Russian trade in goods with Kuwait in Q4 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Kuwait
In the 4th quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Kuwait was $139,040,831, down 27.32% ($52,258,962) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2020 were $138,990,867, down 27.23% ($52,007,972) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2020 were $49,964, down 83.40% ($250,990) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2020 was $138,940,903, a 27.14% decrease ($51,756,982) over the 4th quarter of 2019.
Kuwait was Russia’s 81st largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2020 (down from 73rd in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0858% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1064% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Kuwait was Russia’s 65th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2020 (down from 62nd in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.1472% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1708% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Kuwait was Russia’s 160th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2020 (down from 141st in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0004% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Kuwait
The major share of Russian exports to Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2020 (and in the 4th quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 97.33% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (97.39% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.11% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.79% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.59% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (1.07% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $18,895,828;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $504,254.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $69,731,719;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $788,152;
- 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 $500,548;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $425,895.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 59,176 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 26,513 | 0.02 | 167,515 | -84.17 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 4,698 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 25,320 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 2,985 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 31,985 | 0.02 | 119,664 | -73.27 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 8,376 | 0.01 | 2,169 | 286.17 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 18,707 | 0.01 | 665 | 2,713.08 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 4,846 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,231 | 0.00 | 1,017 | 217.70 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 9,401 | 0.01 | 5,058 | 85.86 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 4,594 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 72,796 | 0.05 | 146,040 | -50.15 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 342,743 | 0.25 | 28,098 | 1,119.81 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 58,590 | 0.04 | 10,000 | 485.90 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 8,808 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3,151 | 0.00 | 22,275 | -85.85 |
| 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 | 193 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 364,405 | 0.26 | 545,269 | -33.17 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 114,000 | 0.08 | 7,162 | 1,491.73 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 17,863 | 0.01 | 23,214 | -23.05 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 35 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 65,111 | 0.05 | 491,006 | -86.74 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 761,615 | 0.55 | 1,549,767 | -50.86 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 35 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 10,676 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 9,250 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 86,890 | 0.06 | 29,698 | 192.58 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 116 | 0.00 | 205,539 | -99.94 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 68,371 | 0.05 | 68,377 | -0.01 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 24,933,113 | 17.94 | 6,037,285 | 312.99 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 136,530 | 0.10 | 64,819 | 110.63 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 110,178,440 | 79.27 | 179,910,159 | -38.76 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 55 | 0.00 | 108 | -49.07 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 29,954 | 0.02 | 101 | 29,557.43 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 8 | 0.00 | 204 | -96.08 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 725 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,135 | 0.00 | 4,417 | -51.66 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 605 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 831,933 | 0.60 | 327,679 | 153.89 |
| 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 | 452,979 | 0.33 | 953,527 | -52.49 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 155,287 | -100.00 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3,230 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 250,289 | 0.18 | 74,460 | 236.14 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,142 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,590 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 17,859 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 14 031 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Kuwait
The major share of Russian imports from Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2020 (and in the 4th quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 99.11% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (98.01% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.62% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (1.75% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $262.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $244,404;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $4,995;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $812;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $701;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $494.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 699 | 1.40 | 1,511 | -53.74 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 244,404 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 48,819 | 97.71 | 48,557 | 0.54 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 494 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 701 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 134 | 0.27 | 10 | 1,240.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 252 | 0.50 | 5,247 | -95.20 |
| 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 | 60 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | -100.00 |