Country Matrix
For 2016, 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: 2016(53 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 165(53)[2] | 116(38)[2] | 93(29)[2] | 71(24)[2] | 51(19)[1] | 32(14)[1] | 16(7)[1] |
| >= 50 mln USD | 38(8)[1] | 33(8)[1] | 30(7)[1] | 24(7)[1] | 19(6) | 14(6) | 6(2) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 19(2) | 17(2) | 17(2) | 13(2) | 10(2) | 7(2) | 3(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 13(2) | 13(2) | 13(2) | 10(2) | 7(2) | 5(2) | 2(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (53 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2016 | 99.69% | 19,261,173 |
| 2 | 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 | 2016 | 99.54% | 15,931,696 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 6906 | Ceramic pipes, conduits, guttering and pipe fittings | 2016 | 98.59% | 22,771,028 |
| 4 | 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 | 2016 | 98.39% | 429,462,750 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 7213 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2016 | 98.37% | 87,116,742 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2016 | 97.29% | 15,888,239 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2016 | 92.81% | 43,265,718 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 2901 | Acyclic hydrocarbons | 2016 | 89.32% | 67,260,725 |
| 9 | 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 | 89.17% | 81,560,442 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2016 | 86.11% | 284,622,999 |
| 11 | 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 | 2016 | 85.58% | 52,320,850 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 0713 | Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2016 | 85.17% | 21,988,664 |
| 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 | 2016 | 83.97% | 12,893,034 |
| 14 | 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 | 2016 | 80.87% | 36,464,122 |
| 15 | 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 | 2016 | 78.64% | 49,041,280 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 2618 | Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel | 2016 | 77.54% | 29,546,087 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2016 | 77.49% | 24,301,247 |
| 18 | Kuwait | 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2016 | 77.27% | 24,120,021 |
| 19 | Iran | 2520 | Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), coloured or not, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders | 2016 | 76.94% | 11,420,159 |
| 20 | Iran | 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 | 68.62% | 35,929,243 |
| 21 | 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 | 2016 | 68.32% | 13,360,321 |
| 22 | 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 | 2016 | 66.63% | 81,409,742 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 6801 | Stone; setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate) | 2016 | 64.38% | 19,483,443 |
| 24 | Bahrain | 2708 | Pitch and pitch coke; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars | 2016 | 61.34% | 21,429,766 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 9619 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2016 | 58.27% | 23,070,331 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 7606 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm | 2016 | 57.78% | 20,676,992 |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 1001 | Wheat and meslin | 2016 | 57.41% | 33,554,766 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 0106 | Animals; live, n.e.c. in chapter 01 | 2016 | 54.68% | 22,949,384 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 7219 | Stainless steel; flat-rolled products of width of 600mm or more | 2016 | 50.58% | 25,321,081 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2016 | 49.86% | 28,763,448 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | 2016 | 48.21% | 17,811,168 |
| 32 | 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 | 46.22% | 38,958,406 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2016 | 46.03% | 34,564,140 |
| 34 | 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 | 44.81% | 13,093,460 |
| 35 | 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 | 2016 | 44.31% | 50,664,686 |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2016 | 43.58% | 27,740,236 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2016 | 42.69% | 21,990,928 |
| 38 | Bahrain | 7301 | Iron or steel sheet piling, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel | 2016 | 40.92% | 10,786,135 |
| 39 | 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 | 39.45% | 18,619,781 |
| 40 | Bahrain | 2713 | Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | 2016 | 39.41% | 39,796,038 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2016 | 37.69% | 28,297,121 |
| 42 | 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 | 37.09% | 20,638,002 |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 0407 | Birds' eggs, in shell; fresh, preserved or cooked | 2016 | 37.07% | 20,606,011 |
| 44 | 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 | 36.12% | 13,228,392 |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 7208 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated | 2016 | 35.74% | 21,969,345 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2016 | 35.67% | 22,703,084 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 7216 | Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections | 2016 | 34.97% | 15,394,245 |
| 48 | 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 | 33.69% | 38,155,307 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 1902 | Pasta; whether or not cooked or stuffed with meat or other substance, or otherwise prepared, egg spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared | 2016 | 33.66% | 10,333,316 |
| 50 | 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 | 2016 | 32.14% | 19,519,535 |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 0406 | Cheese and curd | 2016 | 31.15% | 25,185,893 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 8716 | Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof | 2016 | 31.13% | 25,454,447 |
| 53 | Bahrain | 9703 | Sculptures and statuary; original, in any material | 2016 | 30.50% | 15,010,403 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 29 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 16 occurrences
Bahrain: 4 occurrences
Iran: 2 occurrences
Kuwait: 1 occurrence
Russian Federation: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...
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.