Exports - partners:
Japan 20.5%, South Korea 13.7%, US 12.4%, Singapore 11.3%, Taiwan
9.9% (2004)
Imports:
$11.12 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing
Imports - partners:
US 12.9%, Germany 11.9%, Japan 7.9%, UK 5.5%, Saudi Arabia 5.5%,
Italy 5%, France 4.5%, China 4.1% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$7.333 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$15.02 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
NA (2001)
Currency (code):
Kuwaiti dinar (KD)
Currency code:
KWD
Exchange rates:
Kuwaiti dinars per US dollar - 0.2947 (2004), 0.298 (2003), 0.3039
(2002), 0.3067 (2001), 0.3068 (2000)