Summary
- Share of its imports
- 6.4%
- Value imported
- $2.4billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 4th
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 16
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 8
- Dominated value
- $976million
- Share of total imports
- 2.6%
Trend
Trend in shares
India went from 2.1% to 6.4% of what Kuwait buys
Share (%)
- India 6.4%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 134 | 2.1% | 9 |
| 1996 | 154 | 2.1% | 8 |
| 1997 | 177 | 2.8% | 8 |
| 1998 | 163 | 2.3% | 9 |
| 1999 | 154 | 3.1% | 8 |
| 2000 | 247 | 3.6% | 8 |
| 2001 | 275 | 3.7% | 7 |
| 2002 | 338 | 3.8% | 8 |
| 2003 | 383 | 3.5% | 8 |
| 2004 | 519 | 4% | 8 |
| 2005 | 502 | 3.6% | 9 |
| 2006 | 783 | 4.2% | 8 |
| 2007 | 953 | 3.9% | 9 |
| 2008 | 1,175 | 4.1% | 7 |
| 2009 | 750 | 4.7% | 8 |
| 2010 | 1,412 | 5.5% | 6 |
| 2011 | 1,320 | 4.7% | 8 |
| 2012 | 1,042 | 4.1% | 9 |
| 2013 | 1,197 | 3.9% | 8 |
| 2014 | 1,333 | 3.9% | 8 |
| 2015 | 1,388 | 4.2% | 8 |
| 2016 | 1,662 | 5.2% | 7 |
| 2017 | 1,703 | 4.8% | 7 |
| 2018 | 1,770 | 4.8% | 7 |
| 2019 | 1,807 | 5.1% | 7 |
| 2020 | 1,336 | 4.5% | 7 |
| 2021 | 1,640 | 4.7% | 6 |
| 2022 | 1,918 | 5.1% | 5 |
| 2023 | 2,218 | 5.4% | 6 |
| 2024 | 2,442 | 6.4% | 4 |
Products where India sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airplanes and helicopters | India | 80.2%over 75% | France · 19.4% | $525 million |
| Rice | India | 92.2%over 75% | Australia · 3% | $275 million |
| Ceramic tiles | India | 67.6% | Spain · 9.1% | $94 million |
| Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab) | India | 55.7% | United Arab Emirates · 17.9% | $27 million |
| Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews | India | 53.5% | Vietnam · 21.2% | $15 million |
| Frozen fruit | India | 66.6% | Egypt · 12.5% | $12 million |
| Bauxite (aluminum ore) | India | 99%over 75% | China · 0.95% | $7 million |
| Ferroalloys | India | 98.8%over 75% | China · 1.2% | $6 million |
| Anise, coriander and cumin seeds | India | 55.2% | United Arab Emirates · 15.2% | $5 million |
| Linen fabric | India | 76.1%over 75% | Italy · 16.3% | $3 million |
| Carbon electrodes | India | 68.6% | China · 8.2% | $2 million |
| Quartz and quartzite | India | 78.4%over 75% | Iran · 17.9% | $2 million |
| Aluminum gas cylinders | India | 80.1%over 75% | Germany · 9.2% | $2 million |
| Artificial graphite | India | 83.6%over 75% | Saudi Arabia · 7% | $2 million |
| Feldspar and fluorspar | India | 73.7% | Turkey · 13.5% | $1 million |
| Industrial fatty acids | India | 62.7% | Saudi Arabia · 9.4% | $1 million |
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?
- India sells 3.8% of what the world exports of airplanes and helicopters; next come United States (25.2%), France (24.9%) and Germany (15.2%). The rest of the world exported 283.7 times what Kuwait buys from India.
- India sells 29.3% of what the world exports of rice; next come Thailand (17.2%), Vietnam (10.5%) and Pakistan (10.1%). The rest of the world exported 100 times what Kuwait buys from India.
- India sells 13.4% of what the world exports of ceramic tiles; next come Italy (22.9%), Spain (18.6%) and China (17.3%). The rest of the world exported 167.6 times what Kuwait buys from India.
- India sells 16% of what the world exports of crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab); next come Ecuador (22.5%), Canada (11.3%) and Vietnam (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 867.6 times what Kuwait buys from India.
- India sells 4.4% of what the world exports of coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews; next come Vietnam (31.5%), Côte d'Ivoire (12.6%) and Tanzania (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 657.4 times what Kuwait buys from India.
- India sells 0.98% of what the world exports of frozen fruit; next come Thailand (9%), Poland (8.4%) and Chile (6.8%). The rest of the world exported 629.7 times what Kuwait buys from India.
- India sells 0.15% of what the world exports of bauxite (aluminum ore); next come Guinea (70.6%), Australia (17.8%) and Brazil (2.2%). The rest of the world exported 1,794.6 times what Kuwait buys from India.
- India sells 6.4% of what the world exports of ferroalloys; next come Indonesia (30.3%), South Africa (11.5%) and Brazil (9.1%). The rest of the world exported 6,839.4 times what Kuwait buys from India.
- India sells 54.8% of what the world exports of anise, coriander and cumin seeds; next come Egypt (6.9%), China (6.6%) and Vietnam (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 176.6 times what Kuwait buys from India.
- India sells 3.5% of what the world exports of linen fabric; next come China (63.3%), Italy (8.7%) and Turkey (3.1%). The rest of the world exported 729.5 times what Kuwait buys from India.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from India
Kuwait is India’s 39th-largest customer, with 0.53% 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.