Summary
- Share of its imports
- 18.5%
- Value imported
- $7billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 105
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 27
- Dominated value
- $3.5billion
- Share of total imports
- 9.3%
Trend
Trend in shares
China went from 1.6% to 18.5% of what Kuwait buys
Share (%)
- China 18.5%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 105 | 1.6% | 12 |
| 1996 | 102 | 1.4% | 13 |
| 1997 | 93 | 1.5% | 14 |
| 1998 | 110 | 1.5% | 12 |
| 1999 | 137 | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2000 | 227 | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2001 | 260 | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2002 | 366 | 4.2% | 7 |
| 2003 | 505 | 4.7% | 7 |
| 2004 | 663 | 5.1% | 6 |
| 2005 | 628 | 4.5% | 7 |
| 2006 | 1,641 | 8.8% | 2 |
| 2007 | 2,508 | 10.2% | 2 |
| 2008 | 3,187 | 11.1% | 1 |
| 2009 | 1,543 | 9.6% | 2 |
| 2010 | 3,161 | 12.3% | 1 |
| 2011 | 3,956 | 14% | 1 |
| 2012 | 2,089 | 8.2% | 3 |
| 2013 | 3,708 | 12% | 1 |
| 2014 | 4,159 | 12.2% | 1 |
| 2015 | 5,038 | 15.2% | 1 |
| 2016 | 4,704 | 14.7% | 1 |
| 2017 | 5,495 | 15.6% | 1 |
| 2018 | 5,929 | 16.2% | 1 |
| 2019 | 5,990 | 16.9% | 1 |
| 2020 | 4,966 | 16.7% | 1 |
| 2021 | 5,797 | 16.5% | 1 |
| 2022 | 6,176 | 16.5% | 1 |
| 2023 | 7,395 | 18.1% | 1 |
| 2024 | 7,014 | 18.5% | 1 |
Products where China sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 85.6%over 75% | Vietnam · 7.4% | $1.4 billion |
| Seamless steel pipes | China | 57.5% | Italy · 13.6% | $282 million |
| T-shirts | China | 66% | United Arab Emirates · 9.3% | $245 million |
| Computers | China | 64.8% | United Arab Emirates · 9% | $187 million |
| Computer and office machine parts | China | 57.1% | United Arab Emirates · 12.9% | $92 million |
| Monitors and projectors | China | 68.9% | Egypt · 9.4% | $84 million |
| Earthmoving and drilling machines | China | 89.3%over 75% | Germany · 2.6% | $82 million |
| Air conditioners | China | 53.1% | United Arab Emirates · 12.6% | $77 million |
| Hot-rolled flat steel | China | 74.5% | Saudi Arabia · 12.6% | $70 million |
| Lamps and light fittings | China | 66.4% | Italy · 8.3% | $63 million |
| Seats and chairs | China | 54.1% | Turkey · 9.9% | $62 million |
| Electric heaters and hair dryers | China | 50% | United States · 8.7% | $59 million |
| Other electrical devices | China | 72% | United States · 6.3% | $50 million |
| Bulldozers and excavators | China | 53.8% | Germany · 16% | $45 million |
| Toys | China | 79.4%over 75% | United States · 5.1% | $44 million |
| Microphones and speakers | China | 61% | Vietnam · 32.3% | $43 million |
| Aluminum sheet | China | 55.3% | Saudi Arabia · 17.7% | $36 million |
| Iron or steel pipe fittings | China | 54.4% | India · 10.5% | $35 million |
| Special-purpose vehicles | China | 53.7% | Germany · 21.3% | $31 million |
| Plywood | China | 67.2% | Indonesia · 27.6% | $30 million |
| Ceramic toilets, sinks and sanitary ware | China | 85.3%over 75% | Germany · 2.2% | $28 million |
| Alloy steel sheet | China | 96.9%over 75% | Japan · 1.3% | $27 million |
| Rubber and plastic footwear | China | 56.1% | Italy · 7.7% | $26 million |
| Home appliances | China | 73.7% | India · 3.8% | $24 million |
| Glassware for table, kitchen and decor | China | 59.3% | Saudi Arabia · 10.7% | $21 million |
| Video game consoles and games | China | 64.8% | United Arab Emirates · 10.8% | $20 million |
| Washing machines | China | 59.2% | Italy · 8.8% | $20 million |
| Sports equipment | China | 50.4% | United States · 7.9% | $20 million |
| Aluminum foil | China | 63.2% | United Arab Emirates · 23.8% | $19 million |
| Coated paper | China | 55.5% | India · 21.1% | $19 million |
and 75 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- China sells 46.2% of what the world exports of cameras and broadcast equipment; next come Vietnam (13.1%), Taiwan (4.4%) and India (4.3%). The rest of the world exported 245.7 times what Kuwait buys from China.
- China sells 27.6% of what the world exports of seamless steel pipes; next come Japan (11.2%), Italy (6.5%) and Germany (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 73.3 times what Kuwait buys from China.
- China sells 17.1% of what the world exports of t-shirts; next come Bangladesh (17.8%), Vietnam (6.4%) and Turkey (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 162.5 times what Kuwait buys from China.
- China sells 38.7% of what the world exports of computers; next come Taiwan (14.2%), Mexico (12.6%) and Vietnam (7%). The rest of the world exported 1,373 times what Kuwait buys from China.
- China sells 30.3% of what the world exports of computer and office machine parts; next come Taiwan (15%), Vietnam (10.6%) and South Korea (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 2,423.4 times what Kuwait buys from China.
- China sells 32.3% of what the world exports of monitors and projectors; next come Mexico (17.8%), Vietnam (7%) and Poland (5.6%). The rest of the world exported 552.6 times what Kuwait buys from China.
- China sells 27.7% of what the world exports of earthmoving and drilling machines; next come Germany (11.1%), United States (10.4%) and Sweden (6.2%). The rest of the world exported 118 times what Kuwait buys from China.
- China sells 39.4% of what the world exports of air conditioners; next come Thailand (11.7%), Mexico (11.7%) and United States (4.2%). The rest of the world exported 534.2 times what Kuwait buys from China.
- China sells 28.1% of what the world exports of hot-rolled flat steel; next come Japan (13.9%), South Korea (9%) and Germany (4.5%). The rest of the world exported 694.7 times what Kuwait buys from China.
- China sells 59.2% of what the world exports of lamps and light fittings; next come Germany (4.7%), Mexico (4%) and Italy (3.6%). The rest of the world exported 325.6 times what Kuwait buys from China.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from China
Kuwait is China’s 64th-largest customer, with 0.2% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.