| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked flow records | 713 | Raw count of trade-flow records in the database naming Kuwait as an origin or destination — a record count, never a summed dollar total. |
| Port coverage | 0of 13 | Ports catalogued for Kuwait with verified cargo statistics tracked on PortIndex. |
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How concentrated Kuwait's trade is across its top partner countries, computed from currently-tracked trade flows (not the historical 1997–2015 World Bank dataset). Measures country-to-country concentration only — Kuwait's trade_flows records don't carry product-level detail to break this down further.
+ 205 more tracked partners not shown above.
| Partner | Exports | Imports |
|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | KWD 583.5M | KWD 1.6B |
| Saudi Arabia | KWD 338.9M | KWD 655.4M |
| Qatar | KWD 61.8M | KWD 81.4M |
| Bahrain | KWD 34.4M | KWD 82.7M |
| Oman | KWD 30.6M | KWD 77.7M |
| Metric | Value | Unit | Period | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 895,963 | TEU | 2024 | Kuwait Ports Authority Statistics | — |
| General Cargo | 27,034,728 | tonnes | 2024 | Kuwait Ports Authority Statistics | — |
| Livestock | 892,629 | heads | 2024 | Kuwait Ports Authority Statistics | — |
| Vessel Calls | 5,205 | count | 2024 | Kuwait Ports Authority Statistics | — |
Every one of Kuwait's 140 real trading partners reported for 2025 under UN Comtrade (KW) — a complete, deduplicated partner breakdown for this exact country/source/period combination, not a global top-N slice.
| Partner | Reported value |
|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates (AE) | $1.9B |
| India (IN) | $1.4B |
| Saudi Arabia (SA) | $1.1B |
| China (CN) | $781.9M |
| Iraq (IQ) | $753.3M |
| Jordan (JO) | $296.5M |
| Pakistan (PK) | $253.1M |
| Qatar (QA) | $201.7M |
| Netherlands (NL) | $190.5M |
| Malaysia (MY) | $146.9M |
| Türkiye (TR) | $119.3M |
| Bahrain (BH) | $112.2M |
| Viet Nam (VN) | $112.0M |
| Egypt (EG) | $102.8M |
| Oman (OM) | $100.0M |
| Singapore (SG) | $85.6M |
| United States (US) | $81.1M |
| France (FR) | $77.1M |
| Korea, Republic of (KR) | $56.9M |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR) | $53.9M |
| Italy (IT) | $51.0M |
| Thailand (TH) | $42.7M |
| United Kingdom (GB) | $41.8M |
| Germany (DE) | $38.4M |
| Indonesia (ID) | $33.7M |
| Lebanon (LB) | $31.9M |
| Hong Kong (HK) | $31.1M |
| Switzerland (CH) | $27.0M |
| Sri Lanka (LK) | $25.2M |
| Belgium (BE) | $20.9M |
| Spain (ES) | $16.2M |
| Syrian Arab Republic (SY) | $13.7M |
| Tunisia (TN) | $12.6M |
| Algeria (DZ) | $12.1M |
| Bangladesh (BD) | $11.5M |
| Togo (TG) | $10.1M |
| Slovenia (SI) | $8.5M |
| Poland (PL) | $7.6M |
| Japan (JP) | $7.5M |
| Ghana (GH) | $7.2M |
| Yemen (YE) | $6.6M |
| Benin (BJ) | $6.5M |
| Côte d'Ivoire (CI) | $6.2M |
| Portugal (PT) | $6.0M |
| Philippines (PH) | $5.3M |
| Senegal (SN) | $5.3M |
| Kenya (KE) | $5.2M |
| Russian Federation (RU) | $4.6M |
| Cyprus (CY) | $4.3M |
| Sudan (SD) | $4.3M |
Firm-level entry/exit/survival dynamics for Kuwait's exporting firms, whole economy (not broken down by product) so every figure below is a genuine national rate — never an average across incompatible product categories. See /exporter-dynamics to compare Kuwait against all 68 covered countries.
| Metric | Latest value | Year | Trend (2009–2010) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of exporting firms | 3,307 | 2010 | — |
| Incumbent exporting firms | 1,558 | 2010 | — |
| New entrant exporting firms | 1,749 | 2010 | — |
| Exiting exporting firms | 1,765 | 2010 | — |
| Firm entry rate | 52.9% | 2010 | — |
| Firm exit rate | 53.1% | 2010 | — |
| Exporter concentration (EDD HHI, 0–1 scale) | 0.028 | 2010 | — |
| Product categories exported (distinct HS4 codes) | 1,030 | 2010 | — |
| Avg. export value per exporting firm | $975.2K | 2010 | — |
| Median export value per exporting firm | $26.3K | 2010 | — |
| Avg. destination countries per exporting firm | 2.0 | 2011 | — |
| Median destination countries per exporting firm | 1.0 | 2011 | — |
The 2010 mean is 37x the median — a small number of large exporting firms account for most of the export value; the typical firm exports far less than the average figure suggests.
Top product categories among Kuwait's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2010 — each row is a real, separately-reported HS2 product category, never combined with another.
| Product category (HS2) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Machinery and mechanical appliances HS 84 | 844 |
| Vehicles other than railway HS 87 | 733 |
| Furniture, bedding, lamps HS 94 | 491 |
| Articles of iron or steel HS 73 | 434 |
| Other made-up textile articles HS 63 | 417 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment HS 85 | 409 |
| Plastics and articles thereof HS 39 | 340 |
| Optical, medical, precision instruments HS 90 | 251 |
Top manufacturing industries among Kuwait's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2010 — each row is a real, separately-reported ISIC industry, never combined with another.
| Manufacturing industry (ISIC) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicles ISIC 341 | 512 |
| General purpose machinery ISIC 291 | 443 |
| Furniture ISIC 361 | 434 |
| Other fabricated metal products; metalworking ISIC 289 | 378 |
| Special purpose machinery ISIC 292 | 360 |
| Other chemical products ISIC 242 | 351 |
| Plastics products ISIC 252 | 339 |
| Wearing apparel, except fur ISIC 181 | 275 |