Russian trade in goods with Kuwait in Q2 2021
August 15, 2021
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 the second quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Kuwait
In the 2nd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Kuwait was $83,006,367, down 66.95% ($168,113,212) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2021 were $82,797,033, down 66.93% ($167,539,219) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2021 were $209,334, down 73.28% ($573,993) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2021 was $82,587,699, a 66.91% decrease ($166,965,226) over the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Kuwait was Russia’s 93rd largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 67th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0439% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2058% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Kuwait was Russia’s 79th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 49th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0720% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.3580% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Kuwait was Russia’s 146th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 126th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0003% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0015% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Kuwait
The major share of Russian exports to Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 86.49% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (95.61% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.53% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.17% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.32% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.78% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.51% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (0.12% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.92% of Russia’s total exports to Kuwait (3.02% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $5,550,831;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $3,277,397;
- 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 $625,616;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $595,432;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $346,955;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $303,885;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $270,387.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $170,932,671;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $7,249,546;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $489,610.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 351,660 | 0.42 | 47,775 | 636.08 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 62,941 | 0.08 | 52,030 | 20.97 |
| 10 | Cereals | 25,873 | 0.03 | 7,275,419 | -99.64 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 793 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,300 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 33,433 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 48,527 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 24,259 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,488 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 11,193 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 28,730 | 0.03 | 4,971 | 477.95 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 170,127 | 0.21 | 174,368 | -2.43 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 53,013 | 0.06 | 542,623 | -90.23 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 11,767 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,597,231 | 6.76 | 46,400 | 11,963.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 20,841 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,539 | 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 | 225 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 206 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 449,635 | 0.54 | 319,346 | 40.80 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 141,205 | 0.17 | 24,621 | 473.51 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 22,633 | 0.03 | 32,030 | -29.34 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 696,209 | 0.84 | 100,777 | 590.84 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 554,427 | 0.67 | 207,472 | 167.23 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 847 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 51,224 | 0.06 | 18,759 | 173.06 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,056 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 402 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 28,583 | 0.03 | 162,400 | -82.40 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 11,305 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 4,745 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,354,786 | 4.05 | 77,389 | 4,234.96 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 68,207,328 | 82.38 | 239,139,999 | -71.48 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 53 | 0.00 | 54 | -1.85 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 348 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 48 | 0.00 | 954 | -94.97 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 16,705 | 0.02 | 132,943 | -87.43 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 33,723 | 0.04 | 723 | 4,564.32 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 644,143 | 0.78 | 373,756 | 72.34 |
| 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 | 1,954,285 | 2.36 | 1,328,669 | 47.09 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 42,740 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 148,705 | 0.18 | 205,288 | -27.56 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 832 | -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 | 4,084 | 0.00 | 842 | 385.04 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,200 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 31,080 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 6,200 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Kuwait
The major share of Russian imports from Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 98.83% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (5.60% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.17% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (0.00% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (91.54% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Kuwait (2.86% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $206,800;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $2,457.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kuwait in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 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 $406,419;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $296,391;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $41,996;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $22,400;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $14,252;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $1,176.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 77 | 0.04 | 1,253 | -93.85 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 206,800 | 98.79 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 41,996 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 616 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,457 | 1.17 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 22,400 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 296,391 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 406,419 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 14,252 | -100.00 |