Country Matrix
For 2021, 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: 2021(52 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 184(52)[1] | 140(37)[1] | 99(31)[1] | 65(24)[1] | 48(18) | 30(13) | 17(7) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 53(16)[1] | 45(12)[1] | 34(11)[1] | 25(9)[1] | 20(7) | 14(5) | 8(3) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 22(7) | 19(7) | 17(7) | 14(5) | 11(4) | 10(4) | 5(2) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 8(4) | 7(4) | 7(4) | 7(4) | 6(3) | 5(3) | 2(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 4(2) | 3(2) | 3(2) | 3(2) | 2(1) | 2(1) | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (52 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 2517 | Pebbles, gravel, crushed stone for concrete aggregates for road or railway ballast, shingle or flint; macadam of slag, dross etc tarred granules, chippings, powder of stones of heading no. 2515 and 2516 | 2021 | 99.25% | 224,090,137 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 7413 | Copper; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | 2021 | 98.38% | 25,988,618 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 2521 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 2021 | 97.69% | 12,136,122 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 7213 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2021 | 97.40% | 56,290,520 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2021 | 97.15% | 15,751,958 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 7214 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling | 2021 | 95.64% | 107,428,456 |
| 7 | 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 | 2021 | 90.84% | 14,957,126 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 4807 | Composite paper and paperboard, (made by sticking layers together with an adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets | 2021 | 89.10% | 13,556,807 |
| 9 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2021 | 85.63% | 23,628,023 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2021 | 83.82% | 868,026,759 |
| 11 | Iran | 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 | 2021 | 82.63% | 249,740,523 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2021 | 82.50% | 25,441,977 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2021 | 80.69% | 42,071,078 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2021 | 77.52% | 61,644,866 |
| 15 | 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 | 2021 | 76.96% | 43,945,118 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 6809 | Plaster or compositions based on plaster; articles thereof | 2021 | 73.83% | 12,251,219 |
| 17 | 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. | 2021 | 73.33% | 55,552,230 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 2104 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations | 2021 | 72.04% | 14,267,001 |
| 19 | Bahrain | 4009 | Tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber (other than hard rubber), with or without their fittings (e.g. joints, elbows, flanges) | 2021 | 67.86% | 23,328,678 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2021 | 66.17% | 34,412,867 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 7113 | Jewellery articles and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2021 | 63.97% | 764,120,249 |
| 22 | 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 | 2021 | 63.42% | 82,668,915 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 0713 | Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2021 | 62.44% | 17,257,690 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 2304 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | 2021 | 61.38% | 23,769,565 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 1507 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2021 | 59.66% | 11,694,242 |
| 26 | 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 | 2021 | 59.35% | 134,824,976 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 6102 | Coats; women's or girls' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, ski-jackets, wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, knitted or crocheted, other than those of heading no. 6104 | 2021 | 57.54% | 118,004,141 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 1902 | Pasta; whether or not cooked or stuffed with meat or other substance, or otherwise prepared, egg spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared | 2021 | 57.30% | 23,195,749 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 4823 | Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres; cut to size or shape, articles of paper pulp, paper and paper-board, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, n.e.c. in chapter 48 | 2021 | 53.95% | 26,912,684 |
| 30 | 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 | 2021 | 53.34% | 29,642,659 |
| 31 | 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 | 2021 | 51.84% | 17,263,547 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2021 | 49.74% | 68,937,346 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 3904 | Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms | 2021 | 48.36% | 21,465,141 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 7616 | Aluminium; articles n.e.c. in chapter 76 | 2021 | 47.73% | 10,899,137 |
| 35 | Lebanon | 0809 | Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh | 2021 | 45.31% | 12,092,689 |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2021 | 44.69% | 16,728,899 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2021 | 43.04% | 10,253,733 |
| 38 | Bahrain | 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 | 2021 | 39.49% | 59,707,127 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 7216 | Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections | 2021 | 39.31% | 16,504,487 |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 7208 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated | 2021 | 38.84% | 32,941,045 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 9619 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2021 | 36.61% | 30,561,720 |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 3923 | Plastic articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures of plastics | 2021 | 36.37% | 36,080,164 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2021 | 35.65% | 29,050,645 |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 0402 | Milk and cream; concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2021 | 35.26% | 51,254,150 |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2021 | 34.64% | 52,372,241 |
| 46 | 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 | 2021 | 33.17% | 20,248,897 |
| 47 | Iran | 0104 | Sheep and goats; live | 2021 | 33.00% | 58,122,995 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 3920 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive); non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, n.e.c. in chapter 39 | 2021 | 32.71% | 23,903,472 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 7308 | Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures | 2021 | 32.53% | 43,546,408 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 3214 | Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like | 2021 | 31.49% | 10,005,234 |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2021 | 30.92% | 25,196,366 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 7306 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2021 | 30.12% | 14,095,629 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 23 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 23 occurrences
Bahrain: 3 occurrences
Iran: 2 occurrences
Lebanon: 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.