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| SECTOR | IMPORTS | 5Y/YR | RANK | EXPORTS | 5Y/YR | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Machinery | $288.2M | -5.7% | 84 | $29.1M | +10.7% | 74 |
| Automation and Robotics | $202.1M | -11.2% | 68 | $36.0M | +0.9% | 65 |
| Pumps and Valves | $517.8M | -12.0% | 62 | $24.1M | -0.9% | 71 |
| Material Handling | $175.6M | -8.8% | 69 | $23.5M | -21.2% | 62 |
| Food Processing Equipment | $41.4M | -2.5% | 113 | $2.00M | +7.8% | 98 |
| Steel and Metal Products | $2.57B | -8.2% | 67 | $511.4M | +0.8% | 93 |
| Specialty Chemicals | $1.09B | +2.0% | 61 | $131.0M | -4.2% | 78 |
| Plastics and Polymers | $987.0M | -1.3% | 76 | $1.07B | +2.6% | 53 |
| Packaging | $237.4M | +6.4% | 76 | $93.0M | +4.9% | 81 |
| Industrial Textiles | $45.2M | -13.0% | 96 | $48.0M | -4.5% | 62 |
| Electrical Equipment | $925.6M | -4.1% | 68 | $25.4M | -22.4% | 102 |
| Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics | $69.2M | +0.1% | 94 | $10.9M | -2.8% | 81 |
| Automotive Components | $610.6M | +1.6% | 66 | $128.9M | +25.5% | 68 |
| Aerospace Components | $953.5M | +49.2% | 36 | $64.3M | -1.3% | 62 |
| Medical Devices | $520.0M | -0.2% | 59 | $3.42M | -7.4% | 104 |
| Construction Materials | $644.0M | +0.3% | 47 | $9.16M | +8.6% | 123 |
| HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration | $351.0M | -2.0% | 68 | $10.4M | -6.2% | 83 |
| Power Generation Equipment | $334.1M | +3.4% | 54 | $11.9M | -8.3% | 75 |
| Water Treatment Equipment | $67.4M | -12.8% | 70 | $662K | -4.8% | 105 |
| Mining Equipment | $482.6M | -6.9% | 55 | $40.7M | -7.4% | 67 |
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First Group submitted a low bid for a downstream project in Kuwait for client Kuwait National Petroleum Company, as reported on 10 April 2026.
Baker Hughes secured a multi-year contract from Kuwait Oil Company to supply electrical submersible pumps with installation, monitoring and maintenance services for Kuwait's oil fields. The systems will integrate Baker Hughes' FusionPro and Leucipa solutions.
Baker Hughes has secured a major multi-year contract from Kuwait Oil Company to supply electrical submersible pumps and related installation, surveillance, maintenance and optimisation services for Kuwait's oil and gas fields. The award was announced on December 17, 2025.
Xylem won a contract worth more than $8 million to supply customized treatment technologies for the expanded wastewater reclamation plant in Sulaibiya, Kuwait, which will treat 600,000 cubic meters per day. Kharafi National is the project contractor.
Kuwait's Petroleum Services Company said it secured a three-year contract worth KWD 4.9 million (USD 15.9 million) with KNPC to supply control valves for the Mina Abdullah and Mina Al Ahmadi refineries. The timing is not specified beyond the interview date of 26 August 2024.
Kuwaiti fragrance maker SÉLECT LABEL signed a contract with Boccard to design and build a new state-of-the-art perfume factory in Kuwait, with the project scheduled to run from 2024 to 2025.
Heisco announced a contract worth KD91.7 million ($280 million) to provide mechanical maintenance services at the Mina Abdullah Refinery south of Kuwait City. The work runs 63 months and is disclosed in its filing to Boursa Kuwait.
Valmet will deliver a DNA automation system retrofit to the Sabiya Power and Water Distillation Station in Kuwait for Peak National General Trading & Contracting. Delivery is scheduled for November 2023, with commissioning in 2024. The value was not disclosed.
Mitsubishi Power, a brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, was awarded a long-term contract by Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity & Water & Renewable Energy to upgrade steam turbines, generators and control systems at eight units of the Sabiya power and water station.
Schlumberger signed a contract with state-owned Kuwait Oil Company in February 2022 to supply and install progressive cavity pumps at KOC oil wells, worth about 41 million Kuwaiti dinars ($135 million), according to a local newspaper report published 11 March 2022.
Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity and Water awarded Siemens Energy a five-year service contract to maintain 116 high-voltage substations, its largest service agreement in Middle East power transmission.
Amarinth delivered API 610 OH2 super duplex pumps with Plan 53B seal support systems, worth about $250K, to Kuwait Oil Company's WARA Pressure Maintenance project at Burgan field, supplied via contractor CPECC.
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company selected Honeywell Process Solutions as main automation contractor for the PRIZe petrochemicals and refinery integration project at Al Zour, providing front-end engineering design and advanced process control technology. The announcement was made on 12 November 2019.
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company awarded Honeywell UOP the reconfiguration of the refining and petrochemicals sections of its Al-Zour refinery, including technology, design, key equipment and catalysts. The announcement is dated July 24, 2019.
Termomeccanica (TMP) was awarded a contract of about EUR 10 million at the end of 2016 to supply 16 API 610 sea water pumps for the Al-Zour LNG regasification plant in Kuwait, as technology partner to EPC contractor HEC.
DuPont Clean Technologies signed contracts with Honeywell UOP to supply a STRATCO alkylation unit and a MECS Advanced sulfuric acid regeneration unit for KIPIC's PRIZe refinery project in Al-Zour, Kuwait. The article text dates the report to July 25, 2018.
Sofis will supply 4,500 valve interlocks, mainly for pressure safety valves and pig traps, to an EPC contractor delivering the first phase of a Kuwait Oil Company heavy oil development programme.
Siemens won an order to supply the power train for the 900 MW Sabiya Extension 3 combined cycle plant in Kuwait, for EPC contractor Alghanim International, along with a long-term service agreement. Commissioning of the combined cycle is scheduled for end of 2020.
Honeywell announced on 27 November 2017 that Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) will use a range of Honeywell UOP process technologies under a major contract in Kuwait.
Sofis will supply 4,500 valve interlocks to an EPC contractor for the first phase of a Kuwait Oil Company heavy oil development programme. The interlocks will mainly be fitted to pressure safety valves and pig traps.
Saipem won an $850 million engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract from Kuwait Oil Company for feed pipelines at the Al Zour Refinery, including a 450km pipeline system for crude oil and gas.
Siemens won an order to supply the power train for the 900 MW Sabiya Extension 3 combined cycle plant in Kuwait, with a long-term service agreement. The plant owner is the Ministry of Electricity and Water, and Alghanim International is the EPC contractor.
Siemens was awarded a contract by Chinese EPC contractor Sepco III to supply an industrial steam turbine package that converts the Az Zour South 3 open cycle plant in Kuwait into a combined cycle plant, adding 263MW without extra gas. The combined cycle plant is expected to operate in mid-2019.
Fire Eater has won contracts through Kuwaiti partners to install INERGEN fire suppression systems on Kuwait Oil Company projects, including the Manifold Group Trunkline, Gathering Centre 31 and Lower Fars heavy oil development.
