Exports - partners:
Japan 24.4%, South Korea 12.9%, US 11.9%, Singapore 10.1%, Taiwan
7%, Netherlands 4.5%, Pakistan 4.4% (2002)

Imports:
$7.3 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)

Imports - commodities:
food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing

Imports - partners:
US 13.1%, Japan 11.1%, Germany 9.7%, Saudi Arabia 6.6%, UK 6%,
Italy 5.4%, France 5.2% (2002)

Debt - external:
$10.4 billion (2000 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
NA

Currency:
Kuwaiti dinar (KD)

Currency code:
KWD

Exchange rates:
Kuwaiti dinars per US dollar - 0.3 (2002), 0.31 (2001), 0.31
(2000), 0.3 (1999), 0.3 (1998)

Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March