Country Matrix
For 2004, 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: 2004(25 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 205(25)[1] | 137(19) | 93(14) | 61(11) | 33(7) | 19(5) | 6(1) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 62(9) | 46(9) | 35(8) | 23(7) | 14(4) | 5(3) | 1 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 33(3) | 25(3) | 16(3) | 13(3) | 8(2) | 3(2) | 1 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 14(2) | 13(2) | 10(2) | 8(2) | 6(1) | 1(1) | 0 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (25 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | 2004 | 95.25% | 28,350,169 |
| 2 | Bahrain | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2004 | 86.64% | 233,499,759 |
| 3 | Qatar | 7228 | Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel | 2004 | 85.25% | 73,697,959 |
| 4 | Syria | 0702 | Tomatoes; fresh or chilled | 2004 | 82.66% | 23,859,763 |
| 5 | Iran | 2902 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | 2004 | 82.25% | 121,385,485 |
| 6 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2004 | 73.30% | 20,038,158 |
| 7 | 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 | 2004 | 72.74% | 51,185,664 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2004 | 65.48% | 55,520,869 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2004 | 61.92% | 12,539,749 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2004 | 61.72% | 62,465,145 |
| 11 | Syria | 0104 | Sheep and goats; live | 2004 | 60.38% | 277,216,613 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 7224 | Alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, semi-finished products of other alloy steel | 2004 | 59.84% | 22,750,962 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2004 | 57.50% | 55,142,202 |
| 14 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2004 | 55.65% | 11,765,615 |
| 15 | 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 | 2004 | 47.11% | 14,568,018 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 1104 | Cereal grains otherwise worked (e.g. hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled) except rice of heading no. 1006; germ of cereals whole, rolled, flaked or ground | 2004 | 43.38% | 11,017,614 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2004 | 41.96% | 54,450,735 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2004 | 41.46% | 46,600,058 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2004 | 41.17% | 20,306,425 |
| 20 | 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 | 2004 | 38.67% | 27,383,501 |
| 21 | Bahrain | 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 | 2004 | 37.74% | 18,581,890 |
| 22 | 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 | 2004 | 37.07% | 36,634,979 |
| 23 | 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 | 2004 | 36.54% | 12,160,015 |
| 24 | 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 | 2004 | 35.47% | 22,336,295 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa | 2004 | 33.69% | 40,846,718 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 11 occurrences
Bahrain: 5 occurrences
Qatar: 2 occurrences
Syria: 2 occurrences
Ukraine: 2 occurrences
Iran: 1 occurrence
Russian Federation: 1 occurrence
Kuwait: 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.