Country Matrix

Importing country

Year

For 2003, the matrix below shows Saudi Arabia'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.

Saudi Arabia

Year: 2003(17 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	190(17)[1]	123(11)[1]	79(8)	57(6)	32(3)	15(2)	5(1)
>= 50 mln USD	55(5)	38(4)	27(3)	20(3)	12(2)	6(1)	1(1)
>= 100 mln USD	27(2)	19(2)	13(1)	10(1)	6(1)	2	0
>= 200 mln USD	9	8	6	4	2	0	0
>= 500 mln USD	4	3	2	0	0	0	0

Danger Zone Critical Goods Critical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (17 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#	Partner	HS Code	HS Description	Year	Share (%)	Value (USD)
1	Qatar	7228	Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel	2003	90.29%	81,030,768
2	Syria	0702	Tomatoes; fresh or chilled	2003	80.05%	46,683,258
3	Bahrain	7604	Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles	2003	79.78%	152,444,724
4	Syria	0809	Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh	2003	68.94%	16,918,421
5	Iran	2902	Cyclic hydrocarbons	2003	67.58%	55,489,936
6	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	2003	63.71%	16,989,355
7	Iran	0802	Nuts (excluding coconuts, Brazils and cashew nuts); fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled	2003	57.13%	12,980,550
8	Ukraine	7206	Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203)	2003	50.03%	21,240,827
9	Syria	0104	Sheep and goats; live	2003	46.32%	174,145,018
10	Bahrain	4803	Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar; for household or sanitary uses, cellulose wadding, webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls over 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side exceeding 36cm when unfolded	2003	45.95%	14,513,618
11	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	2003	41.12%	28,475,502
12	United Arab Emirates	1512	Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	2003	39.84%	17,826,956
13	United Arab Emirates	0902	Tea	2003	39.46%	53,053,666
14	United Arab Emirates	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	2003	36.98%	24,171,764
15	United Arab Emirates	1511	Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	2003	36.93%	34,147,776
16	Qatar	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	2003	34.10%	45,696,857
17	United Arab Emirates	1806	Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa	2003	32.05%	33,096,041

Partner frequency summary:

United Arab Emirates: 7 occurrences

Syria: 3 occurrences

Qatar: 2 occurrences

Bahrain: 2 occurrences

Iran: 2 occurrences

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

Legend:

(n)

The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.

[n]

The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.