Low oil prices dropped export revenues
Kuwait Q1 trade surplus down 68pc
KUWAIT, August 16, 2015
Kuwait's foreign trade surplus in the first quarter of 2015 narrowed by 68 per cent from a year ago to KD1.74 billion ($5.74 billion) as low oil prices slashed export revenues, data from the Central Statistical Bureau showed on Sunday.
Exports totalled KD4.069 billion (KD7.539 billion - Q1/2014), while imports amounted to KD2.33 billion (KD2.096 billion -Q1/2014). - Reuters