Russian trade with Kuwait in 2012
February 02, 2016
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 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Kuwait
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Kuwait was $82,927,861, down 76.74% ($273,669,416) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2012 were $80,855,048, down 77.32% ($275,726,518) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2012 totaled $2,072,813, up 13,093.39% ($2,057,102) from 2011.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kuwait in 2012 was $78,782,235, a 77.91% decrease ($277,783,620) over 2011.
Kuwait was Russia’s 120th largest trading partner in 2012 (down from 87th in 2011), accounting for 0.0098% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0434% in 2011).
Kuwait was Russia’s 105th largest export market in 2012 (down from 75th in 2011), accounting for 0.0154% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0690% in 2011).
Kuwait was Russia’s 138th largest supplier in 2012 (up from 186th in 2011), accounting for 0.0007% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0000% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Kuwait
The major share of Russian exports to Kuwait in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 75.21% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.82% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 13.23% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (55.14% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.18% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (2.46% in 2011);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.63% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.01% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $57,770,484;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $1,101,121;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $334,216.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $148,514,486;
- 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 $29,187,318;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $8,049,902;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $1,492,321;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $752,967;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $472,948.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 18,814 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 1,101,121 | 1.36 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 196,146 | 0.24 | 31,090 | 530.90 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,419 | 0.00 | 4,545 | -46.78 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 300,751 | 0.37 | 75,235 | 299.75 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 472,948 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 40,721 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 305 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 169,440 | 0.21 | 9,360 | 1,710.26 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 12,007 | 0.01 | 372 | 3,127.69 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,061 | 0.00 | 28,288 | -92.71 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 888 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 539,190 | 0.67 | 204,974 | 163.05 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 56,835 | 0.07 | 194,770 | -70.82 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 6,825,716 | 8.44 | 8,318,037 | -17.94 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 64,016 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 26 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 924 | 0.00 | 39 | 2,269.23 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 703 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 59,093 | 0.07 | 812,060 | -92.72 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 29 | 0.00 | 5,201 | -99.44 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 18 | 0.00 | 113,000 | -99.98 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 3,019 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 14,357 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 606 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 60,411,812 | 74.72 | 2,641,328 | 2,187.18 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 373,498 | 0.46 | 256,638 | 45.53 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,165 | 0.00 | 314 | 907.96 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 25,554 | 0.03 | 31,523 | -18.94 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 303 | 0.00 | 4,930 | -93.85 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 322,431 | 0.40 | 492,915 | -34.59 |
| 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 | 913,776 | 1.13 | 30,101,094 | -96.96 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 6,672,171 | 8.25 | 155,186,657 | -95.70 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,790,061 | 3.45 | 10,839,963 | -74.26 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 68 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 3,436 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 30 | 0.00 | 6,131 | -99.51 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 146 679 683 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Kuwait
The major share of Russian imports from Kuwait in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 96.15% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (13.63% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.78% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (2.93% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (77.47% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $1,187,754;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $805,171;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $13,218;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $11,959.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 800 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,187,754 | 57.30 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 2,141 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 805,171 | 38.84 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 6,108 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 6,063 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 126 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 938 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 11,959 | 0.58 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 12 | 0.00 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 327 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 2,868 | 0.14 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 134 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 13,218 | 0.64 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 50,885 | 2.45 | 0 | ∞ |