Russian trade with Kuwait in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
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 |