Russian trade with Kuwait in 2017
February 15, 2018
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 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Kuwait
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Kuwait totaled $707,939,502, up 47.45% ($227,824,180) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2017 totaled $707,637,419, up 47.43% ($227,646,855) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2017 totaled $302,083, up 142.14% ($177,325) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kuwait in 2017 was $707,335,336, a 47.40% increase ($227,469,530) over 2016.
Kuwait was Russia’s 71st largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 76th in 2016), accounting for 0.1212% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1026% in 2016).
Kuwait was Russia’s 59th largest export market in 2017 (up from 65th in 2016), accounting for 0.1982% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1681% in 2016).
Kuwait was Russia’s 157th largest supplier in 2017 (up from 165th in 2016), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Kuwait
The major share of Russian exports to Kuwait in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 93.53% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (97.82% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.11% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.04% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.64% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (1.20% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.12% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.75% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $192,549,071;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $21,258,248;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,958,246;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $3,033,550.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 98,001 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 19,160 | 0.00 | 3,737 | 412.71 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 553,361 | 0.08 | 66,754 | 728.96 |
| 10 | Cereals | 21,267,620 | 3.01 | 9,372 | 226,827.23 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 24,287 | 0.00 | 19,080 | 27.29 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 850 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 34,005 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 5,884 | 0.00 | 2,121 | 177.42 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 11,363 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 6,604 | 0.00 | 28,419 | -76.76 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 28,114 | 0.00 | 19,628 | 43.23 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 859,109 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 7,400 | 0.00 | 32,400 | -77.16 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,197,494 | 0.17 | 305,650 | 291.79 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 29,973 | 0.00 | 130,500 | -77.03 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 4,534 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 934 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 189 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,539,009 | 0.22 | 53,873 | 2,756.74 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 65,347 | 0.01 | 19,154 | 241.17 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 190,543 | 0.03 | 59,844 | 218.40 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,391 | 0.00 | 500 | 178.20 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,456,803 | 0.49 | 2,121,480 | 62.94 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,502,348 | 0.64 | 1,468,798 | 206.53 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,665 | 0.00 | 815 | 104.29 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 36,563 | 0.01 | 31,194 | 17.21 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,242 | 0.00 | 1,863 | 20.34 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 106,274 | 0.02 | 55,966 | 89.89 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,429 | 0.00 | 2,200 | 101.32 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 60 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 60 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 89,408 | 0.01 | 16,352 | 446.77 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 25 | 0.00 | 21,316 | -99.88 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 7,467 | 0.00 | 5,983 | 24.80 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 199,869 | 0.03 | 1,335,273 | -85.03 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,058,049 | 0.15 | 198,505 | 433.01 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 660,500,901 | 93.34 | 467,951,830 | 41.15 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 9,000 | 0.00 | 9,631 | -6.55 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 68,653 | 0.01 | 1,198 | 5,630.63 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 257 | 0.00 | 126 | 103.97 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 4,036 | 0.00 | 4,539 | -11.08 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,741 | 0.00 | 36,298 | -89.69 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4,433 | 0.00 | 89 | 4,880.90 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,447,263 | 0.77 | 1,489,017 | 265.83 |
| 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 | 3,748,967 | 0.53 | 3,864,852 | -3.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 633,010 | 0.09 | 69,595 | 809.56 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,793,331 | 0.25 | 320,590 | 459.38 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 50 | 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 | 20,858 | 0.00 | 15,572 | 33.95 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 9,790 | 0.00 | 122,892 | -92.03 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 215 | 0.00 | 32,540 | -99.34 |
| SS | Classified | 21,019 | 0.00 | 22 479 | -6.49 |
Russia’s Imports from Kuwait
The major share of Russian imports from Kuwait in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 99.09% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (48.09% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.77% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (49.27% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase 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) - an increase of $1,886.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $51,485;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $39,576;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $9,986;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $3,285.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,044 | 0.35 | 1,402 | -25.53 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 279,256 | 92.44 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 19,024 | 6.30 | 58,600 | -67.54 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 3,285 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 397 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 25 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 450 | 0.15 | 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 | 1,886 | 0.62 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 9,986 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 51,485 | -100.00 |