Country Matrix

Importing country

Year

For 2014, 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: 2014(50 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]

6-digit HS codes 4-digit HS codes 2-digit HS codes

Value \ Share	>= 30%	>= 40%	>= 50%	>= 60%	>= 70%	>= 80%	>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD	148(50)[1]	105(40)[1]	69(26)[1]	53(20)	36(16)	26(13)	12(7)
>= 50 mln USD	36(8)[1]	26(7)[1]	18(5)[1]	13(3)	10(3)	6(2)	4(1)
>= 100 mln USD	19(5)	15(4)	10(3)	7(2)	5(2)	3(1)	3(1)
>= 200 mln USD	9(1)	7(1)	6(1)	5(1)	3(1)	2(1)	2(1)
>= 500 mln USD	2	1	1	1	0	0	0

Danger Zone Critical Goods Critical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (50 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	2014	99.65%	384,538,195
2	United Arab Emirates	7213	Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils	2014	99.32%	46,204,866
3	Bahrain	2714	Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks	2014	98.13%	16,626,058
4	Saudi Arabia	6906	Ceramic pipes, conduits, guttering and pipe fittings	2014	95.40%	10,043,146
5	Saudi Arabia	0401	Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter	2014	94.58%	37,409,715
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	2014	94.54%	34,151,985
7	United Arab Emirates	2302	Bran, sharps and other residues; whether or not in the form of pellets derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants	2014	93.79%	13,032,804
8	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.	2014	89.49%	60,765,560
9	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	2014	88.80%	20,039,959
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	2014	87.07%	38,502,836
11	Saudi Arabia	0101	Horses, asses, mules and hinnies; live	2014	83.47%	22,077,139
12	United Arab Emirates	0902	Tea	2014	80.83%	26,244,984
13	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	2014	80.19%	13,377,545
14	Kuwait	2905	Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	2014	78.49%	43,729,250
15	Saudi Arabia	0106	Animals; live, n.e.c. in chapter 01	2014	76.74%	127,962,914
16	United Arab Emirates	0713	Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried	2014	74.97%	16,110,006
17	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	2014	69.60%	17,849,170
18	United Arab Emirates	6801	Stone; setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate)	2014	67.34%	40,996,507
19	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	2014	66.32%	21,479,708
20	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	2014	61.88%	23,019,665
21	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	2014	59.60%	73,902,374
22	Bahrain	2708	Pitch and pitch coke; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars	2014	58.75%	31,053,525
23	Saudi Arabia	2901	Acyclic hydrocarbons	2014	57.03%	41,247,283
24	Saudi Arabia	9619	Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material	2014	56.33%	22,031,233
25	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	2014	53.12%	123,303,802
26	United Arab Emirates	3209	Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium	2014	52.77%	10,861,502
27	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	2014	49.70%	34,281,342
28	United Arab Emirates	7408	Copper wire	2014	49.32%	106,127,603
29	United Arab Emirates	2618	Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel	2014	47.23%	11,769,659
30	Russian Federation	7408	Copper wire	2014	46.27%	99,571,310
31	United Arab Emirates	7216	Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections	2014	46.00%	28,520,422
32	United Arab Emirates	7606	Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm	2014	45.70%	16,698,859
33	Saudi Arabia	3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	2014	43.24%	31,892,033
34	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	2014	43.24%	12,395,694
35	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	2014	42.48%	16,434,631
36	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	2014	42.26%	24,111,147
37	United Arab Emirates	3907	Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms	2014	41.13%	17,353,030
38	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	2014	41.10%	39,959,542
39	Saudi Arabia	6807	Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch)	2014	41.00%	24,337,998
40	United Arab Emirates	7604	Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles	2014	40.25%	24,094,835
41	Saudi Arabia	7312	Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated	2014	39.70%	12,520,125
42	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	2014	38.37%	18,871,685
43	United Arab Emirates	3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	2014	36.78%	27,123,327
44	Saudi Arabia	1602	Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects	2014	36.77%	15,324,584
45	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	2014	35.91%	35,633,720
46	Kuwait	2713	Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals	2014	35.45%	44,015,017
47	Saudi Arabia	0407	Birds' eggs, in shell; fresh, preserved or cooked	2014	35.22%	10,362,612
48	Saudi Arabia	3305	Hair preparations; for use on the hair	2014	31.03%	12,408,909
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	2014	30.61%	113,515,438
50	Saudi Arabia	0406	Cheese and curd	2014	30.37%	22,342,564

Partner frequency summary:

United Arab Emirates: 23 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 21 occurrences

Bahrain: 3 occurrences

Kuwait: 2 occurrences

Russian Federation: 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.