Country Matrix
For 2008, 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: 2008(47 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 195(47)[1] | 151(39)[1] | 113(32) | 82(27) | 60(23) | 42(11) | 21(6) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 33(7)[1] | 26(5)[1] | 22(4) | 14(4) | 10(3) | 8(2) | 3(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 10(2) | 9(2) | 7(2) | 5(2) | 4(1) | 4(1) | 1 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (47 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 252100 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 2008 | 100.00% | 25,560,421 |
| 2 | Iran | 720450 | Ferrous products; remelting scrap ingots | 2008 | 100.00% | 12,296,035 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 760110 | Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed) | 2008 | 100.00% | 11,026,403 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 721650 | Iron or non-alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, n.e.c. in heading no. 7216, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | 2008 | 96.35% | 11,817,807 |
| 5 | 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 | 2008 | 96.28% | 92,673,027 |
| 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 | 2008 | 95.11% | 15,760,638 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 481920 | Paper and paperboard; folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard | 2008 | 85.11% | 25,492,664 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 740710 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles, of refined copper | 2008 | 83.83% | 154,636,809 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2008 | 82.95% | 13,287,100 |
| 10 | 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) | 2008 | 81.83% | 19,869,908 |
| 11 | 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 | 2008 | 81.73% | 10,985,015 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 283650 | Carbonates; calcium carbonate | 2008 | 79.85% | 10,454,974 |
| 13 | Iran | 121300 | Cereal straw and husks; unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets | 2008 | 79.11% | 10,951,992 |
| 14 | 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 | 2008 | 78.68% | 15,070,777 |
| 15 | 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) | 2008 | 78.28% | 34,200,822 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 040130 | - Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6 % | 2008 | 76.41% | 34,586,010 |
| 17 | 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 | 2008 | 75.11% | 51,097,995 |
| 18 | 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 | 2008 | 72.69% | 21,116,467 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | 2008 | 71.73% | 24,090,727 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2008 | 71.20% | 32,513,954 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 481190 | Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of soft cellulose fibres; coated, impregnated, covered, surface-decorated or surface-coloured, n.e.c. in heading no. 4811, in rolls or sheets | 2008 | 70.80% | 25,106,707 |
| 22 | Bahrain | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2008 | 70.43% | 40,139,435 |
| 23 | 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 | 2008 | 70.13% | 19,021,979 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 070190 | Vegetables; potatoes (other than seed), fresh or chilled | 2008 | 64.76% | 24,384,812 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 721041 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, corrugated, plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2008 | 61.68% | 10,604,410 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2008 | 60.63% | 116,259,059 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 330510 | Hair preparations; shampoos | 2008 | 60.02% | 16,843,407 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 080711 | Fruit, edible; watermelons, fresh | 2008 | 59.92% | 12,815,596 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 940600 | Prefabricated buildings. | 2008 | 58.77% | 22,610,016 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 220110 | Waters; mineral and aerated, including natural or artificial, (not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured) | 2008 | 57.94% | 30,749,966 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 320910 | Paints and varnishes; based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | 2008 | 50.89% | 13,823,661 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 570292 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings; woven, (not tufted or flocked), of man-made textile materials, (not of pile construction), made up, n.e.c. in item no. 5702.10 or 5702.20 | 2008 | 50.18% | 11,113,329 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 481840 | - Sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles | 2008 | 49.11% | 21,675,079 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 730830 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | 2008 | 47.76% | 10,507,464 |
| 35 | 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 | 2008 | 47.35% | 15,292,961 |
| 36 | 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 | 2008 | 45.99% | 18,555,362 |
| 37 | 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 | 2008 | 43.08% | 51,017,630 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 850710 | Electric accumulators; lead-acid, of a kind used for starting piston engines, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | 2008 | 42.42% | 19,845,774 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 040630 | Dairy produce; cheese, processed (not grated or powdered) | 2008 | 41.22% | 17,801,731 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 711319 | Jewellery; of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | 2008 | 37.25% | 94,498,133 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 170199 | Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | 2008 | 35.58% | 19,679,784 |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 730890 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | 2008 | 35.53% | 58,163,395 |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 160232 | Meat preparations; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | 2008 | 35.06% | 13,750,224 |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 151529 | Vegetable oils; maize (corn) oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2008 | 32.92% | 13,113,545 |
| 45 | Iran | 010410 | Sheep; live | 2008 | 32.87% | 38,152,178 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2008 | 32.44% | 13,046,568 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 151529 | Vegetable oils; maize (corn) oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2008 | 31.85% | 12,688,963 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 30 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 11 occurrences
Iran: 3 occurrences
Bahrain: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 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.