Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2006, 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: 2006(27 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD252(27)[1]161(18)106(11)69(7)35(5)21(3)11(3)
>= 50 mln USD81(12)58(7)40(6)25(3)14(2)7(1)3(1)
>= 100 mln USD42(7)32(5)20(4)12(2)8(2)4(1)2(1)
>= 200 mln USD23(3)17(2)9(1)6(1)4(1)3(1)1(1)
>= 500 mln USD5410000

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (27 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1United Arab Emirates8907Boats, floating structures, other (for e.g. rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons)200697.27%26,996,559
2Syria0702Tomatoes; fresh or chilled200692.67%37,357,319
3Bahrain7604Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles200691.11%267,859,583
4Bahrain7614Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated)200675.24%26,787,213
5Russian Federation7407Copper; bars, rods and profiles200672.88%199,441,081
6Russian Federation7201Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200668.60%25,881,471
7United Arab Emirates0902Tea200665.22%87,127,736
8Iran2902Cyclic hydrocarbons200655.39%167,079,495
9Russian Federation7408Copper wire200654.42%69,215,833
10Bahrain7605Aluminium wire200651.67%30,168,259
11Qatar7214Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling200651.28%109,159,803
12Syria0104Sheep and goats; live200649.44%264,338,885
13Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200647.78%28,673,197
14United Arab Emirates3401Soap; 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 detergent200647.08%20,016,311
15Iran0802Nuts (excluding coconuts, Brazils and cashew nuts); fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled200646.47%11,967,971
16United Arab Emirates1104Cereal 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 ground200645.78%13,639,802
17Bahrain7601Aluminium; unwrought200641.77%12,928,720
18United Arab Emirates7601Aluminium; unwrought200641.04%12,705,488
19Ukraine1003Barley200639.63%481,126,581
20Ukraine7206Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203)200639.25%73,353,087
21United Arab Emirates2710Petroleum 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 oils200639.06%42,323,947
22United Arab Emirates1806Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa200635.54%66,790,997
23United Arab Emirates8905Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, other vessels; the navigability of which is subsidiary to main function; floating docks, floating, submersible drilling, production platforms200635.30%158,603,384
24Bahrain4818Toilet 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 fibres200635.20%26,797,894
25United Arab Emirates1511Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200634.88%54,365,883
26United Arab Emirates1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200633.39%20,038,207
27United Arab Emirates2523Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers200632.39%14,997,614

Partner frequency summary:

United Arab Emirates: 11 occurrences

Bahrain: 5 occurrences

Russian Federation: 3 occurrences

Ukraine: 3 occurrences

Syria: 2 occurrences

Iran: 2 occurrences

Qatar: 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.