Country Matrix
For 2014, 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: 2014(72 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 767(72)[1] | 576(59)[1] | 401(47)[1] | 287(36) | 181(25) | 123(19) | 58(8) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 209(19)[1] | 168(16)[1] | 123(13)[1] | 95(10) | 66(6) | 48(4) | 23(3) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 98(9)[1] | 79(8)[1] | 61(7)[1] | 47(6) | 30(3) | 25(3) | 13(3) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 41(5)[1] | 36(5)[1] | 29(5)[1] | 24(4) | 17(2) | 13(2) | 6(2) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 17 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (72 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 720720 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon | 2014 | 99.91% | 215,248,959 |
| 2 | Qatar | 280429 | Gases, rare; other than argon | 2014 | 99.24% | 232,692,735 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 290250 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene | 2014 | 99.14% | 30,031,654 |
| 4 | Qatar | 720610 | Iron or non-alloy steel; ingots (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2014 | 98.27% | 24,395,132 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 390320 | Styrene polymers; styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) copolymers, in primary forms | 2014 | 98.09% | 27,275,540 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 040790 | Birds' eggs, in shell; preserved or cooked | 2014 | 97.81% | 33,104,050 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 290531 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) | 2014 | 91.39% | 120,200,007 |
| 8 | Iran | 080252 | Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, shelled | 2014 | 91.20% | 18,127,361 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2014 | 89.42% | 27,472,535 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 392030 | Plastics; of polymers of styrene, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2014 | 89.42% | 19,264,661 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 040110 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1% | 2014 | 88.58% | 17,400,726 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 290941 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol) | 2014 | 88.38% | 16,599,126 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 380991 | Finishing agents and dye carriers; to accelerate dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs, other products and preparations, used in the textile industry (excluding those with a basis of amylaceous substances) | 2014 | 87.98% | 19,526,615 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 020711 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled | 2014 | 87.48% | 26,682,182 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 320730 | Lustres; liquid lustres and similar preparations | 2014 | 86.61% | 23,322,937 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 250510 | Sands; natural, silica and quartz sands, whether or not coloured | 2014 | 82.27% | 34,809,716 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 740729 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles, of copper alloys (other than copper-zinc base alloys) | 2014 | 81.07% | 22,593,066 |
| 18 | Iran | 271490 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; asphaltites and asphaltic rock | 2014 | 80.77% | 13,110,406 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 040310 | Dairy produce; yoghurt, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa | 2014 | 80.03% | 65,612,272 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 150710 | Vegetable oils; soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | 2014 | 78.20% | 21,272,382 |
| 21 | Iran | 080251 | Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, in shell | 2014 | 77.91% | 44,401,078 |
| 22 | Bahrain | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2014 | 77.86% | 79,251,525 |
| 23 | Iran | 091020 | Spices; saffron | 2014 | 77.61% | 18,783,049 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 200990 | Juices; mixtures of fruits or vegetables (but not nut juice), unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2014 | 73.42% | 74,155,579 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2014 | 71.29% | 15,484,735 |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2014 | 69.43% | 208,491,193 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 040140 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6% but not exceeding 10% | 2014 | 68.48% | 18,909,833 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms | 2014 | 67.97% | 161,232,733 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 150790 | Vegetable oils; soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2014 | 67.00% | 16,783,994 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 481730 | Paper and paperboard; boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums containing an assortment of paper stationery | 2014 | 66.26% | 15,999,490 |
| 31 | Iran | 080620 | Fruit, edible; grapes, dried | 2014 | 65.52% | 25,046,187 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2014 | 62.89% | 358,795,511 |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 722490 | Steel, alloy; semi-finished products | 2014 | 61.69% | 42,905,167 |
| 34 | Iran | 080711 | Fruit, edible; watermelons, fresh | 2014 | 61.12% | 21,641,605 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2014 | 60.83% | 69,827,093 |
| 36 | Ukraine | 151219 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2014 | 60.69% | 18,364,985 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 731021 | Cans; which are to be closed by soldering or crimping, for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), less than 50l capacity, of iron or steel | 2014 | 58.28% | 22,994,708 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 680710 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) in rolls | 2014 | 56.17% | 22,633,648 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 040610 | Dairy produce; fresh cheese (including whey cheese), not fermented, and curd | 2014 | 55.64% | 29,915,483 |
| 40 | Kuwait | 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 | 2014 | 55.62% | 404,605,017 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 040120 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6% | 2014 | 54.15% | 27,275,020 |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 570232 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings; woven, (not tufted or flocked), of man-made textile materials, of pile construction, not made up, n.e.c. in item no. 5702.10 or 5702.20 | 2014 | 53.89% | 19,657,037 |
| 43 | Iraq | 080410 | Fruit, edible; dates, fresh or dried | 2014 | 52.87% | 56,847,289 |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 722300 | Steel, stainless; wire | 2014 | 51.74% | 19,040,935 |
| 45 | Qatar | 730110 | Iron or steel; sheet piling, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements | 2014 | 51.46% | 32,677,283 |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 481159 | Paper and paperboard; coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives), other than bleached and weighing more than 150g/m2, other than goods of heading no. 4803, 4809, or 4810 | 2014 | 50.71% | 12,572,565 |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 854420 | Insulated electric conductors; co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors | 2014 | 50.08% | 83,899,853 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 570500 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings; n.e.c. in chapter 57, whether or not made up | 2014 | 48.05% | 10,618,012 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2014 | 46.30% | 70,240,533 |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 270750 | Aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707, of which 65% or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250 degrees Celsius by the ISO 3405 method (equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method) | 2014 | 46.15% | 16,320,276 |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 040620 | Dairy produce; cheese of all kinds, grated or powdered | 2014 | 45.23% | 14,249,561 |
| 52 | Iran | 790112 | Zinc; unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight less than 99.99% of zinc | 2014 | 44.01% | 19,590,012 |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 190219 | Food preparations; pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 2014 | 43.99% | 23,046,624 |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations; surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | 2014 | 43.37% | 144,753,051 |
| 55 | Kuwait | 854411 | Insulated electric conductors; winding wire, of copper | 2014 | 42.89% | 22,576,523 |
| 56 | Iran | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen; obtained from bituminous minerals | 2014 | 41.66% | 79,991,867 |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 381230 | -Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics | 2014 | 41.59% | 17,103,013 |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 291531 | Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; ethyl acetate | 2014 | 40.97% | 10,009,657 |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 040299 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than in powder, granules or other solid forms | 2014 | 40.83% | 44,462,321 |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 190590 | Food preparations; bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | 2014 | 39.81% | 100,719,469 |
| 61 | Iran | 720838 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm | 2014 | 38.43% | 28,660,364 |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 720230 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-silico-manganese | 2014 | 38.32% | 13,137,231 |
| 63 | Kuwait | 381400 | Solvents and thinners; organic composite solvents and thinners, n.e.c. or included, prepared paint or varnish removers | 2014 | 38.10% | 18,946,775 |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 720839 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | 2014 | 37.87% | 74,965,210 |
| 65 | Saudi Arabia | 761290 | Aluminium; casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | 2014 | 36.07% | 71,663,713 |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2014 | 36.01% | 49,684,002 |
| 67 | Ukraine | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2014 | 36.01% | 10,766,780 |
| 68 | Ukraine | 722490 | Steel, alloy; semi-finished products | 2014 | 34.75% | 24,168,187 |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 392390 | Plastics; articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923 | 2014 | 33.88% | 11,929,182 |
| 70 | Saudi Arabia | 390190 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, n.e.c. in heading no. 3901 | 2014 | 33.11% | 25,670,733 |
| 71 | Iran | 720837 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm | 2014 | 32.69% | 19,621,298 |
| 72 | Russian Federation | 710691 | Metals; silver, unwrought, (but not powder) | 2014 | 31.59% | 45,078,925 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 46 occurrences
Iran: 10 occurrences
Qatar: 4 occurrences
Ukraine: 4 occurrences
Russian Federation: 3 occurrences
Kuwait: 3 occurrences
Bahrain: 1 occurrence
Iraq: 1 occurrence
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.