VOL. XXXI

NO. 43

1-AUGUST-1988

International and Banking News

BUDGETS AND REVENUES

Kuwait's Trade Surplus up 78% in 1987

The surplus in Kuwait's balance of trade for 1987 is provisionally estimatedat KD988mn ($3,503mn), up 78.0% from the revised figure of KDS55mn ($1,968mn) in1986, according to statistics published in the 1987 Economic Report of theCentral Bank of Kuwait. The trade surplus for 1986 was 60.8% down on the 1985figure of KDl,417mn. The current account surplus in 1987, however, fell to...