ZAWYA-SNG: Kuwait's December trade surplus with Japan down 19.9%
Zawya·- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan shrank by 19.9% year-on-year in December to 55.8 billion yen (331 million USD) due to weak exports. - Kuwait's overall exports to Japan declined by 13.3%, while imports from Japan rose by 1.7%, marking the first growth in two months. - For the entire year of 2025, Kuwait's trade surplus was 548 billion yen (3.4 billion USD), down 34.9% from the previous year, influenced by a 20.7% drop in exports and a 22.5% increase in imports.