Kuwait Balance of Trade

Last Release

Sep 30, 2021

Actual

1,650

Units In

KWD Million

2,649.2

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
7,065.9 Mar 2012	25.3 Jun 1998	2,095.3 KWD Million	1993-2021	Central Bank of Kuwait

Kuwait has been recording trade surpluses since 1993 due to shipments of oil (95 percent of total exports). Main imports are: machinery, mechanical appliances, electrical equipment and electronics; transport equipment and base metals and articles thereof. Main trading partners are: China (10 percent of total exports and 10 percent of imports), South Korea (18 percent of exports and 7 percent of imports) and United States (8 percent of exports and 12 percent of imports). Others include: India, Japan and Saudi Arabia.