Country Matrix
For 2011, 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: 2011(43 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 167(43)[1] | 115(30)[1] | 85(24)[1] | 60(20) | 35(13) | 23(7) | 12(4) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 48(12)[1] | 37(11)[1] | 31(9)[1] | 22(8) | 15(7) | 11(4) | 5(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 22(3) | 19(3) | 15(2) | 12(2) | 9(2) | 7(1) | 4 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 8(1) | 7(1) | 7(1) | 5(1) | 4(1) | 3(1) | 0 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (43 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 2516 | Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone, other monumental and building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed, cut, by sawing etc, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 2011 | 99.76% | 87,128,751 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 7106 | Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum); unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2011 | 98.66% | 10,851,016 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 2521 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 2011 | 94.99% | 12,723,616 |
| 4 | Qatar | 7203 | Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2011 | 94.81% | 13,284,327 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2011 | 85.56% | 309,874,612 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 4819 | Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and the like, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or fibres; box files, letter trays and the like, of paper or paperboard, of a kind used in offices, shops or the like | 2011 | 82.88% | 87,868,411 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2011 | 82.04% | 51,320,752 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 2715 | 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) | 2011 | 79.84% | 15,238,593 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 3809 | Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing, fixing of dyestuffs, other products and preparations, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.c. or included | 2011 | 79.76% | 12,227,137 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 7610 | Aluminium; structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts (e.g. bridges and sections, towers, lattice masts, etc) plates, rods, profiles and tubes for structures | 2011 | 74.63% | 27,235,925 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 2523 | Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers | 2011 | 74.42% | 105,130,252 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 0403 | Yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa. | 2011 | 73.95% | 51,506,181 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2011 | 73.30% | 66,514,022 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 4803 | Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar; for household or sanitary uses, cellulose wadding, webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls over 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side exceeding 36cm when unfolded | 2011 | 67.23% | 16,344,772 |
| 15 | Iran | 1213 | Cereal straw and husks, unprepared; whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets | 2011 | 66.27% | 10,122,318 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 3402 | Organic surface-active agents (not soap); surface-active, washing (including auxiliary washing) and cleaning preparations, containing soap or not, excluding those of heading no. 3401 | 2011 | 65.05% | 72,476,663 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 3209 | Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | 2011 | 63.01% | 20,830,814 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2011 | 62.61% | 34,748,969 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 3208 | Paints, varnishes; (enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium | 2011 | 61.69% | 18,289,906 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 3921 | Plastic plates, sheets, film, foil and strip n.e.c. in chapter 39 | 2011 | 60.62% | 17,469,541 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 4818 | Toilet paper, width 36cm or less or cut to size/shape; handkerchiefs, tissues, towels, serviettes, bed sheets and similar household or hospital articles, apparel and clothing accessories of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres | 2011 | 57.41% | 49,106,883 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 0701 | Potatoes; fresh or chilled | 2011 | 54.13% | 11,670,025 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 3808 | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators, disinfectants and the like, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2011 | 52.90% | 12,971,881 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 2710 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils | 2011 | 50.31% | 64,343,236 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 7113 | Jewellery articles and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2011 | 48.90% | 176,183,090 |
| 26 | Bahrain | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2011 | 48.36% | 27,881,569 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | 2011 | 44.15% | 54,069,980 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2011 | 43.81% | 38,578,894 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 2201 | Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow | 2011 | 42.97% | 15,236,832 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 3904 | Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms | 2011 | 40.81% | 13,607,622 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 3923 | Plastic articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures of plastics | 2011 | 39.48% | 26,325,484 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 2009 | Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2011 | 39.34% | 42,214,592 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2011 | 36.80% | 17,809,948 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 0807 | Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas); fresh | 2011 | 35.74% | 11,023,294 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 7308 | Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures | 2011 | 35.54% | 64,601,133 |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 5702 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings; woven, (not tufted or flocked), whether or not made up, including kelem, schumacks, karamanie and similar hand-woven rugs | 2011 | 35.52% | 15,736,192 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 8716 | Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof | 2011 | 34.00% | 15,185,381 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 3903 | Polymers of styrene, in primary forms | 2011 | 33.22% | 17,001,284 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 3305 | Hair preparations; for use on the hair | 2011 | 33.07% | 22,690,648 |
| 40 | Russian Federation | 4801 | Newsprint, in rolls or sheets | 2011 | 32.99% | 11,739,098 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 8507 | Electric accumulators, including separators therefor; whether or not rectangular (including square) | 2011 | 32.05% | 21,150,294 |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 3401 | Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent | 2011 | 30.32% | 18,186,857 |
| 43 | Russian Federation | 7403 | Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwrought | 2011 | 30.00% | 36,041,149 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 24 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 13 occurrences
Russian Federation: 3 occurrences
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Iran: 1 occurrence
Bahrain: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
2710 - 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.