In 2020, Alberta exported $29.7M worth of goods to Kuwait, making it the 46th ranked country in terms of Alberta's exports.
In 2020, Alberta exported $29.7M worth of goods to Kuwait, making it the 46th ranked country in terms of Alberta's exports.

About Kuwait

Fast Facts

Alberta Exports To Kuwait Information Icon

VALUE OF ALBERTA EXPORTS TO Kuwait
2023
$47.7M
+17.4% y/y
TRADING PARTNER RANK

#48


Kuwait Imports Information Icon

VALUE OF Kuwait IMPORTS
2022
$116.8B
-167.8% y/y
TOP IMPORT MARKETS
  • 1. China 18.9%

  • 2. United Arab Emirates 15.7%

  • 3. United States 8.1%

  • 4. Saudi Arabia 6.6%

  • 5. India 5%


Alberta-Kuwait Relations

  • Kuwait was allocated some 50 scholarships for university studies in Canada, and interest is growing in Canada as a destination of choice for post-secondary education.
  • There has been a mutually-supportive pattern of political cooperation between Canada and Kuwait, based largely on a commonality of views and interests.
  • In May 2017, Pembina and PIC executed a 50/50 joint venture on a proposed integrated propylene and polypropylene production facility in Sturgeon County, Alberta. The new entity is Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corporation (CKPC).
  • April 2016 – Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced a joint feasible study with Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. (“Pic”), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, for evaluating a world-scale combined propane dehydrogenation (“PDH”) and polypropylene upgrading facility in Alberta.

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For more information on Kuwait-Alberta relations, download:

Kuwait-Alberta Relations

Contacts

For more information on Alberta’s trade and relationship with this market please contact:
Export Services
Song Wang Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa Phone : 1-780-638-1063 Email: song.wang@gov.ab.ca
Investment Services
Invest Alberta Email: info@investalberta.ca