Country Matrix
For 2021, 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: 2021(85 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 896(85)[5] | 654(71)[3] | 472(57)[2] | 318(40)[2] | 217(29)[2] | 121(16)[1] | 61(4)[1] |
| >= 50 mln USD | 276(24)[4] | 221(21)[2] | 166(16)[1] | 114(13)[1] | 85(10)[1] | 44(5) | 24(3) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 141(14)[4] | 120(13)[2] | 91(9)[1] | 66(7)[1] | 54(6)[1] | 27(1) | 15 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 70(8)[4] | 62(7)[2] | 50(4)[1] | 42(4)[1] | 33(3)[1] | 19 | 12 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 25(3)[4] | 21(2)[2] | 15[1] | 13[1] | 9[1] | 4 | 3 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (85 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 290511 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, methanol (methyl alcohol) | 2021 | 94.68% | 77,002,498 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 290250 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene | 2021 | 93.86% | 91,389,673 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 880211 | Helicopters, except unmanned; of an unladen weight not exceeding 2000kg | 2021 | 92.87% | 92,825,171 |
| 4 | 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) | 2021 | 90.22% | 34,189,276 |
| 5 | 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% | 2021 | 89.69% | 43,627,718 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 291532 | Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate | 2021 | 89.46% | 49,409,457 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 680710 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) in rolls | 2021 | 88.62% | 25,435,941 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 721610 | Iron or non-alloy steel; U, I or H sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of less than 80mm | 2021 | 88.20% | 22,557,804 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 741300 | Copper; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | 2021 | 88.18% | 23,014,832 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 721790 | Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, n.e.c. in heading no. 7217 | 2021 | 86.65% | 36,855,328 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 722240 | Steel, stainless; angles, shapes and sections | 2021 | 86.09% | 42,790,789 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 150710 | Vegetable oils; soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | 2021 | 85.57% | 26,030,239 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 282300 | Titanium oxides | 2021 | 83.11% | 13,584,882 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2021 | 83.03% | 51,637,517 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 290941 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol) | 2021 | 83.00% | 38,840,772 |
| 16 | Bahrain | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2021 | 82.90% | 103,023,011 |
| 17 | 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 | 2021 | 79.62% | 39,910,408 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms | 2021 | 78.98% | 245,753,662 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 190540 | Food preparations; rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products, whether or not containing cocoa | 2021 | 78.36% | 44,524,361 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707 | 2021 | 77.02% | 17,712,722 |
| 21 | Iraq | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen; obtained from bituminous minerals | 2021 | 76.84% | 120,625,343 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 292211 | Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, monoethanolamine and its salts | 2021 | 76.67% | 10,963,294 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 854420 | Insulated electric conductors; co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors | 2021 | 75.60% | 162,848,564 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 293211 | Heterocyclic compounds; with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only, containing an unfused furan ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure, tetrahydrofuran | 2021 | 75.32% | 13,711,602 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2021 | 75.24% | 402,152,153 |
| 26 | Iran | 080252 | Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, shelled | 2021 | 75.14% | 19,074,834 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 290531 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) | 2021 | 74.37% | 22,431,651 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2021 | 74.15% | 257,649,327 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 020713 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, fresh or chilled | 2021 | 70.96% | 47,810,346 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 320910 | Paints and varnishes; based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | 2021 | 69.85% | 31,931,554 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 390740 | Polycarbonates; in primary forms | 2021 | 65.95% | 25,519,999 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 080410 | Fruit, edible; dates, fresh or dried | 2021 | 64.96% | 88,648,387 |
| 33 | Ukraine | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2021 | 62.11% | 77,488,875 |
| 34 | 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 | 2021 | 61.77% | 24,837,358 |
| 35 | 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 | 2021 | 61.61% | 211,028,208 |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 722300 | Steel, stainless; wire | 2021 | 61.56% | 13,698,070 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 200989 | Juice; of any single fruit, nut or vegetable n.e.c. in heading no. 2009, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2021 | 61.21% | 23,414,543 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 720230 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-silico-manganese | 2021 | 61.05% | 27,307,911 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 300310 | Medicaments; containing penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not in measured doses, not packaged for retail sale) | 2021 | 60.61% | 14,286,693 |
| 40 | Iraq | 271210 | Petroleum jelly | 2021 | 60.46% | 11,911,187 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 390190 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, n.e.c. in heading no. 3901 | 2021 | 58.89% | 67,625,347 |
| 42 | Qatar | 280429 | Gases, rare; other than argon | 2021 | 58.66% | 17,965,706 |
| 43 | Russian Federation | 750210 | Nickel; unwrought, not alloyed | 2021 | 58.47% | 148,854,322 |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 381700 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2021 | 57.60% | 16,998,652 |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 290943 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; monobutyl ethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol | 2021 | 56.95% | 27,816,638 |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 390791 | Polyesters; n.e.c. in heading no. 3907, unsaturated, in primary forms | 2021 | 56.44% | 11,681,312 |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 292910 | Nitrogen-function compounds; n.e.c. in chapter 29, isocyanates | 2021 | 55.28% | 35,761,726 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 722990 | Steel, alloy; wire, of materials other than silico-manganese steel | 2021 | 53.86% | 11,393,828 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 291531 | Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; ethyl acetate | 2021 | 53.51% | 29,440,602 |
| 50 | Bahrain | 721633 | Iron or non-alloy steel; H sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2021 | 53.34% | 30,734,715 |
| 51 | Ukraine | 151219 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2021 | 52.85% | 33,611,608 |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 390140 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2021 | 52.79% | 190,177,671 |
| 53 | Russian Federation | 880310 | Aircraft and spacecraft; propellers and rotors and parts thereof | 2021 | 52.34% | 28,581,856 |
| 54 | 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 | 2021 | 51.61% | 16,143,093 |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 390319 | Styrene polymers; (other than expansible polystyrene), in primary forms | 2021 | 50.90% | 31,690,765 |
| 56 | 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 | 2021 | 50.66% | 35,261,814 |
| 57 | Russian Federation | 750890 | Nickel; articles thereof n.e.c. in item no. 7508.1 | 2021 | 50.00% | 27,151,475 |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 382319 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; (other than stearic acid, oleic acid or tall oil fatty acids) | 2021 | 48.64% | 17,713,509 |
| 59 | Iran | 080711 | Fruit, edible; watermelons, fresh | 2021 | 48.35% | 14,582,630 |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 390720 | Polyethers; in primary forms, excluding polyacetals | 2021 | 45.89% | 146,258,977 |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 250510 | Sands; natural, silica and quartz sands, whether or not coloured | 2021 | 45.86% | 35,478,119 |
| 62 | Russian Federation | 170410 | Sugar confectionery; chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated, not containing cocoa | 2021 | 45.53% | 27,678,915 |
| 63 | Iran | 080251 | Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, in shell | 2021 | 44.80% | 24,909,831 |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 151529 | Vegetable oils; maize (corn) oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2021 | 43.90% | 15,272,968 |
| 65 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2021 | 43.55% | 240,636,224 |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 291612 | Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; esters of acrylic acid | 2021 | 42.21% | 26,939,625 |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 040291 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than in powder, granules or other solid forms | 2021 | 41.70% | 87,854,954 |
| 68 | Saudi Arabia | 190219 | Food preparations; pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 2021 | 41.64% | 33,317,686 |
| 69 | Qatar | 290919 | Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether | 2021 | 41.45% | 27,728,141 |
| 70 | Qatar | 270900 | Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | 2021 | 41.06% | 918,602,607 |
| 71 | Bahrain | 260112 | Iron ores and concentrates; agglomerated (excluding roasted iron pyrites) | 2021 | 40.94% | 534,001,129 |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2021 | 39.79% | 85,368,577 |
| 73 | Iraq | 271019 | 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; not light oils and preparations | 2021 | 39.19% | 733,533,994 |
| 74 | Russian Federation | 071310 | Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2021 | 38.04% | 14,982,643 |
| 75 | Russian Federation | 722790 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.c. in heading no. 7227 | 2021 | 38.00% | 16,338,099 |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 290532 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; propylene glycol (propane-1, 2-diol) | 2021 | 37.85% | 23,841,090 |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 040620 | Dairy produce; cheese of all kinds, grated or powdered | 2021 | 36.06% | 20,087,150 |
| 78 | Saudi Arabia | 290949 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; n.e.c. in item no. 2909.4 | 2021 | 35.07% | 17,491,843 |
| 79 | Russian Federation | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2021 | 34.97% | 12,628,373 |
| 80 | Russian Federation | 722511 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented | 2021 | 34.09% | 42,643,184 |
| 81 | Russian Federation | 710221 | Diamonds; industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | 2021 | 33.23% | 29,020,932 |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 290129 | Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, n.e.c. in heading no. 2901 | 2021 | 32.96% | 18,960,919 |
| 83 | Saudi Arabia | 330510 | Hair preparations; shampoos | 2021 | 32.52% | 40,735,801 |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 392010 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of polymers of ethylene, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2021 | 31.63% | 20,805,164 |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 740400 | Copper; waste and scrap | 2021 | 30.57% | 80,793,270 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 59 occurrences
Russian Federation: 11 occurrences
Ukraine: 3 occurrences
Bahrain: 3 occurrences
Iraq: 3 occurrences
Iran: 3 occurrences
Qatar: 3 occurrences
Critical Goods in table:
270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...
271019 - 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.