Country Matrix
For 2019, 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: 2019(39 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 408(39)[3] | 261(29)[3] | 168(24)[2] | 105(17)[2] | 72(12)[2] | 41(6)[2] | 15(1)[1] |
| >= 50 mln USD | 168(16)[3] | 109(13)[3] | 77(9)[2] | 44(4)[2] | 34(2)[2] | 17[2] | 8[1] |
| >= 100 mln USD | 106(9)[3] | 70(7)[3] | 53(5)[2] | 34(2)[2] | 27[2] | 15[2] | 7[1] |
| >= 200 mln USD | 58(4)[3] | 44(4)[3] | 32(2)[2] | 23(1)[2] | 20[2] | 12[2] | 7[1] |
| >= 500 mln USD | 21(1)[3] | 19(1)[3] | 15(1)[2] | 11(1)[2] | 9[2] | 5[2] | 3[1] |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (39 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2019 | 92.47% | 22,151,799 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 7413 | Copper; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | 2019 | 88.56% | 32,546,484 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2019 | 85.90% | 42,195,417 |
| 4 | Iraq | 1508 | Ground nut oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2019 | 85.35% | 12,826,276 |
| 5 | Bahrain | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2019 | 83.59% | 10,186,285 |
| 6 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2019 | 82.78% | 11,356,232 |
| 7 | 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 | 2019 | 77.45% | 31,977,590 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 2929 | Nitrogen-function compounds, n.e.c. in chapter 29 | 2019 | 75.99% | 39,135,727 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 3003 | Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) of two or more constituents mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic use not in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | 2019 | 73.27% | 17,381,867 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2019 | 72.87% | 55,801,529 |
| 11 | Iraq | 2714 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks | 2019 | 71.56% | 22,651,403 |
| 12 | 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. | 2019 | 70.65% | 82,261,435 |
| 13 | Iran | 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 | 2019 | 69.06% | 16,653,629 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2019 | 65.49% | 628,746,068 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2019 | 63.74% | 142,820,360 |
| 16 | Iran | 2520 | Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), coloured or not, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders | 2019 | 63.15% | 10,248,094 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 7223 | Stainless steel wire | 2019 | 62.70% | 25,354,423 |
| 18 | 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 | 2019 | 58.00% | 92,350,218 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2019 | 54.76% | 162,275,399 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 1507 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2019 | 51.88% | 12,388,603 |
| 21 | Iraq | 0804 | Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens; fresh or dried | 2019 | 51.67% | 300,876,640 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2019 | 51.45% | 67,032,389 |
| 23 | 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 | 2019 | 50.89% | 37,862,004 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 1001 | Wheat and meslin | 2019 | 50.50% | 171,746,676 |
| 25 | 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 | 2019 | 46.18% | 71,773,317 |
| 26 | 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 | 2019 | 44.02% | 200,235,019 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 9619 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2019 | 43.21% | 85,549,466 |
| 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 | 2019 | 41.43% | 17,925,472 |
| 29 | Bahrain | 2601 | Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites | 2019 | 40.02% | 315,856,350 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 3209 | Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | 2019 | 37.02% | 13,094,541 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 2505 | Sands of all kinds; natural, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26 | 2019 | 36.76% | 33,178,432 |
| 32 | Ukraine | 0407 | Birds' eggs, in shell; fresh, preserved or cooked | 2019 | 35.54% | 39,339,838 |
| 33 | Iran | 7801 | Lead; unwrought | 2019 | 34.89% | 31,931,687 |
| 34 | Iraq | 2713 | Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | 2019 | 32.67% | 172,465,602 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 3903 | Polymers of styrene, in primary forms | 2019 | 31.72% | 26,305,672 |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 7408 | Copper wire | 2019 | 31.18% | 12,894,459 |
| 37 | 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 | 2019 | 30.74% | 23,489,419 |
| 38 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2019 | 30.43% | 135,054,189 |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 1704 | Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | 2019 | 30.13% | 62,284,037 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 23 occurrences
Ukraine: 4 occurrences
Iraq: 4 occurrences
Bahrain: 3 occurrences
Iran: 3 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
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.