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Kuwait: what it imports and exports

The top 20 imported and exported products of Kuwait at HS4 level, from official CEPII BACI statistics. Open a product to see its world market.

Goods imports, 2024USD 37.5 billionGrowth −7.7% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:KW:TOTAL:1:2024.
Goods exports, 2024USD 66.7 billionGrowth −22.2% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:KW:TOTAL:2:2024.
HS4 products imported1,205Products with a recorded import flow in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI.
Trade companies in the directory1,169Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G), counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top 20 imported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
18703 Motor cars and other motor vehiclesUSD 4.3 billion−10.4%BACI:KW:8703:1:2024
28517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephonesUSD 1.6 billion+2.0%BACI:KW:8517:1:2024
33004 MedicamentsUSD 1.5 billion+24.8%BACI:KW:3004:1:2024
47113 Jewellery articles and parts thereofUSD 1.2 billion+3.1%BACI:KW:7113:1:2024
57108 GoldUSD 1.1 billion+35.8%BACI:KW:7108:1:2024
62711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbonsUSD 672.0 million−72.4%BACI:KW:2711:1:2024
78802 Aircraft: spacecraftUSD 654.5 million+83.2%BACI:KW:8802:1:2024
88704 Vehicles: for the transport of goodsUSD 630.1 million+4.1%BACI:KW:8704:1:2024
93002 Human bloodUSD 536.2 million+26.4%BACI:KW:3002:1:2024
108411 Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbinesUSD 535.3 million+20.3%BACI:KW:8411:1:2024
117304 Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of ironUSD 492.1 million−29.1%BACI:KW:7304:1:2024
120207 Meat and edible offal of poultryUSD 478.8 million+31.0%BACI:KW:0207:1:2024
136109 T-shirts, singlets and other vestsUSD 353.2 million+93.1%BACI:KW:6109:1:2024
148471 Automatic data processing machines and units thereofUSD 323.5 million−16.0%BACI:KW:8471:1:2024
158708 Motor vehicles: parts and accessoriesUSD 314.5 million−3.3%BACI:KW:8708:1:2024
168544 Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductorsUSD 309.9 million−11.7%BACI:KW:8544:1:2024
179018 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgicalUSD 308.0 million−6.1%BACI:KW:9018:1:2024
188431 Machinery partsUSD 305.5 million−22.3%BACI:KW:8431:1:2024
191006 RiceUSD 284.7 million+4.5%BACI:KW:1006:1:2024
203402 Organic surface-active agentsUSD 279.5 million+3.2%BACI:KW:3402:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Top 20 exported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
12709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crudeUSD 28.8 billion−41.4%BACI:KW:2709:2:2024
22710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crudeUSD 24.3 billion+0.1%BACI:KW:2710:2:2024
32711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbonsUSD 3.7 billion+10.6%BACI:KW:2711:2:2024
42902 Cyclic hydrocarbonsUSD 1.3 billion−7.3%BACI:KW:2902:2:2024
58703 Motor cars and other motor vehiclesUSD 1.1 billion+107.5%BACI:KW:8703:2:2024
63901 Polymers of ethylene, in primary formsUSD 954.1 million+40.9%BACI:KW:3901:2:2024
72904 Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivativesUSD 801.6 million−11.2%BACI:KW:2904:2:2024
82905 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonatedUSD 779.0 million+8.8%BACI:KW:2905:2:2024
98802 Aircraft: spacecraftUSD 609.7 million+49.6%BACI:KW:8802:2:2024
102713 Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumenUSD 306.4 million−36.5%BACI:KW:2713:2:2024
118704 Vehicles: for the transport of goodsUSD 294.1 million+75.4%BACI:KW:8704:2:2024
128517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephonesUSD 235.6 million+57.6%BACI:KW:8517:2:2024
132503 Sulphur of all kindsUSD 214.8 million+8.8%BACI:KW:2503:2:2024
147108 GoldUSD 214.2 million+28.6%BACI:KW:7108:2:2024
153902 Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary formsUSD 131.3 million−9.6%BACI:KW:3902:2:2024
163303 Perfumes and toilet watersUSD 113.9 million+63.1%BACI:KW:3303:2:2024
177204 Ferrous waste and scrapUSD 111.4 million−16.8%BACI:KW:7204:2:2024
180402 Milk and creamUSD 87.4 million+4.0%BACI:KW:0402:2:2024
197602 Aluminium: waste and scrapUSD 87.0 million+8.0%BACI:KW:7602:2:2024
207404 Copper: waste and scrapUSD 84.4 million−22.0%BACI:KW:7404:2:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-22. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of Kuwait with all partners, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; growth compares 2024 with 2023.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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