Kuwait Information

Britain oversaw foreign relations and defense for the ruling Kuwaiti AL-SABAH dynasty from 1899 until independence in 1961.

Trade in Goods with Kuwait

NOTE: All figures are in millions of U.S. dollars, and not seasonally adjusted unless otherwise specified.

Trade in Goods with all Arab Countries by year

Year	Export	Import	Trade Balance
2000	786.8	2,781.2	-1,994.4
2001	902.5	1,990.5	-1,088.0
2002	1,014.8	1,940.3	-925.5
2003	1,507.3	2,276.9	-769.6
2004	1,519.3	3,230.8	-1,711.5
2005	1,974.9	4,334.8	-2,359.9
2006	2,086.9	3,980.9	-1,894.0
2007	2,484.0	4,118.5	-1,634.5
2008	2,719.3	7,093.0	-4,373.7
2009	1,692.8	3,123.0	1,430.2
Totals	16,688.6	34,869.9	-18,181.3

* Data collected from: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, Data Dissemination Branch, Washington, D.C. 20233.