Report by the WTO Secretariat

The State of Kuwait is implementing a new development strategy centred on a liberal trade regime with the objective of reducing the economy’s high dependence on crude oil and natural gas, which accounts for nearly half of GDP, 95% of export revenues, and more than 80% of government income. To this end, steps are being taken to improve the country’s business environment, increase productivity growth of the non-energy sectors, and increase the participation of the private sector (local and foreign) in the economy from its current low level of about 25%.