US trade with Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2017
Published or Updated: Aug 11, 2017
The report on US foreign trade in goods with Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2017: exports, imports, balance, product types and groups, dynamics.
US Trade with Kuwait
In the 1st quarter of 2017, US trade with Kuwait totaled $2.2 billion, up 66.96% ($0.9 billion) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
US exports to Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2017 totaled $1.3 billion, up 130.37% ($0.8 billion) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
US imports from Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2017 totaled $0.9 billion, up 19.55% ($0.2 billion) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
US trade balance with Kuwait went from a deficit of $0.2 billion in the 1st quarter of 2016, to a surplus of $0.4 billion in the 1st quarter of 2017.
Kuwait was the US 47th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2017 (up from 55th in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.2395% of US total trade (up from 0.1538% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
Kuwait was the US 39th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2017 (up from 52nd in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.3560% of US total exports (up from 0.1657% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
Kuwait was the US 57th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2017 (up from 58th in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.1627% of US total imports (up from 0.1459% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
US Exports to Kuwait
The major share of US exports to Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2017 (and in the 1st quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 75.89% of US total exports to Kuwait (60.21% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.02% of US total exports to Kuwait (9.56% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.76% of US total exports to Kuwait (8.68% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.33% of US total exports to Kuwait (5.45% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.34% of US total exports to Kuwait (0.22% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.57% of US total exports to Kuwait (1.51% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in US exports to Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (HS code 88) - an increase of $458.8 million;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $141.3 million;
- 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 $30.4 million;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $29.6 million;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $27.0 million;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $17.9 million;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $17.1 million;
- Lead and articles thereof (HS code 78) - an increase of $11.6 million;
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 93) - an increase of $10.1 million;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $8.9 million;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $7.0 million;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $6.0 million;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $5.0 million.
The largest declines in US exports to Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $15.6 million;
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $5.6 million;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $4.8 million.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total export (%) |
Value of exports in Q1 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in Q1 2017 over Q1 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 352.8 | 0.03 | 423.6 | -16.71 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 7,188.3 | 0.54 | 7,474.4 | -3.83 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 100.9 | 0.01 | 468.2 | -78.45 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3,180.3 | 0.24 | 2,258.7 | 40.80 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 31.0 | 0.00 | 103.0 | -69.87 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,704.6 | 0.13 | 1,538.8 | 10.78 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 7,221.7 | 0.54 | 9,651.6 | -25.18 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 435.2 | 0.03 | 373.8 | 16.42 |
| 10 | Cereals | 5,202.0 | 0.39 | 203.8 | 2,452.29 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 81.5 | 0.01 | 136.1 | -40.10 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,041.7 | 0.15 | 1,904.5 | 7.21 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 287.0 | 0.02 | 20.0 | 1,338.60 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 5.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 11,061.6 | 0.83 | 2,175.3 | 408.51 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 764.8 | 0.06 | 661.1 | 15.68 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,061.4 | 0.08 | 864.8 | 22.74 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,048.0 | 0.08 | 1,413.3 | -25.85 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 4,293.5 | 0.32 | 3,607.2 | 19.03 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 4,589.6 | 0.35 | 4,419.3 | 3.85 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 11,272.1 | 0.85 | 10,841.8 | 3.97 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 363.3 | 0.03 | 383.7 | -5.34 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 817.2 | 0.06 | 1,018.5 | -19.76 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 40.8 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 376.2 | 0.03 | 284.4 | 32.29 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 30,611.0 | 2.31 | 968.2 | 3,061.74 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,235.5 | 0.24 | 3,950.3 | -18.10 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 4,518.5 | 0.34 | 2,678.5 | 68.69 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8,691.6 | 0.66 | 13,473.2 | -35.49 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 18.7 | 0.00 | 337.9 | -94.45 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 690.4 | 0.05 | 719.0 | -3.97 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 4,177.2 | 0.31 | 4,786.8 | -12.74 |
| 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 | 2,850.2 | 0.21 | 2,832.6 | 0.62 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 635.4 | 0.05 | 420.4 | 51.14 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 4,577.2 | 0.35 | 4,414.6 | 3.68 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0.0 | 0.00 | 171.6 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 17,565.9 | 1.32 | 10,532.1 | 66.78 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 13,192.0 | 0.99 | 7,176.5 | 83.82 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,400.6 | 0.48 | 3,537.6 | 80.93 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 17.4 | 0.00 | 10.0 | 74.12 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 750.3 | 0.06 | 655.7 | 14.43 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 13.8 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 359.63 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 507.5 | 0.04 | 626.3 | -18.98 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 659.2 | 0.05 | 477.9 | 37.93 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 902.2 | 0.07 | 1,104.4 | -18.30 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,088.8 | 0.08 | 1,478.7 | -26.37 |
| 50 | Silk | 4.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.2 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 11.1 | 0.00 | 24.3 | -54.31 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 15.8 | 0.00 | 23.0 | -31.20 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 74.9 | 0.01 | 217.5 | -65.56 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 74.6 | 0.01 | 80.5 | -7.40 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 372.9 | 0.03 | 1,662.7 | -77.57 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 11.9 | 0.00 | 367.9 | -96.77 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 709.8 | 0.05 | 295.5 | 140.24 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 15.6 | 0.00 | 25.1 | -37.67 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,473.7 | 0.11 | 1,466.2 | 0.51 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,521.2 | 0.27 | 3,387.0 | 3.96 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 444.1 | 0.03 | 539.3 | -17.66 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 150.9 | 0.01 | 302.0 | -50.05 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 266.3 | 0.02 | 76.5 | 247.99 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 9.7 | 0.00 | 6.1 | 58.10 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 455.9 | 0.03 | 196.9 | 131.55 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 779.4 | 0.06 | 1,339.0 | -41.80 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 292.6 | 0.02 | 218.4 | 33.99 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 627.0 | 0.05 | 3,319.7 | -81.11 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,477.9 | 0.11 | 1,501.7 | -1.58 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 26,177.2 | 1.97 | 9,030.5 | 189.88 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 9,578.2 | 0.72 | 11,234.9 | -14.75 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 95.6 | 0.01 | 136.4 | -29.95 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 350.2 | 0.03 | 445.7 | -21.42 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 970.1 | 0.07 | 3,900.7 | -75.13 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 11,607.1 | 0.88 | 5.1 | 229,108.08 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 249.4 | 0.02 | 18.6 | 1,238.72 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.2 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 14.8 | 0.00 | 37.7 | -60.75 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,673.2 | 0.43 | 5,232.8 | 8.42 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,728.4 | 0.21 | 1,331.8 | 104.87 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 222,442.9 | 16.77 | 81,188.0 | 173.98 |
| 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 | 89,910.8 | 6.78 | 59,560.0 | 50.96 |
| 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 88.9 | 0.01 | 87.8 | 1.24 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 167,996.1 | 12.67 | 140,977.3 | 19.17 |
| 88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof | 473,837.3 | 35.73 | 15,032.4 | 3,052.11 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,742.6 | 0.13 | 17,297.0 | -89.93 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 50,362.7 | 3.80 | 32,471.7 | 55.10 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 89.3 | 0.01 | 111.9 | -20.21 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.2 | -100.00 |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 44,661.5 | 3.37 | 34,556.5 | 29.24 |
| 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 | 8,975.0 | 0.68 | 14,587.6 | -38.47 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,907.0 | 0.29 | 2,905.6 | 34.47 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 749.3 | 0.06 | 651.8 | 14.95 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 841.6 | 0.06 | 1,664.5 | -49.44 |
US Imports from Kuwait
The major share of US imports from Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2017 (and in the 1st quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 91.15% of US total imports from Kuwait (91.90% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.11% of US total imports from Kuwait (5.93% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in US imports from Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $131.2 million;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $22.0 million.
The largest declines in US imports from Kuwait in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2017 (USD thousand) |
Share in total import (%) |
Value of imports in Q1 2016 (USD thousand) |
Change in Q1 2017 over Q1 2016 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 204.7 | 0.02 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 838,732.8 | 91.13 | 707,544.4 | 18.54 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0.0 | 0.00 | 258.0 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1,993.9 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 65,227.8 | 7.09 | 43,230.6 | 50.88 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0.0 | 0.00 | 51.1 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 206.0 | 0.02 | 131.6 | 56.52 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3.7 | 0.00 | 16.0 | -76.68 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 8.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.3 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4.5 | 0.00 | 12.4 | -63.79 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.2 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 9.4 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 309.1 | 0.03 | 0.0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6.6 | 0.00 | 6.4 | 3.01 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 128.0 | 0.01 | 120.2 | 6.57 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.7 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 179.6 | 0.02 | 243.5 | -26.21 |
| 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 | 355.2 | 0.04 | 588.9 | -39.67 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.1 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 389.3 | 0.04 | 74.9 | 419.97 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 20.3 | -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 | 1.1 | 0.00 | 61.2 | -98.16 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.8 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.3 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 3.5 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ∞ |