Summary
- Kuwait → Taiwan
- $3.4billion
- Taiwan → Kuwait
- $169million
- Kuwait’s balance
- $3.2billion
Balance
Kuwait’s trade balance with Taiwan
Trade between Kuwait and Taiwan grew 5.5-fold since 1997
USD billions (current). Kuwait’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 3.4
- Imports 0.2
- Balance +3.2
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1997 | $548 million | $94 million | $453 million |
| 1998 | $350 million | $81 million | $269 million |
| 1999 | $407 million | $68 million | $339 million |
| 2000 | $982 million | $83 million | $899 million |
| 2001 | $1.1 billion | $84 million | $1 billion |
| 2002 | $1.3 billion | $98 million | $1.2 billion |
| 2003 | $2 billion | $112 million | $1.9 billion |
| 2004 | $2.8 billion | $137 million | $2.6 billion |
| 2005 | $4.3 billion | $114 million | $4.2 billion |
| 2006 | $5 billion | $156 million | $4.9 billion |
| 2007 | $5.7 billion | $189 million | $5.6 billion |
| 2008 | $8.1 billion | $221 million | $7.9 billion |
| 2009 | $4.6 billion | $147 million | $4.4 billion |
| 2010 | $6.1 billion | $205 million | $5.9 billion |
| 2011 | $7.7 billion | $231 million | $7.5 billion |
| 2012 | $8.6 billion | $174 million | $8.4 billion |
| 2013 | $8.5 billion | $297 million | $8.2 billion |
| 2014 | $6.7 billion | $269 million | $6.4 billion |
| 2015 | $4 billion | $274 million | $3.7 billion |
| 2016 | $2.9 billion | $228 million | $2.7 billion |
| 2017 | $3.6 billion | $205 million | $3.4 billion |
| 2018 | $5.2 billion | $204 million | $5 billion |
| 2019 | $4.3 billion | $213 million | $4.1 billion |
| 2020 | $2.5 billion | $124 million | $2.4 billion |
| 2021 | $4.6 billion | $181 million | $4.4 billion |
| 2022 | $7.1 billion | $214 million | $6.9 billion |
| 2023 | $4.7 billion | $223 million | $4.5 billion |
| 2024 | $3.4 billion | $169 million | $3.2 billion |
What they sell each other
What Kuwait sells to Taiwan
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Taiwan sells to Kuwait
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Shuaiba and Kaohsiung is 5,562 nautical miles (10,301 km) long: ≈ 13–16.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Hormuz; and Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
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
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Taiwan was Kuwait’s 9th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Kuwait was Taiwan’s 27th (0.4%).
- Taiwan in Kuwait’s trade
- 3.3%
- Taiwan’s rank among Kuwait’s partners
- 9th
- Kuwait in Taiwan’s trade
- 0.4%
- Kuwait’s rank among Taiwan’s partners
- 27th
Compare with
Other partners of Kuwait
Other partners of Taiwan
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
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.