Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2007, the matrix below shows Oman'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.

Oman

Year: 2007(74 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]
6-digit HS codes4-digit HS codes2-digit HS codes
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD129(74)[1]100(61)[1]78(50)[1]55(38)38(28)25(19)13(12)
>= 50 mln USD28(10)[1]25(9)[1]22(8)[1]15(6)9(5)7(4)4(3)
>= 100 mln USD12(4)[1]11(4)[1]8(3)[1]4(2)2(1)2(1)2(1)
>= 200 mln USD5(3)[1]5(3)[1]3(2)[1]1(1)000
>= 500 mln USD1110000
Danger ZoneCritical GoodsCritical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (74 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1United Arab Emirates7204Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel200799.56%28,317,358
2United Arab Emirates7901Zinc; unwrought200799.04%11,148,293
3United Arab Emirates7108Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form200797.75%71,437,720
4United Arab Emirates2201Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow200796.18%13,269,395
5United Arab Emirates7213Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils200794.88%56,976,538
6United Arab Emirates6810Cement, concrete or artificial stone; whether or not reinforced, articles thereof200794.21%12,534,324
7United Arab Emirates8707Bodies; (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8701 to 8705200793.50%18,831,923
8United Arab Emirates8525Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders200793.33%164,590,360
9United Arab Emirates7613Aluminium; containers for compressed or liquefied gas200793.19%22,258,149
10United Arab Emirates6203Suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear); men's or boys' (not knitted or crocheted)200793.05%33,543,141
11United Arab Emirates1507Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200792.08%11,814,777
12United Arab Emirates5513Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85% by weight of such fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, of a weight not exceeding 170g/m2200790.36%24,478,723
13United Arab Emirates7612Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes etc (including rigid, collapsible tubular containers), for materials other than compressed, liquefied gas, 300l capacity or less, lined, heat-insulated or not200789.85%20,990,940
14United Arab Emirates1701Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form200789.01%28,867,087
15United Arab Emirates7214Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling200788.64%41,746,581
16United Arab Emirates7216Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections200786.25%28,104,263
17United Arab Emirates7113Jewellery articles and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal200784.48%85,615,784
18Ukraine7219Stainless steel; flat-rolled products of width of 600mm or more200781.69%33,086,574
19United Arab Emirates8528Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus200781.44%16,877,894
20Saudi Arabia2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives200778.93%18,216,656
21United Arab Emirates0902Tea200778.10%14,772,693
22United Arab Emirates3307Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations; pre-shave, shaving, after-shave, bath preparations; personal deodorants and depilatories; room deodorisers, perfumed or not with disinfectant properties or not200776.10%14,412,399
23United Arab Emirates9406Buildings; prefabricated200775.60%24,410,211
24United Arab Emirates3824Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included200775.49%28,218,403
25United Arab Emirates8716Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof200775.43%58,510,361
26United Arab Emirates6403Footwear; with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather200774.59%25,756,593
27United Arab Emirates4202Trunks; suit, camera, jewellery, cutlery cases; travel, tool, similar bags; wholly or mainly covered by leather, composition leather, plastic sheeting, textile materials, vulcanised fibre, paperboard200773.82%11,712,790
28United Arab Emirates3924Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and hygienic or toilet articles, of plastics200772.60%13,278,576
29United Arab Emirates0401Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter200767.74%14,940,410
30United Arab Emirates4819Cartons, 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 like200767.51%10,631,817
31United Arab Emirates2202Waters, including mineral and aerated waters, containing added sugar or sweetening matter, flavoured; other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009200766.25%20,383,387
32United Arab Emirates3208Paints, varnishes; (enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium200765.72%10,471,078
33Saudi Arabia3402Organic surface-active agents (not soap); surface-active, washing (including auxiliary washing) and cleaning preparations, containing soap or not, excluding those of heading no. 3401200765.65%23,032,092
34Saudi Arabia4818Toilet 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 fibres200764.91%30,963,201
35United Arab Emirates8471Automatic data processing machines and units thereof, magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included200762.57%31,875,833
36United Arab Emirates7304Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel200762.08%239,653,419
37United Arab Emirates3304Cosmetic and toilet preparations; beauty, make-up and skin care preparations (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations), manicure or pedicure preparations200760.86%18,606,940
38United Arab Emirates3303Perfumes and toilet waters200760.64%17,492,415
39United Arab Emirates4407Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm200759.98%26,395,303
40United Arab Emirates2009Fruit 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 matter200758.72%34,933,539
41United Arab Emirates2402Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes; of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes200758.63%26,784,351
42United Arab Emirates4412Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood200757.64%16,849,725
43United Arab Emirates2710Petroleum 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 oils200756.84%274,821,000
44United Arab Emirates3923Plastic articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures of plastics200754.71%16,755,034
45Iran1001Wheat and meslin200752.89%54,931,275
46United Arab Emirates8402Boilers; steam or other vapour generating (other than central heating hot water boilers, capable also of producing low pressure steam), super heated water boilers200752.67%21,278,362
47United Arab Emirates3921Plastic plates, sheets, film, foil and strip n.e.c. in chapter 39200752.39%10,456,631
48United Arab Emirates2713Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals200751.87%34,081,583
49Bahrain7604Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles200751.64%28,395,818
50United Arab Emirates2714Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks200750.16%14,799,507
51United Arab Emirates8536Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables200748.76%26,882,929
52United Arab Emirates2523Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers200748.70%33,378,559
53United Arab Emirates7318Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers (including spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel200748.22%11,832,810
54United Arab Emirates6908Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; glazed ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing.200748.05%21,534,768
55United Arab Emirates7310Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, capacity not exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat-insulated200745.98%12,728,007
56United Arab Emirates8529Transmission apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8524 to 8528200745.41%22,554,307
57United Arab Emirates8473Machinery; parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines of headings 84.70 to 84.72200745.23%47,993,135
58United Arab Emirates8426Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane200743.36%29,819,446
59United Arab Emirates8502Electric generating sets and rotary converters200741.45%24,551,043
60Ukraine2601Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites200741.30%25,098,879
61United Arab Emirates8431Machinery parts; used solely or principally with the machinery of heading no. 8425 to 8430200740.67%231,896,749
62United Arab Emirates3926Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading no. 3901 to 3914, n.e.c. in chapter 39200739.71%11,847,315
63United Arab Emirates1905Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products200739.63%10,918,805
64Iran0104Sheep and goats; live200739.24%25,458,117
65Iran7211Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated200738.58%12,048,488
66United Arab Emirates1806Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa200735.69%16,514,995
67Saudi Arabia3902Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms200735.44%14,505,299
68Saudi Arabia2009Fruit 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 matter200734.71%20,651,051
69United Arab Emirates7604Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles200734.60%19,024,929
70United Arab Emirates3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms200733.15%23,040,544
71United Arab Emirates7208Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated200732.25%34,361,511
72United Arab Emirates9403Furniture and parts thereof, n.e.c. in chapter 94200731.43%25,984,986
73United Arab Emirates9999Commodities not specified according to kind200731.29%73,693,744
74United Arab Emirates8421Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids or gases200731.24%35,038,434

Partner frequency summary:

United Arab Emirates: 63 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 5 occurrences

Iran: 3 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

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.