Country Matrix
For 2017, 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: 2017(83 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 737(83)[1] | 534(56) | 384(39) | 266(24) | 179(19) | 110(11) | 52(7) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 186(22)[1] | 139(17) | 107(15) | 83(9) | 54(7) | 33(2) | 14(2) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 88(10)[1] | 72(8) | 60(8) | 48(5) | 36(4) | 20 | 9 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 41(5)[1] | 34(3) | 27(3) | 22(2) | 19(2) | 11 | 5 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 16(2)[1] | 14(1) | 12(1) | 12(1) | 9(1) | 4 | 1 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (83 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 760521 | Aluminium; alloys, wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 7mm | 2017 | 97.56% | 16,646,666 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 160232 | Meat preparations; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | 2017 | 96.59% | 18,196,363 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 740921 | Copper; strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.15mm, of copper-zinc base alloys (brass), in coils | 2017 | 93.80% | 32,262,035 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 760421 | Aluminium; alloys, hollow profiles | 2017 | 92.89% | 69,825,197 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 071390 | Vegetables, leguminous; n.e.c. in heading no. 0713, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2017 | 91.75% | 14,634,744 |
| 6 | Kuwait | 720610 | Iron or non-alloy steel; ingots (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2017 | 91.06% | 33,713,807 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 740819 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension is 6mm or less | 2017 | 90.45% | 52,147,681 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 390422 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; plasticised poly(vinyl chloride), in primary forms, mixed with other substances | 2017 | 87.72% | 28,543,445 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2017 | 85.41% | 38,615,755 |
| 10 | Bahrain | 391723 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of vinyl chloride | 2017 | 85.38% | 19,986,728 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 190220 | Food preparations; pasta, stuffed (with meat or other substances), whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared | 2017 | 81.96% | 14,318,759 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 730210 | Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material; rails | 2017 | 78.28% | 124,675,706 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 903149 | Optical instruments and appliances; for measuring or checking, n.e.c. in chapter 90 | 2017 | 75.89% | 21,218,758 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2017 | 74.36% | 1,960,345,404 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 890520 | Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | 2017 | 74.36% | 400,296,103 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | 2017 | 73.78% | 44,555,642 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 721699 | Iron or non-alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, n.e.c. in heading no. 7216 | 2017 | 70.67% | 15,875,619 |
| 18 | Bahrain | 760511 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm | 2017 | 70.64% | 77,527,504 |
| 19 | Bahrain | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2017 | 70.20% | 116,952,339 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 240311 | Tobacco; smoking, water pipe tobacco as specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | 2017 | 66.59% | 32,730,857 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 320820 | Paints and varnishes; based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium | 2017 | 65.80% | 13,089,289 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2017 | 65.76% | 137,733,555 |
| 23 | Bahrain | 381220 | Plasticisers, compound; for rubber or plastics | 2017 | 62.65% | 23,194,199 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2017 | 62.39% | 57,336,114 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous; lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2017 | 59.50% | 26,284,132 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products; in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | 2017 | 56.88% | 64,375,977 |
| 27 | Bahrain | 721633 | Iron or non-alloy steel; H sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2017 | 56.21% | 21,453,589 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2017 | 55.62% | 496,305,039 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 030616 | Crustaceans; frozen, cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | 2017 | 54.78% | 17,788,555 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2017 | 54.30% | 37,536,230 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 040221 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | 2017 | 54.13% | 169,563,789 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 321290 | Pigments; of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, other than stamping foils | 2017 | 53.76% | 23,121,400 |
| 33 | Ukraine | 720711 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness | 2017 | 53.06% | 38,458,197 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 030617 | Crustaceans; frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | 2017 | 52.72% | 24,991,714 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 180620 | Chocolate & other food preparations containing cocoa; in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, content exceeding 2kg | 2017 | 51.93% | 107,922,220 |
| 36 | Lebanon | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2017 | 51.83% | 67,231,898 |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 720221 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon | 2017 | 51.83% | 10,419,135 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 730619 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (other than of stainless steel or seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2017 | 51.62% | 21,399,918 |
| 39 | Bahrain | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2017 | 51.06% | 53,981,949 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 940421 | Mattresses; of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not covered | 2017 | 49.89% | 10,402,416 |
| 41 | Bahrain | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2017 | 48.02% | 37,976,450 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 854411 | Insulated electric conductors; winding wire, of copper | 2017 | 47.48% | 15,289,945 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 252321 | Cement; portland, white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2017 | 47.14% | 18,957,085 |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 570330 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings; tufted, of man-made textile materials (other than polyamides), whether or not made up | 2017 | 47.06% | 41,401,609 |
| 45 | Ukraine | 720150 | Iron; alloy pig iron; spiegeleisen, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2017 | 47.06% | 15,664,054 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 190120 | Food preparations; mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares | 2017 | 45.11% | 23,753,750 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2017 | 43.84% | 50,211,236 |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 210111 | Extracts, essences and concentrates; of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | 2017 | 43.47% | 13,826,966 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 071320 | Vegetables, leguminous; chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2017 | 42.33% | 27,458,545 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 830990 | Stoppers; caps and lids, of base metal | 2017 | 42.28% | 16,167,169 |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 040291 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than in powder, granules or other solid forms | 2017 | 42.24% | 29,134,210 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 330510 | Hair preparations; shampoos | 2017 | 41.99% | 45,774,672 |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 190532 | Food preparations; waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa | 2017 | 41.43% | 51,287,504 |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 760612 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | 2017 | 40.94% | 34,791,430 |
| 55 | Ukraine | 230630 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils | 2017 | 40.23% | 12,493,737 |
| 56 | Kuwait | 701990 | Glass fibres; n.e.c. in heading no. 7019 | 2017 | 40.18% | 10,668,016 |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2017 | 38.92% | 30,777,934 |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 940600 | Prefabricated buildings. | 2017 | 38.48% | 58,653,361 |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms | 2017 | 38.47% | 24,189,725 |
| 60 | Bahrain | 340130 | Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap | 2017 | 38.02% | 29,991,506 |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 180632 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa; in blocks, slabs or bars, (not filled), weighing 2kg or less | 2017 | 37.62% | 16,040,160 |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 200599 | Vegetable preparations; vegetables and mixtures of vegetables n.e.c. in heading no. 2005, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen | 2017 | 37.03% | 32,830,486 |
| 63 | Bahrain | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2017 | 35.34% | 35,636,802 |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 200811 | Nuts; ground-nuts, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit | 2017 | 35.22% | 13,056,520 |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 160100 | Meat preparations; sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, and food preparations based on these products | 2017 | 35.13% | 34,444,800 |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 300450 | Medicaments; containing vitamins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic use, packaged for retail sale | 2017 | 34.78% | 18,032,771 |
| 67 | Lebanon | 850433 | Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 16kVA but not exceeding 500kVA | 2017 | 34.62% | 10,211,314 |
| 68 | Kuwait | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2017 | 34.38% | 44,592,302 |
| 69 | Russian Federation | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2017 | 34.31% | 306,156,774 |
| 70 | Ukraine | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2017 | 33.86% | 31,116,422 |
| 71 | Bahrain | 321290 | Pigments; of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, other than stamping foils | 2017 | 33.63% | 14,465,213 |
| 72 | Kuwait | 480511 | Paper and paperboard; uncoated, semi-chemical fluting paper, rolls or sheets | 2017 | 33.54% | 13,598,154 |
| 73 | United Arab Emirates | 271012 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; light oils and preparations | 2017 | 33.22% | 814,189,074 |
| 74 | Kuwait | 220210 | Waters; including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | 2017 | 32.80% | 13,465,972 |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 210500 | Ice cream and other edible ice; whether or not containing cocoa | 2017 | 32.55% | 29,011,604 |
| 76 | United Arab Emirates | 853521 | Electrical apparatus; automatic circuit breakers, for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts but less than 72.5kV | 2017 | 32.30% | 20,150,032 |
| 77 | United Arab Emirates | 392321 | Ethylene polymers; sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | 2017 | 31.45% | 10,939,833 |
| 78 | United Arab Emirates | 170199 | Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | 2017 | 30.70% | 95,597,860 |
| 79 | United Arab Emirates | 903289 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; automatic, other than hydraulic or pneumatic | 2017 | 30.62% | 38,417,285 |
| 80 | United Arab Emirates | 760692 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, (not rectangular or square) | 2017 | 30.58% | 24,560,421 |
| 81 | United Arab Emirates | 382490 | -Other | 2017 | 30.56% | 75,812,647 |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 151790 | Edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, n.e.c. in heading 1517, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16 | 2017 | 30.53% | 11,462,603 |
| 83 | United Arab Emirates | 730300 | Cast iron; tubes, pipes and hollow profiles | 2017 | 30.22% | 31,474,199 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 55 occurrences
Bahrain: 13 occurrences
Kuwait: 5 occurrences
Russian Federation: 4 occurrences
Ukraine: 4 occurrences
Lebanon: 2 occurrences
Critical Goods in table:
271012 - 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.