Kuwait — Trade & Compliance
Kuwait's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
Memberships & standing
Trade Flow
- 1China17.6%
- 2Rep. of Korea13.1%
- 3India12.6%
- 4Japan11.1%
- 5France5.7%
- 1China18.7%
- 2United Arab Emirates10.6%
- 3USA8.2%
- 4India6.5%
- 5Saudi Arabia5.6%
- 1Mineral fuels & oils85.8%
- 2Organic chemicals4.4%
- 3Vehicles2.4%
- 4Plastics1.7%
- 5Aircraft & spacecraft0.9%
- 1Vehicles15.0%
- 2Electrical machinery9.0%
- 3Machinery & mechanical appliances8.7%
- 4Pearls, precious stones & metals6.3%
- 5Pharmaceuticals5.6%
- 1Taiwan+4.93pp
- 2France+3.76pp
- 3Netherlands+2.30pp
- 1China−10.15pp
- 2Viet Nam−6.62pp
- 3United Arab Emirates−2.44pp
- 1Vehicles+1.72pp
- 2Organic chemicals+0.98pp
- 3Plastics+0.66pp
- 1Mineral fuels & oils−5.72pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. New York, 28 July 1994
- ✓Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention). Geneva, 14 November 1975
- ✓Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention). Geneva, 15 January 1959
Fiscal & Tariffs
Sanctions & restrictive measures
11 entities on UN/EU restrictive-measures lists — full lists: UN Security Council Consolidated List · 2026-04 · EU Consolidated Sanctions List
Key commodities
Top item per category of 68 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA