Russian trade with Kuwait in 2019
February 14, 2020
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 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Kuwait
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Kuwait was $554,370,827, down 13.99% ($90,183,876) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2019 were $552,560,650, down 14.26% ($91,898,500) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2019 totaled $1,810,177, up 1,794.42% ($1,714,624) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kuwait in 2019 was $550,750,473, a 14.53% decrease ($93,613,124) over 2018.
Kuwait was Russia’s 77th largest trading partner in 2019 (just as in 2018), accounting for 0.0832% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0937% in 2018).
Kuwait was Russia’s 67th largest export market in 2019 (up from 68th in 2018), accounting for 0.1307% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1432% in 2018).
Kuwait was Russia’s 146th largest supplier in 2019 (up from 171st in 2018), accounting for 0.0007% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0000% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Kuwait
The major share of Russian exports to Kuwait in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 96.77% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (94.81% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.35% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.92% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.03% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (1.37% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.15% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (2.20% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $2,486,700.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $64,550,820;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $14,183,527;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $13,820,649;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $2,616,078.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 85,270 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 17,749 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 325,683 | 0.06 | 184,220 | 76.79 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 42,172 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 25,320 | 0.00 | 13,845,969 | -99.82 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2,985 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 124,915 | 0.02 | 49,425 | 152.74 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 50,807 | 0.01 | 46,910 | 8.31 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,625 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 767 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,017 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 7,797 | 0.00 | 14,984 | -47.96 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 25,784 | 0.00 | 6,472 | 298.39 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 164,840 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 223,198 | 0.04 | 279,876 | -20.25 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 124,567 | 0.02 | 20,035 | 521.75 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 17,971 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 67,950 | 0.01 | 65,666 | 3.48 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 34,071 | 0.01 | 2,032 | 1,576.72 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 26,620 | 0.00 | 9,382 | 183.73 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 71,048 | 0.01 | 38,302 | 85.49 |
| 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 | 28,803 | 0.01 | 15,106 | 90.67 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 146,522 | -100.00 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 4,008 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,500,274 | 0.27 | 2,788,790 | -46.20 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 60,276 | 0.01 | 169,816 | -64.51 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 79,546 | 0.01 | 174,715 | -54.47 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 30 | 0.00 | 40 | -25.00 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 17,200 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,310,324 | 0.42 | 1,617,777 | 42.81 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,152,055 | 0.93 | 4,286,215 | 20.20 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2 | 0.00 | 2,397 | -99.92 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 32,397 | 0.01 | 141,321 | -77.08 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,190 | 0.00 | 2 | 109,400.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 103,140 | 0.02 | 22,632 | 355.73 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 586 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 59 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 442,917 | 0.08 | 466,461 | -5.05 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 57,043 | 0.01 | 2,348 | 2,329.43 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 218,798 | 0.04 | 9,607 | 2,177.49 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 30,250 | 0.01 | 12 | 251,983.33 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 6,037,285 | 1.09 | 20,220,812 | -70.14 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,350,915 | 0.61 | 864,215 | 287.74 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 525,311,044 | 95.07 | 589,861,864 | -10.94 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 3,460 | 0.00 | 15,311 | -77.40 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 101 | 0.00 | 13 | 676.92 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 204 | 0.00 | 350 | -41.71 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,274 | 0.00 | 3,151 | -59.57 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 10,600 | 0.00 | 15,418 | -31.25 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 13,850 | 0.00 | 7,851 | 76.41 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 591,646 | 0.11 | 3,207,724 | -81.56 |
| 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 | 3,850,381 | 0.70 | 3,951,703 | -2.56 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 543,203 | 0.10 | 146,333 | 271.21 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 701,493 | 0.13 | 1,502,539 | -53.31 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 76 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 420 | 0.00 | 370 | 13.51 |
| 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 | 14,505 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 712,600 | 0.13 | 76,685 | 829.26 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 6,144 | 0.00 | 775 | 692.77 |
| SS | Classified | 39,051 | 0.01 | 67 346 | -42.01 |
Russia’s Imports from Kuwait
The major share of Russian imports from Kuwait in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 55.37% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (0.00% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 43.81% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (94.34% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $1,002,322;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $503,305;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $195,788;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $6,066.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 1,002,322 | 55.37 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 3,257 | 0.18 | 1,134 | 187.21 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 419 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 503,305 | 27.80 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 284,793 | 15.73 | 89,005 | 219.97 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,208 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,055 | 0.28 | 483 | 946.58 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 72 | 0.00 | 95 | -24.21 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,066 | 0.34 | 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 | 3,139 | 0.17 | 180 | 1,643.89 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 533 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 4,604 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | -100.00 |