Country Matrix
For 2012, the matrix below shows Qatar'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.
Qatar
Year: 2012(52 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 149(52)[1] | 110(41)[1] | 81(29)[1] | 63(22) | 46(19) | 32(14) | 16(8) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 31(8)[1] | 25(7)[1] | 20(4)[1] | 15(3) | 10(3) | 7(2) | 5(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 16(4) | 13(3) | 11(3) | 10(3) | 5(3) | 4(2) | 3(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 8(1) | 8(1) | 7(1) | 6(1) | 3(1) | 3(1) | 3(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (52 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 7213 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2012 | 99.90% | 40,073,927 |
| 2 | Bahrain | 2714 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks | 2012 | 98.63% | 47,282,872 |
| 3 | 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 | 2012 | 98.03% | 306,758,125 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2012 | 95.65% | 26,040,965 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 6906 | Ceramic pipes, conduits, guttering and pipe fittings | 2012 | 94.78% | 11,989,214 |
| 6 | Bahrain | 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) | 2012 | 93.78% | 12,949,122 |
| 7 | Kuwait | 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2012 | 90.29% | 21,776,262 |
| 8 | 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 | 2012 | 90.28% | 11,325,689 |
| 9 | Bahrain | 7325 | Iron or steel; cast articles | 2012 | 88.43% | 136,059,779 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 1516 | Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | 2012 | 87.32% | 45,814,355 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 0408 | Birds' eggs, not in shell; egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2012 | 86.43% | 19,823,065 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2012 | 86.10% | 11,977,114 |
| 13 | 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 | 2012 | 83.99% | 38,984,609 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2012 | 81.84% | 19,309,215 |
| 15 | 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. | 2012 | 79.85% | 29,625,879 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 0106 | Animals; live, n.e.c. in chapter 01 | 2012 | 79.53% | 101,200,773 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 3207 | Pigments, prepared; opacifiers, colours, vitrifiable enamels, glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres etc as used in the ceramic enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and powder, granules or flakes | 2012 | 77.24% | 18,258,424 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | 2012 | 72.84% | 30,286,695 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 8707 | Bodies; (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8701 to 8705 | 2012 | 71.79% | 10,992,195 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 7403 | Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwrought | 2012 | 69.46% | 11,337,456 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 9619 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2012 | 61.73% | 17,430,669 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 9406 | Buildings; prefabricated | 2012 | 61.60% | 34,443,989 |
| 23 | 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 | 2012 | 58.86% | 14,947,787 |
| 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 | 2012 | 56.98% | 57,329,310 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 7216 | Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections | 2012 | 54.54% | 48,751,914 |
| 26 | Kuwait | 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 | 2012 | 53.69% | 13,339,016 |
| 27 | Bahrain | 2708 | Pitch and pitch coke; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars | 2012 | 53.50% | 22,849,248 |
| 28 | Kuwait | 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 | 2012 | 52.64% | 10,157,993 |
| 29 | 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 | 2012 | 50.39% | 29,490,755 |
| 30 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2012 | 49.07% | 78,720,396 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 7314 | Cloth (including endless bands), grill, netting and fencing, of iron or steel wire; expanded metal of iron or steel | 2012 | 48.33% | 12,329,864 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2012 | 47.39% | 26,983,999 |
| 33 | Kuwait | 2713 | Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | 2012 | 46.76% | 52,755,558 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 9706 | Antiques; of an age exceeding one hundred years | 2012 | 46.13% | 15,222,522 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2012 | 45.67% | 73,265,993 |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2012 | 44.25% | 37,078,689 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2012 | 44.17% | 21,441,077 |
| 38 | 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 | 2012 | 44.02% | 18,881,403 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 7312 | Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated | 2012 | 43.44% | 10,630,997 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 8545 | Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon; with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes | 2012 | 42.36% | 11,150,082 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 3907 | Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms | 2012 | 41.84% | 13,268,028 |
| 42 | 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 | 2012 | 39.88% | 11,671,900 |
| 43 | 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 | 2012 | 38.10% | 30,840,595 |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 7306 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2012 | 37.89% | 25,251,002 |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 3305 | Hair preparations; for use on the hair | 2012 | 37.30% | 12,851,374 |
| 46 | 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 | 2012 | 36.70% | 135,232,563 |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 0402 | Milk and cream; concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2012 | 36.41% | 40,281,661 |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2012 | 36.01% | 28,233,920 |
| 49 | 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 | 2012 | 34.66% | 24,386,515 |
| 50 | 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 | 2012 | 34.43% | 13,672,330 |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 7210 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, clad, plated or coated | 2012 | 31.09% | 14,629,701 |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 0406 | Cheese and curd | 2012 | 30.95% | 16,840,374 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 23 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 19 occurrences
Bahrain: 4 occurrences
Kuwait: 4 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
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.