Kuwait - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Kuwait was 74.88 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 86.79 in 1991 and a minimum value of 33.09 in 2001.

Definition: Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1970 77.39
1971 75.99
1972 76.42
1973 75.98
1974 77.82
1975 80.24
1976 81.10
1977 84.49
1978 81.69
1979 79.98
1980 81.43
1981 82.41
1982 83.29
1983 83.21
1984 79.77
1986 79.49
1987 75.86
1988 74.44
1989 74.98
1990 77.75
1991 86.79
1992 83.75
1993 81.44
1994 79.23
1995 80.81
1996 80.31
1997 79.94
1998 79.82
1999 78.19
2000 33.90
2001 33.09
2002 33.74
2003 33.98
2004 36.72
2006 80.71
2007 82.66
2008 80.45
2010 80.51
2011 77.91
2013 78.82
2014 78.30
2015 78.16
2016 80.14
2017 80.00
2018 78.64
2019 78.24
2020 74.88

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports