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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · KUWAIT

What Kuwait Trades

In 2023, Kuwait sold about $84.0B of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $37.5B in return. Its biggest customer was United Arab Emirates ($1.3B, 2% of exports); its biggest supplier, China ($7.4B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$84.0B
GOODS IMPORTED$37.5B
TOP PARTNERUnited Arab Emirates

Where Kuwait sends its goods

Kuwait’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

2India1.3%$1.1B
3Saudi Arabia0.8%$705M
4China0.7%$591M
5Iraq0.5%$384M
6Pakistan0.4%$342M
7Qatar0.3%$241M
9Jordan0.1%$108M
10Oman0.1%$98M
11Viet Nam0.1%$90M
12Bahrain0.1%$85M
13United States0.1%$72M
14Malaysia0.1%$61M
15Turkiye0.1%$53M
16Italy0.1%$43M
17Singapore0.0%$41M
19Lebanon0.0%$27M
20United Kingdom0.0%$27M
21Indonesia0.0%$23M
22Belgium0.0%$22M
23Iran, Islamic Rep.0.0%$21M
24Switzerland0.0%$20M
25Netherlands0.0%$20M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 7.0% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where Kuwait buys its goods

Kuwait’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1China19.8%$7.4B
2United States9.1%$3.4B
4Japan6.1%$2.3B
5India5.5%$2.1B
6Saudi Arabia5.2%$1.9B
7Germany4.4%$1.6B
8Italy3.9%$1.5B
9Switzerland2.8%$1.1B
10France2.7%$994M
11United Kingdom2.2%$842M
12Turkiye2.0%$737M
13Thailand1.6%$582M
14Korea, Rep.1.3%$486M
15Viet Nam1.3%$472M
16Australia1.2%$458M
17Netherlands1.2%$455M
18Egypt, Arab Rep.1.1%$411M
19Spain1.0%$391M
20Poland1.0%$369M
21Indonesia1.0%$362M
22Mexico0.9%$349M
23Brazil0.9%$334M
24Bahrain0.9%$331M
25Oman0.8%$306M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 99.3% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.