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(36 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 361(36) | 235(23) | 145(17) | 94(11) | 56(6) | 31(2) | 12(1) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 156(12) | 111(10) | 72(9) | 47(4) | 30 | 18 | 3 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 90(7) | 64(6) | 44(6) | 28(2) | 16 | 10 | 3 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 45(4) | 34(4) | 26(4) | 19(2) | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (36 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2014 | 93.05% | 24,395,132 |
| 2 | Iran | 2714 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks | 2014 | 80.65% | 13,114,639 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 2505 | Sands of all kinds; natural, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26 | 2014 | 78.02% | 35,302,990 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2014 | 74.98% | 45,837,520 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 3809 | Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing, fixing of dyestuffs, other products and preparations, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.c. or included | 2014 | 73.13% | 19,526,615 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 1507 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2014 | 72.83% | 38,056,376 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 0403 | Yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa. | 2014 | 68.45% | 72,609,188 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2014 | 66.82% | 208,491,193 |
| 9 | Qatar | 2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals | 2014 | 64.18% | 237,804,962 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2014 | 62.83% | 64,495,972 |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 7224 | Alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, semi-finished products of other alloy steel | 2014 | 60.99% | 42,905,167 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2014 | 59.64% | 143,187,333 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2014 | 58.01% | 164,769,756 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2014 | 56.34% | 454,792,470 |
| 15 | Qatar | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2014 | 54.32% | 227,474,178 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 7223 | Stainless steel wire | 2014 | 51.74% | 19,040,935 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2014 | 51.15% | 79,161,131 |
| 18 | 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 | 2014 | 49.66% | 35,357,233 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 5705 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings; n.e.c. in chapter 57, whether or not made up | 2014 | 48.05% | 10,618,012 |
| 20 | 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 | 2014 | 47.34% | 16,025,162 |
| 21 | 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 | 2014 | 46.25% | 78,722,576 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2014 | 44.06% | 25,371,497 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 0407 | Birds' eggs, in shell; fresh, preserved or cooked | 2014 | 41.01% | 39,972,688 |
| 24 | Kuwait | 3814 | Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers | 2014 | 38.10% | 18,946,775 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 9619 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2014 | 36.01% | 49,684,002 |
| 26 | 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 | 2014 | 35.56% | 71,663,713 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2014 | 35.32% | 10,766,780 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 7310 | Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, capacity not exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat-insulated | 2014 | 34.97% | 25,430,387 |
| 29 | Ukraine | 7224 | Alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, semi-finished products of other alloy steel | 2014 | 34.39% | 24,190,473 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 3812 | Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, n.e.c. or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics | 2014 | 34.16% | 17,215,497 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 2909 | Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2014 | 34.00% | 17,378,341 |
| 32 | Iran | 0807 | Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas); fresh | 2014 | 33.58% | 23,620,136 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2014 | 32.77% | 27,507,154 |
| 34 | 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 | 2014 | 31.92% | 148,703,486 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 2902 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | 2014 | 30.36% | 30,031,654 |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2014 | 30.29% | 16,587,380 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 24 occurrences
Qatar: 4 occurrences
Ukraine: 3 occurrences
Iran: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Kuwait: 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.