Russian trade in goods with Kuwait in Q1 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Kuwait
In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Kuwait totaled $206,583,614, up 29.58% ($47,156,457) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $206,583,131, up 29.58% ($47,158,342) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2018 were $483, down 79.60% ($1,885) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2018 was $206,582,648, a 29.58% increase ($47,160,227) over the 1st quarter of 2017.
Kuwait was Russia’s 69th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (just as in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.1311% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1240% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Kuwait was Russia’s 59th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 58th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.2005% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1913% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Kuwait was Russia’s 191st largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 174th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (just as in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Kuwait
The major share of Russian exports to Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 97.93% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (97.18% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.79% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (1.21% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.57% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (1.24% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $27,052,492;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $20,220,790;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $825,467.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $986,760;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $839,811.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 17,749 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 22,222 | 0.01 | 56,805 | -60.88 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 33,998 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 21,692 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 1,993 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 11,363 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 7,383 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,602 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 17,971 | 0.01 | 325,735 | -94.48 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 15,800 | 0.01 | 481 | 3,184.82 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 37,466 | 0.02 | 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 | 106 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 930,288 | 0.45 | 104,821 | 787.50 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 23,792 | 0.01 | 26,109 | -8.87 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 41,107 | 0.02 | 19,555 | 110.21 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 996 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 403,946 | 0.20 | 1,243,757 | -67.52 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,229,821 | 0.60 | 685,637 | 79.37 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 105,892 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 1,227 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 23,298 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 4,400 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 59 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 147,921 | 0.07 | 25 | 591,584.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 20,220,801 | 9.79 | 11 | 183,825,363.64 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 239,156 | 0.12 | 85,894 | 178.43 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 181,851,916 | 88.03 | 154,799,424 | 17.48 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 36 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 34,153 | -100.00 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 144 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,036 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 745 | 0.00 | 18 | 4,038.89 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 269,964 | 0.13 | 1,256,724 | -78.52 |
| 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 | 661,914 | 0.32 | 542,188 | 22.08 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 146,100 | 0.07 | 26,156 | 458.57 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 92,022 | 0.04 | 148,094 | -37.86 |
| 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 | 20,858 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 5,240 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 35,458 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Kuwait
The major share of Russian imports from Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 100.00% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (0.00% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (77.49% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (22.51% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 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) - a decrease of $1,835;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $533.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 533 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 483 | 100.00 | 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 | 1,835 | -100.00 |