Country Matrix
For 2007, the matrix below shows Kuwait's number of import bottlenecks for different combinations of minimum import share (%) and minimum import value (USD). Red parentheses show bottlenecks from Danger Zone countries, and lime square brackets show bottlenecks involving Critical Goods.
Kuwait
Year: 2007(43 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 155(43)[1] | 122(35)[1] | 84(28) | 65(23) | 42(14) | 25(10) | 14(6) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 22(5) | 18(4) | 14(4) | 12(3) | 10(2) | 6(2) | 4(2) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 8(2) | 7(2) | 5(2) | 4(1) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (43 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 740312 | Copper; refined, unwrought, wire-bars | 2007 | 99.59% | 78,341,643 |
| 2 | Iran | 121300 | Cereal straw and husks; unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets | 2007 | 99.08% | 11,344,936 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 481151 | Paper and paperboard; coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives), bleached, weighing more than 150g/m2, other than goods of heading no. 4803, 4809, or 4810 | 2007 | 98.88% | 18,309,307 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 251710 | Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone; of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated | 2007 | 94.67% | 88,386,412 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 890790 | Floating structures; tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons | 2007 | 93.27% | 17,345,521 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 040310 | Dairy produce; yoghurt, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa | 2007 | 93.12% | 13,456,701 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 730300 | Cast iron; tubes, pipes and hollow profiles | 2007 | 87.70% | 15,170,283 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 271500 | Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (e.g. bituminous mastics, cut-backs) | 2007 | 86.32% | 15,814,895 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 481920 | Paper and paperboard; folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard | 2007 | 84.91% | 18,378,310 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2007 | 81.26% | 26,526,658 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 480300 | Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar; for household or sanitary use, cellulose, wadding webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls exceeding 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side more than 36cm in unfolded state | 2007 | 79.43% | 11,070,866 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 200912 | Juice; orange, not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2007 | 78.25% | 14,824,739 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations; surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | 2007 | 76.74% | 43,765,692 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 320910 | Paints and varnishes; based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | 2007 | 70.40% | 11,520,247 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 481840 | - Sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles | 2007 | 67.79% | 29,243,105 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 200990 | Juices; mixtures of fruits or vegetables (but not nut juice), unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2007 | 67.63% | 19,672,049 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | 2007 | 64.80% | 114,237,889 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 040390 | Dairy produce; buttermilk, curdled milk or cream, kephir, fermented or acidified milk or cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sweetening, flavouring, fruit, nuts or cocoa (excluding yoghurt) | 2007 | 64.78% | 28,979,925 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | 2007 | 64.67% | 23,140,444 |
| 20 | Syria | 070200 | Vegetables; tomatoes, fresh or chilled | 2007 | 64.46% | 21,082,291 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 761290 | Aluminium; casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | 2007 | 63.65% | 16,097,585 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 330510 | Hair preparations; shampoos | 2007 | 62.30% | 17,409,262 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 252100 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 2007 | 61.29% | 12,540,585 |
| 24 | Iran | 720610 | Iron or non-alloy steel; ingots (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2007 | 59.76% | 192,055,005 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 040130 | - Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6 % | 2007 | 57.08% | 13,485,213 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 701990 | Glass fibres; n.e.c. in heading no. 7019 | 2007 | 56.50% | 11,123,540 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2007 | 53.15% | 16,395,303 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 190590 | Food preparations; bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | 2007 | 52.05% | 15,887,654 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 850710 | Electric accumulators; lead-acid, of a kind used for starting piston engines, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | 2007 | 49.27% | 14,400,197 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 070190 | Vegetables; potatoes (other than seed), fresh or chilled | 2007 | 49.15% | 11,478,794 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 271019 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; not light oils and preparations | 2007 | 48.27% | 45,510,108 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 871639 | Trailers and semi-trailers; (other than tanker type) | 2007 | 48.19% | 14,868,487 |
| 33 | Bahrain | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2007 | 45.93% | 23,593,871 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 761090 | Aluminium; structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts of structures, n.e.c. in heading no. 7610, plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like | 2007 | 42.29% | 11,712,996 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 390319 | Styrene polymers; (other than expansible polystyrene), in primary forms | 2007 | 42.22% | 11,261,085 |
| 36 | Iran | 870422 | Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | 2007 | 37.77% | 39,027,545 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 854420 | Insulated electric conductors; co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors | 2007 | 36.83% | 22,125,689 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2007 | 36.06% | 41,019,299 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 730890 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | 2007 | 34.42% | 62,934,715 |
| 40 | Iran | 010410 | Sheep; live | 2007 | 33.61% | 40,302,224 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 170199 | Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | 2007 | 33.38% | 19,218,900 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 730840 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering or pit-propping | 2007 | 32.64% | 10,173,485 |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 040630 | Dairy produce; cheese, processed (not grated or powdered) | 2007 | 31.84% | 12,124,477 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 25 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 11 occurrences
Iran: 4 occurrences
Russian Federation: 1 occurrence
Syria: 1 occurrence
Bahrain: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
271019 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...
Legend:
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The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.
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The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.