Shipped Where
Imported from Kuwait, 2025
$1.4 billion
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#81 of 218
Arrived by ship
97%

Kuwait is the 81st largest source of US imports: $1.4 billion in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is gasoline & refined fuels, followed by crude oil, petroleum coke and ferroalloys.

What the US buys from Kuwait

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Gasoline & refined fuels$971M · 68.8%
  2. 02Crude oil$373M · 26.4%
  3. 03Petroleum coke$5.2M · 0.4%
  4. 04Ferroalloys$4.3M · 0.3%
  5. 05Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar$3.5M · 0.3%
  6. 06Reaction initiators$3.5M · 0.2%
  7. 07Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal$977K · <0.1%
  8. 08Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sweetening$683K · <0.1%
All 23 products from Kuwait
  1. 09Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined$610K · <0.1%
  2. 10Ash and residues containing arsenic, metals or their compounds$453K · <0.1%
  3. 11Perfume$246K · <0.1%
  4. 12Honey$182K · <0.1%
  5. 13Liquid pumps$135K · <0.1%
  6. 14Parts for construction machinery$102K · <0.1%
  7. 15Insulated wire, cable and other insulated electrical conductors$96K · <0.1%
  8. 16Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip not elsewhere specified$89K · <0.1%
  9. 17Electric motors and generators$79K · <0.1%
  10. 18Soda & soft drinks$73K · <0.1%
  11. 19Fine art$50K · <0.1%
  12. 20Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter$50K · <0.1%
  13. 21Engine parts$48K · <0.1%
  14. 22Cartons, bags and other packing containers of paper, paperboard$45K · <0.1%
  15. 23Cars$42K · <0.1%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

US imports from Kuwait by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Kuwait, 2025. Letters match the list.

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97% of goods from Kuwait arrived by ship. Corpus Christi, TX handled 28% on its own.

  1. ACorpus Christi, TX $398M · 28.2%
  2. BMobile, AL $198M · 14.0%
  3. CNew Orleans, LA $197M · 13.9%
  4. DHouston, TX $195M · 13.8%
  5. ENewark, NJ $162M · 11.5%
  6. FPerth Amboy, NJ $53.7M · 3.8%

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