Country Matrix
For 2023, 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: 2023(76 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 283(76)[1] | 236(62)[1] | 197(56)[1] | 154(46)[1] | 120(36) | 76(25) | 49(18) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 62(12)[1] | 55(10)[1] | 46(9)[1] | 37(7)[1] | 28(5) | 16(2) | 11(2) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 26(6)[1] | 23(6)[1] | 20(6)[1] | 19(5)[1] | 15(3) | 10(2) | 8(2) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 8(2) | 7(2) | 6(2) | 5(1) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 5(2) | 4(2) | 4(2) | 3(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (76 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 761410 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), with steel core | 2023 | 99.79% | 10,629,298 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 721410 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling | 2023 | 99.66% | 36,040,434 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 020711 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled | 2023 | 99.13% | 34,557,315 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 730611 | Steel; stainless; line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines n.e.c. in chapter 73, welded, (not seamless) | 2023 | 99.09% | 35,267,308 |
| 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 | 2023 | 98.72% | 187,215,804 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 680710 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) in rolls | 2023 | 98.57% | 24,193,124 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 040110 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1% | 2023 | 98.08% | 27,357,766 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 680990 | Plaster articles or articles of compositions based on plaster; n.e.c. in heading no. 6809 | 2023 | 97.99% | 14,212,287 |
| 9 | Iran | 252010 | Gypsum; anhydrite | 2023 | 97.01% | 10,604,630 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 760692 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, (not rectangular or square) | 2023 | 95.68% | 10,899,665 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 040320 | Dairy produce; yoghurt, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa | 2023 | 95.17% | 39,522,480 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2023 | 94.68% | 16,419,761 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 380991 | Finishing agents and dye carriers; to accelerate dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs, other products and preparations, used in the textile industry (excluding those with a basis of amylaceous substances) | 2023 | 94.33% | 18,410,295 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 681011 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone; building blocks or bricks, whether or not reinforced | 2023 | 93.55% | 19,440,978 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 721230 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2023 | 93.23% | 11,334,836 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 720890 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, hot-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, n.e.c. in heading no. 7208 | 2023 | 92.87% | 15,766,812 |
| 17 | Iran | 252310 | Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured) | 2023 | 91.05% | 109,676,821 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 730120 | Iron or steel; angles, shapes and sections, welded | 2023 | 90.19% | 14,814,512 |
| 19 | Bahrain | 400911 | Rubber; vulcanised (other than hard rubber), tubing, piping and hoses, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings | 2023 | 89.54% | 25,189,049 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 350520 | Glues; based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches | 2023 | 86.54% | 12,928,145 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 320890 | Paints and varnishes; based on polymers n.e.c. in heading no. 3208, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium | 2023 | 85.88% | 46,081,750 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 080410 | Fruit, edible; dates, fresh or dried | 2023 | 85.50% | 31,334,637 |
| 23 | Bahrain | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2023 | 84.29% | 27,475,356 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2023 | 83.61% | 40,383,267 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | 2023 | 81.81% | 17,255,377 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2023 | 79.80% | 46,297,558 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 721310 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process | 2023 | 79.35% | 54,458,822 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 340250 | Washing and cleaning preparations; powders, flakes and granules, surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | 2023 | 78.23% | 176,877,117 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2023 | 76.85% | 93,218,199 |
| 30 | 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 | 2023 | 76.85% | 27,658,693 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 380894 | Disinfectants; other than containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 in this Chapter; put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2023 | 76.18% | 12,556,182 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 190219 | Food preparations; pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 2023 | 73.48% | 18,979,281 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 481920 | Paper and paperboard; folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard | 2023 | 73.44% | 18,941,410 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 481910 | Paper and paperboard; cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard | 2023 | 72.45% | 24,939,507 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 392010 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of polymers of ethylene, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2023 | 72.27% | 25,504,329 |
| 36 | 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) | 2023 | 71.28% | 34,570,149 |
| 37 | Iraq | 121410 | Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets | 2023 | 67.15% | 13,266,771 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 160100 | Meat preparations; sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, and food preparations based on these products | 2023 | 66.94% | 16,176,170 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 481820 | Paper articles; handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels | 2023 | 66.80% | 17,766,152 |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 482390 | Paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres; articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4823 | 2023 | 66.54% | 20,194,917 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 711319 | Jewellery; of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | 2023 | 64.01% | 757,223,306 |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 020713 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, fresh or chilled | 2023 | 62.29% | 12,316,212 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2023 | 61.89% | 17,771,868 |
| 44 | 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 | 2023 | 61.79% | 103,736,721 |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2023 | 60.99% | 27,663,489 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 150790 | Vegetable oils; soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2023 | 60.71% | 14,180,005 |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 850153 | Electric motors; AC motors, multi-phase, of an output exceeding 75kW | 2023 | 58.64% | 11,885,367 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 040291 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than in powder, granules or other solid forms | 2023 | 57.99% | 41,649,256 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2023 | 57.42% | 513,090,116 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 721030 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, electrolytically plated or coated with zinc | 2023 | 56.98% | 10,660,153 |
| 51 | Iran | 010410 | Sheep; live | 2023 | 56.62% | 72,378,296 |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 392321 | Ethylene polymers; sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | 2023 | 56.58% | 10,310,026 |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 854420 | Insulated electric conductors; co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors | 2023 | 56.50% | 49,542,742 |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2023 | 55.88% | 10,687,005 |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 040620 | Dairy produce; cheese of all kinds, grated or powdered | 2023 | 54.50% | 17,295,642 |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 730820 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, towers and lattice masts | 2023 | 50.17% | 14,464,283 |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 321410 | Mastics; painters' fillings | 2023 | 49.14% | 14,178,452 |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 210112 | Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | 2023 | 48.64% | 18,077,106 |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 160232 | Meat preparations; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | 2023 | 48.52% | 33,404,742 |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 854460 | Insulated electric conductors; for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | 2023 | 46.36% | 71,516,346 |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 252329 | Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2023 | 46.34% | 31,399,230 |
| 62 | Iran | 252329 | Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2023 | 40.39% | 27,365,726 |
| 63 | Saudi Arabia | 851629 | Heating apparatus; electric soil heating apparatus and space heating apparatus (excluding storage heating radiators) | 2023 | 39.79% | 10,919,029 |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2023 | 37.75% | 29,415,972 |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 610791 | Bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles; men's or boys', of cotton, knitted or crocheted | 2023 | 37.63% | 11,441,409 |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 252100 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 2023 | 37.45% | 18,222,116 |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2023 | 36.48% | 10,228,693 |
| 68 | Bahrain | 040630 | Dairy produce; cheese, processed (not grated or powdered) | 2023 | 36.05% | 29,750,229 |
| 69 | 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 | 2023 | 35.53% | 46,341,491 |
| 70 | Bahrain | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2023 | 35.19% | 73,251,979 |
| 71 | Saudi Arabia | 040610 | Dairy produce; fresh cheese (including whey cheese), not fermented, and curd | 2023 | 35.18% | 15,137,732 |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2023 | 32.62% | 35,303,844 |
| 73 | United Arab Emirates | 330510 | Hair preparations; shampoos | 2023 | 32.58% | 20,181,400 |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products; in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | 2023 | 32.40% | 12,472,291 |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2023 | 31.72% | 66,030,803 |
| 76 | Bahrain | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2023 | 31.34% | 14,645,059 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 33 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 31 occurrences
Bahrain: 7 occurrences
Iran: 4 occurrences
Iraq: 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.