Country Matrix
For 2009, 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: 2009(29 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 299(29) | 192(21) | 130(15) | 87(10) | 53(7) | 28(5) | 10(3) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 110(11) | 75(8) | 53(5) | 37(5) | 22(4) | 13(4) | 4(2) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 64(6) | 46(6) | 29(3) | 18(3) | 8(2) | 5(2) | 2(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 31(2) | 23(2) | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 11(1) | 8(1) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (29 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2009 | 98.52% | 186,282,272 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 7221 | Stainless steel bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2009 | 95.73% | 11,367,902 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2009 | 90.99% | 90,853,341 |
| 4 | Syria | 0702 | Tomatoes; fresh or chilled | 2009 | 88.74% | 59,969,910 |
| 5 | Bahrain | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2009 | 84.71% | 195,792,416 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 8907 | Boats, floating structures, other (for e.g. rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons) | 2009 | 79.80% | 38,289,929 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 2306 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305 | 2009 | 78.07% | 10,896,662 |
| 8 | Kuwait | 2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals | 2009 | 68.99% | 13,812,910 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2009 | 68.75% | 122,337,090 |
| 10 | Qatar | 3817 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2009 | 62.77% | 26,947,096 |
| 11 | Syria | 0809 | Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh | 2009 | 59.24% | 15,386,378 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2009 | 57.32% | 37,839,757 |
| 13 | Kuwait | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2009 | 55.73% | 19,516,596 |
| 14 | 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 | 2009 | 53.82% | 49,838,380 |
| 15 | Bahrain | 7203 | Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2009 | 50.90% | 41,282,984 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2009 | 47.40% | 36,606,052 |
| 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 | 2009 | 44.94% | 24,456,484 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2009 | 43.57% | 285,070,423 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2009 | 43.23% | 29,100,613 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2009 | 42.82% | 152,290,576 |
| 21 | Ukraine | 1003 | Barley | 2009 | 41.96% | 538,635,495 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 8903 | Yachts and other vessels; for pleasure or sports, rowing boats and canoes | 2009 | 39.27% | 15,690,670 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa | 2009 | 33.01% | 85,454,748 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2009 | 32.50% | 97,770,464 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2009 | 32.18% | 15,159,425 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 3808 | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators, disinfectants and the like, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2009 | 31.42% | 30,717,551 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 7226 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width of less than 600mm | 2009 | 31.22% | 14,047,864 |
| 28 | 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 | 2009 | 30.97% | 60,578,495 |
| 29 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2009 | 30.96% | 23,904,703 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 16 occurrences
Bahrain: 4 occurrences
Syria: 2 occurrences
Kuwait: 2 occurrences
Qatar: 2 occurrences
Ukraine: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 1 occurrence
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.