Country Matrix
For 2007, the matrix below shows United Arab Emirates'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.
United Arab Emirates
Year: 2007(37 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 314(37) | 205(27) | 134(19) | 83(14) | 50(8) | 27(5) | 13(1) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 118(12) | 75(9) | 44(5) | 27(2) | 17(1) | 10(1) | 6(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 63(4) | 39(4) | 24(3) | 16(1) | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 33(1) | 20(1) | 14(1) | 9(1) | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (37 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 2714 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks | 2007 | 97.48% | 77,985,391 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 2715 | Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt; on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (e.g. bituminous mastics, cut-backs) | 2007 | 89.26% | 31,244,590 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 7223 | Stainless steel wire | 2007 | 87.11% | 32,849,988 |
| 4 | Qatar | 7002 | Glass in balls (other than microspheres of heading no. 7018), rods or tubes, unworked | 2007 | 83.89% | 23,888,474 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 2505 | Sands of all kinds; natural, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26 | 2007 | 80.38% | 25,274,723 |
| 6 | Iran | 2520 | Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), coloured or not, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders | 2007 | 78.61% | 24,210,168 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2007 | 78.39% | 10,709,464 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 3814 | Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers | 2007 | 73.34% | 25,263,309 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2007 | 69.11% | 276,934,324 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2007 | 68.67% | 26,941,459 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 2912 | Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde | 2007 | 67.24% | 14,335,432 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 3212 | Pigments (metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media in liquid or paste form, as used in manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils, dyes etc in forms, packing for retail sale | 2007 | 63.50% | 14,660,009 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 4817 | Envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards, of paper, paperboard; boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard containing assortment of paper stationery | 2007 | 61.80% | 21,593,745 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 1516 | Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | 2007 | 60.44% | 14,423,819 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2007 | 58.62% | 115,714,723 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2007 | 55.96% | 14,946,143 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2007 | 55.75% | 104,435,484 |
| 18 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2007 | 55.56% | 14,562,815 |
| 19 | Qatar | 7301 | Iron or steel sheet piling, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel | 2007 | 53.32% | 51,031,335 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 3909 | Amino-resins, phenolic resins and polyurethanes, in primary forms | 2007 | 49.31% | 35,262,185 |
| 21 | Ukraine | 2707 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents | 2007 | 48.58% | 13,055,543 |
| 22 | Qatar | 7228 | Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel | 2007 | 47.63% | 68,649,797 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2007 | 47.26% | 182,225,973 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2007 | 46.53% | 67,654,472 |
| 25 | Bahrain | 2713 | Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | 2007 | 45.37% | 62,589,620 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 3913 | Natural polymers (e.g. alginic acid) and modified natural polymers (e.g. hardened proteins, chemical derivatives of natural rubber), n.e.c. or included, in primary forms | 2007 | 43.61% | 18,371,020 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 0701 | Potatoes; fresh or chilled | 2007 | 41.78% | 24,597,398 |
| 28 | Russian Federation | 7106 | Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum); unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2007 | 39.98% | 58,041,244 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 2009 | Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2007 | 39.95% | 38,396,483 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2007 | 39.74% | 39,302,753 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 5402 | Synthetic filament yarn (other than sewing thread), not put up for retail sale, including synthetic monofilament of less than 67 decitex | 2007 | 38.55% | 10,132,318 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 7612 | Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes etc (including rigid, collapsible tubular containers), for materials other than compressed, liquefied gas, 300l capacity or less, lined, heat-insulated or not | 2007 | 34.10% | 28,212,241 |
| 33 | Iran | 0802 | Nuts (excluding coconuts, Brazils and cashew nuts); fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled | 2007 | 33.69% | 43,586,693 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 3920 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive); non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, n.e.c. in chapter 39 | 2007 | 32.70% | 79,581,032 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2007 | 31.66% | 33,167,455 |
| 36 | Iran | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2007 | 31.57% | 55,284,708 |
| 37 | Iraq | 0804 | Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens; fresh or dried | 2007 | 31.36% | 36,811,565 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 24 occurrences
Qatar: 3 occurrences
Iran: 3 occurrences
Ukraine: 3 occurrences
Bahrain: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 1 occurrence
Iraq: 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.