Country Matrix
For 2008, 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: 2008(28 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 331(28)[1] | 191(18) | 125(11) | 85(9) | 49(6) | 27(5) | 13(2) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 136(11)[1] | 81(7) | 53(5) | 37(5) | 22(3) | 11(2) | 5 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 84(7) | 51(6) | 34(4) | 21(4) | 12(2) | 5(2) | 3 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 38(3) | 19(2) | 12(2) | 9(2) | 5(1) | 1(1) | 0 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (28 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syria | 0702 | Tomatoes; fresh or chilled | 2008 | 91.00% | 42,465,386 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 8108 | Titanium; articles thereof, including waste and scrap | 2008 | 90.09% | 11,422,681 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2008 | 89.79% | 101,750,261 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2008 | 87.99% | 358,918,315 |
| 5 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2008 | 81.42% | 41,533,385 |
| 6 | 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 | 2008 | 74.04% | 59,933,408 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2008 | 68.15% | 26,512,033 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2008 | 60.37% | 372,895,133 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2008 | 60.27% | 110,749,738 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals | 2008 | 58.44% | 10,763,213 |
| 11 | Qatar | 3817 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2008 | 55.04% | 25,556,565 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2008 | 48.95% | 127,621,760 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 1001 | Wheat and meslin | 2008 | 46.55% | 37,551,514 |
| 14 | Kuwait | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2008 | 46.42% | 26,223,766 |
| 15 | Syria | 0104 | Sheep and goats; live | 2008 | 45.50% | 192,559,174 |
| 16 | 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 | 2008 | 43.81% | 28,868,303 |
| 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 | 2008 | 43.40% | 16,052,287 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2008 | 42.62% | 33,876,042 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 2835 | Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites), and phosphates; and polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined | 2008 | 39.31% | 33,906,709 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 8404 | Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading no. 8402 or 8403; e.g. economisers, super-heaters, soot removers, gas recoverers), condensers for steam or other vapour power units | 2008 | 37.60% | 22,682,695 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2008 | 37.29% | 29,634,170 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 1517 | Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16 | 2008 | 36.40% | 13,061,083 |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2008 | 35.89% | 72,747,558 |
| 24 | Iran | 2902 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | 2008 | 35.67% | 202,980,787 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 8403 | Central heating boilers; excluding those of heading no. 8402 | 2008 | 35.62% | 11,915,748 |
| 26 | 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 | 2008 | 31.78% | 51,092,864 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 2105 | Ice cream and other edible ice; whether or not containing cocoa | 2008 | 31.77% | 10,956,280 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa | 2008 | 30.67% | 65,200,882 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 12 occurrences
Russian Federation: 5 occurrences
Bahrain: 4 occurrences
Syria: 2 occurrences
Kuwait: 2 occurrences
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Ukraine: 1 occurrence
Iran: 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.