 15,057 | 0.01 | 8,376 | 79.76 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,438,620 | 0.94 | 18,707 | 7,590.28 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 44,733 | 0.03 | 4,846 | 823.09 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 13,278 | 0.01 | 3,231 | 310.96 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 8,965 | 0.01 | 9,401 | -4.64 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 6,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 214,363 | 0.14 | 72,796 | 194.47 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 58,777 | 0.04 | 342,743 | -82.85 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 15,419 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 344,917 | 0.22 | 58,590 | 488.70 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 8,808 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 918 | 0.00 | 3,151 | -70.87 |
| 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 | 1 | 0.00 | 193 | -99.48 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 679,170 | 0.44 | 364,405 | 86.38 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 88,781 | 0.06 | 114,000 | -22.12 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 24,472 | 0.02 | 17,863 | 37.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,201 | 0.00 | 35 | 6,188.57 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 2,809 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 370,137 | 0.24 | 65,111 | 468.47 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,282,117 | 0.83 | 761,615 | 68.34 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 48 | 0.00 | 29 | 65.52 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 146,273 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 35 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 43,642 | 0.03 | 10,676 | 308.79 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 36,039 | 0.02 | 9,250 | 289.61 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 85,562 | 0.06 | 86,890 | -1.53 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,024 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 5,246 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 838 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 34,443 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 20 | 0.00 | 116 | -82.76 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 68,371 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 24,933,113 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 118,297 | 0.08 | 136,530 | -13.35 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 140,947,086 | 91.61 | 110,178,440 | 27.93 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 55 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 4,479 | 0.00 | 29,954 | -85.05 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,912 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,433 | 0.00 | 2,135 | 13.96 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 11,177 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 307,107 | 0.20 | 831,933 | -63.09 |
| 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 | 2,282,187 | 1.48 | 452,979 | 403.82 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 55,820 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 3,230 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 12,508 | 0.01 | 250,289 | -95.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,674 | 0.00 | 1,142 | 46.58 |
| 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 | 463 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 28,368 | 0.02 | 1,590 | 1,684.15 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 14,644 | 0.01 | 17,859 | -18.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Kuwait
The major share of Russian imports from Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2021 (and in the 4th quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 100.00% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (99.11% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $48,819;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $591;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $252;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $134;
- 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 $60.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2021 over Q4 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 108 | 100.00 | 699 | -84.55 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 48,819 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 134 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 252 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | -100.00 |