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Trade between Germany and Kuwait

In 2024, Germany exported $1.6 billion to Kuwait and imported $411 million. Germany ran a surplus of $1.1 billion with Kuwait, compared with a surplus of $1.9 billion in 2019. Kuwait was Germany’s 73rd largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Germany was Kuwait’s 14th (2%).

Summary

Germany → Kuwait
$1.6billion
Kuwait → Germany
$411million
Germany’s balance
$1.1billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Kuwait

Trade between Germany and Kuwait grew 3.4-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Germany’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1.6
  • Imports 0.4
  • Balance +1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$469 million$106 million$363 million
1996$475 million$147 million$328 million
1997$496 million$98 million$398 million
1998$528 million$76 million$451 million
1999$498 million$91 million$407 million
2000$551 million$127 million$423 million
2001$700 million$32 million$668 million
2002$797 million$52 million$745 million
2003$1 billion$10 million$1 billion
2004$1.4 billion$72 million$1.4 billion
2005$1.3 billion$17 million$1.3 billion
2006$1.3 billion$45 million$1.3 billion
2007$1.8 billion$63 million$1.7 billion
2008$1.9 billion$200 million$1.7 billion
2009$1.3 billion$121 million$1.2 billion
2010$1.8 billion$76 million$1.8 billion
2011$1.7 billion$123 million$1.6 billion
2012$1.5 billion$343 million$1.2 billion
2013$1.9 billion$491 million$1.5 billion
2014$2.1 billion$187 million$1.9 billion
2015$1.7 billion$65 million$1.7 billion
2016$1.9 billion$11 million$1.8 billion
2017$1.9 billion$56 million$1.8 billion
2018$1.9 billion$46 million$1.9 billion
2019$1.9 billion$82 million$1.9 billion
2020$1.3 billion$31 million$1.3 billion
2021$1.3 billion$27 million$1.3 billion
2022$1.3 billion$54 million$1.2 billion
2023$1.5 billion$759 million$733 million
2024$1.6 billion$411 million$1.1 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Kuwait

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$283 million · 18.2%
    9 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$199 million · 12.9%
    864 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$96 million · 6.2%
    42 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Turbojets and gas turbines$68 million · 4.4%
    173 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Tractors$52 million · 3.4%
    6 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  6. Other plastic articles$41 million · 2.7%
    408 tonnes
  7. Trucks$38 million · 2.5%
    5 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  8. High-voltage switches and fuses$30 million · 1.9%
    767 tonnes
  9. Medical and dental instruments$24 million · 1.6%
    111 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  10. Valves and taps$17 million · 1.1%
    390 tonnes

What Kuwait sells to Germany

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$395 million · 96%
    493 thousand tonnes · Kuwait’s destinations
  2. Polyethylene$3 million · 0.84%
    3 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  3. Ferroalloys$3 million · 0.78%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  4. Turbojets and gas turbines$2 million · 0.5%
    4 tonnes · Germany’s sources
  5. Cars$467 thousand · 0.11%
    42 tonnes · Germany’s sources
  6. Cigarettes and cigars$391 thousand · 0.1%
    21 tonnes · Germany’s sources
  7. Other measuring instruments$384 thousand · 0.09%
    1 tonne
  8. Optical microscopes$345 thousand · 0.08%
    1 tonne
  9. Ethers and organic peroxides$315 thousand · 0.08%
    352 tonnes
  10. Aircraft parts$309 thousand · 0.08%
    1 tonne

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Shuaiba.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Shuaiba is 12,026 nautical miles (22,272 km) long: ≈ 28–36 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Dover, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Hormuz (12,026 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz (7,114 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.3 billion · 64.2%
  2. Air$702 million · 35.8%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Kuwait was Germany’s 73rd largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Germany was Kuwait’s 14th (2%).

Kuwait in Germany’s trade
0.1%
Kuwait’s rank among Germany’s partners
73rd
Germany in Kuwait’s trade
1.9%
Germany’s rank among Kuwait’s partners
14th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Kuwait

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.