Country Matrix
For 2016, 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: 2016(62 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 156(62) | 121(51) | 89(42) | 68(32) | 44(20) | 29(12) | 17(7) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 38(15) | 31(13) | 25(11) | 21(9) | 13(7) | 9(5) | 7(4) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 22(7) | 20(7) | 16(6) | 13(5) | 11(5) | 8(4) | 6(3) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 10(3) | 9(3) | 8(3) | 6(2) | 5(2) | 5(2) | 3(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (62 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2016 | 98.80% | 143,771,870 |
| 2 | 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 | 2016 | 97.23% | 403,686,619 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 7612 | Aluminium 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 not | 2016 | 96.12% | 17,899,229 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2016 | 95.30% | 10,672,446 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 2201 | Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow | 2016 | 93.31% | 36,395,776 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2016 | 92.79% | 115,592,244 |
| 7 | Iran | 2714 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks | 2016 | 92.23% | 72,732,646 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 3210 | Paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers), excluding those of heading no. 3209, prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather | 2016 | 87.52% | 10,049,846 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 7113 | Jewellery articles and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2016 | 86.97% | 324,798,772 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2016 | 82.39% | 49,806,654 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 2105 | Ice cream and other edible ice; whether or not containing cocoa | 2016 | 82.21% | 23,884,528 |
| 12 | 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 | 2016 | 80.33% | 32,235,776 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2016 | 75.99% | 22,765,519 |
| 14 | Bahrain | 7205 | Granules and powders, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel | 2016 | 74.61% | 10,508,472 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2016 | 74.58% | 144,889,235 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2016 | 73.72% | 56,161,571 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 3816 | Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 38.01 | 2016 | 72.26% | 23,547,561 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2016 | 72.00% | 15,034,069 |
| 19 | 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. | 2016 | 71.96% | 48,006,394 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 7606 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm | 2016 | 70.53% | 17,235,564 |
| 21 | 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 | 2016 | 69.79% | 87,928,091 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 2309 | Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding | 2016 | 69.55% | 11,870,862 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 7007 | Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass | 2016 | 67.91% | 29,048,281 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 7310 | Tanks, 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-insulated | 2016 | 66.94% | 12,099,957 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2016 | 66.74% | 18,896,318 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 8716 | Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof | 2016 | 64.91% | 47,252,503 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 7005 | Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked | 2016 | 64.24% | 11,931,375 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 7216 | Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections | 2016 | 63.86% | 46,567,203 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | 2016 | 63.39% | 35,280,858 |
| 30 | Iran | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2016 | 61.56% | 85,532,094 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2016 | 60.80% | 29,100,140 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 2202 | Waters, 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. 2009 | 2016 | 60.74% | 31,870,403 |
| 33 | Qatar | 2909 | Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2016 | 58.90% | 37,069,292 |
| 34 | 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 | 2016 | 57.85% | 72,962,259 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 9619 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2016 | 57.54% | 45,986,558 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 3921 | Plastic plates, sheets, film, foil and strip n.e.c. in chapter 39 | 2016 | 56.51% | 14,845,780 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 0713 | Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2016 | 56.42% | 13,993,575 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 6810 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone; whether or not reinforced, articles thereof | 2016 | 56.40% | 10,853,463 |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2016 | 55.52% | 15,935,705 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2016 | 51.20% | 286,165,553 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 3824 | Prepared 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 included | 2016 | 51.02% | 46,267,166 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 3923 | Plastic articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures of plastics | 2016 | 50.03% | 31,380,439 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 9404 | Mattress supports; articles of bedding (e.g. mattresses, quilts, eiderdowns, cushions pouffes and pillows), fitted with springs or stuffed, whether or not covered | 2016 | 48.96% | 10,685,697 |
| 44 | Iran | 7403 | Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwrought | 2016 | 47.12% | 39,740,267 |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 9406 | Buildings; prefabricated | 2016 | 46.66% | 15,007,489 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 3924 | Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and hygienic or toilet articles, of plastics | 2016 | 46.33% | 15,736,859 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2016 | 45.50% | 20,742,118 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2016 | 43.34% | 73,001,525 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 4805 | Uncoated paper and paperboard n.e.c., in rolls or sheets | 2016 | 40.88% | 12,257,383 |
| 50 | 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 | 2016 | 40.73% | 102,159,752 |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2016 | 40.46% | 16,408,448 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 7213 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2016 | 38.83% | 14,011,010 |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 7303 | Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron | 2016 | 38.70% | 11,407,872 |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 1905 | Bread, 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 products | 2016 | 38.09% | 37,346,512 |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2016 | 37.99% | 63,996,426 |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2016 | 37.94% | 17,298,279 |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 7217 | Wire of iron or non-alloy steel | 2016 | 37.62% | 16,281,307 |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 3305 | Hair preparations; for use on the hair | 2016 | 37.27% | 12,026,020 |
| 59 | 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 | 2016 | 35.89% | 52,292,271 |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2016 | 33.03% | 13,434,392 |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 3907 | Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms | 2016 | 31.10% | 12,292,631 |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 0406 | Cheese and curd | 2016 | 30.96% | 25,515,600 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 44 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 10 occurrences
Iran: 3 occurrences
Bahrain: 2 occurrences
Ukraine: 1 occurrence
Russian Federation: 1 occurrence
Qatar: 1 occurrence
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.