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(46 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 416(46)[4] | 255(27)[3] | 163(16)[2] | 100(9)[2] | 64(4)[2] | 35(2) | 20 |
| >= 50 mln USD | 186(15)[3] | 121(10)[2] | 86(6)[1] | 49(3)[1] | 33[1] | 15 | 10 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 115(8)[3] | 80(7)[2] | 59(3)[1] | 34(2)[1] | 25[1] | 12 | 8 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 73(5)[3] | 54(4)[2] | 43(2)[1] | 28(2)[1] | 22[1] | 12 | 8 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 27(3)[3] | 22(3)[2] | 17(1)[1] | 13(1)[1] | 10[1] | 3 | 2 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (46 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 7413 | Copper; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | 2021 | 88.18% | 23,014,832 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 2823 | Titanium oxides | 2021 | 83.11% | 13,584,882 |
| 3 | 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 | 2021 | 76.06% | 34,502,131 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 1507 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2021 | 71.54% | 32,717,338 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2021 | 67.82% | 85,452,873 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2021 | 67.28% | 917,787,300 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2021 | 66.01% | 28,453,247 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2021 | 62.83% | 247,855,421 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 7223 | Stainless steel wire | 2021 | 61.56% | 13,698,070 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2021 | 59.41% | 77,522,290 |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 7502 | Nickel; unwrought | 2021 | 58.44% | 148,854,322 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 3817 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2021 | 57.60% | 16,998,652 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 2929 | Nitrogen-function compounds, n.e.c. in chapter 29 | 2021 | 55.21% | 35,761,726 |
| 14 | Iraq | 2712 | Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, similar products obtained by synthesis, other processes; coloured or not | 2021 | 52.52% | 14,537,607 |
| 15 | 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 | 2021 | 52.19% | 31,962,713 |
| 16 | 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 | 2021 | 51.54% | 63,377,359 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 7508 | Nickel; articles thereof n.e.c. in chapter 75 | 2021 | 49.65% | 27,160,713 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 7222 | Stainless steel bars and rods, angles, shapes and sections | 2021 | 48.16% | 42,790,789 |
| 19 | 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. | 2021 | 47.96% | 33,193,250 |
| 20 | 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 | 2021 | 47.55% | 35,261,814 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 2505 | Sands of all kinds; natural, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26 | 2021 | 45.45% | 35,478,221 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 2902 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | 2021 | 44.53% | 112,453,060 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2021 | 44.18% | 141,371,757 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 7229 | Wire of other alloy steel | 2021 | 42.22% | 11,393,828 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2021 | 42.13% | 46,748,155 |
| 26 | Qatar | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2021 | 41.06% | 918,602,607 |
| 27 | Bahrain | 2601 | Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites | 2021 | 40.84% | 534,001,129 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 9619 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2021 | 39.79% | 85,368,577 |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 7217 | Wire of iron or non-alloy steel | 2021 | 39.79% | 36,855,328 |
| 30 | 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 | 2021 | 39.10% | 212,742,331 |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 7227 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2021 | 37.89% | 16,338,099 |
| 32 | 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 | 2021 | 37.16% | 91,232,805 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 2922 | Oxygen-function amino-compounds | 2021 | 34.35% | 24,886,368 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 2901 | Acyclic hydrocarbons | 2021 | 34.18% | 22,732,752 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 7202 | Ferro-alloys | 2021 | 34.15% | 27,393,183 |
| 36 | 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 | 2021 | 33.93% | 22,715,674 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 3823 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols | 2021 | 33.93% | 17,716,837 |
| 38 | 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 | 2021 | 33.26% | 17,039,116 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 2915 | Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2021 | 33.10% | 81,133,523 |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 2916 | Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic, cyclic monocarboxylic, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2021 | 32.30% | 36,539,786 |
| 41 | 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 | 2021 | 32.23% | 28,386,546 |
| 42 | Iran | 0807 | Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas); fresh | 2021 | 31.64% | 18,133,185 |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 1515 | Fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils n.e.c. in chapter 15 (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2021 | 31.11% | 19,539,711 |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 7404 | Copper; waste and scrap | 2021 | 30.57% | 80,793,270 |
| 45 | 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 | 2021 | 30.54% | 14,545,790 |
| 46 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2021 | 30.11% | 12,628,373 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 35 occurrences
Russian Federation: 5 occurrences
Ukraine: 2 occurrences
Iraq: 1 occurrence
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Bahrain: 1 occurrence
Iran: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...
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.