Exports - partners:
Japan 21.3%, South Korea 14.9%, US 11.5%, Singapore 9.8%, Taiwan
9.3% (2003)
Imports:
$9.606 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing
Imports - partners:
US 14.7%, Japan 10.3%, Germany 9.6%, China 6.6%, UK 6.1%, Saudi
Arabia 5.5%, Italy 5%, France 4.2% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$7.685 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$12.18 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
NA (2001)
Currency:
Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
Currency code:
KWD
Exchange rates:
Kuwaiti dinars per US dollar - 0.298 (2003), 0.3039 (2002), 0.3067
(2001), 0.3068 (2000), 0.3044 (1999)