Country Matrix
For 2022, 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: 2022(95 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 1043(95)[5] | 774(78)[4] | 571(61)[2] | 403(49) | 272(32) | 162(16) | 90(9) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 325(28)[3] | 260(23)[2] | 198(17)[1] | 139(14) | 98(11) | 60(7) | 31(4) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 176(15)[3] | 144(13)[2] | 113(10)[1] | 84(9) | 59(8) | 35(5) | 19(3) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 88(7)[3] | 75(6)[2] | 61(5)[1] | 46(4) | 37(3) | 21(1) | 12 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 31(3)[3] | 26(2)[2] | 21(1)[1] | 15 | 12 | 8 | 7 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (95 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 300310 | Medicaments; containing penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not in measured doses, not packaged for retail sale) | 2022 | 96.89% | 14,511,783 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 291532 | Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate | 2022 | 96.85% | 40,786,632 |
| 3 | 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% | 2022 | 94.97% | 62,054,593 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2022 | 94.69% | 174,564,685 |
| 5 | 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 | 2022 | 91.92% | 28,933,682 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 290250 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene | 2022 | 91.66% | 106,416,182 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 680710 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) in rolls | 2022 | 91.51% | 27,063,166 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2022 | 90.42% | 10,535,605 |
| 9 | Qatar | 290919 | Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether | 2022 | 90.32% | 108,665,102 |
| 10 | 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) | 2022 | 89.20% | 39,045,780 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 290511 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, methanol (methyl alcohol) | 2022 | 86.26% | 97,324,176 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707 | 2022 | 84.84% | 14,656,151 |
| 13 | Iran | 091020 | Spices; saffron | 2022 | 84.01% | 23,451,515 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 741300 | Copper; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | 2022 | 82.71% | 20,780,454 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms | 2022 | 81.44% | 192,069,187 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 854420 | Insulated electric conductors; co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors | 2022 | 80.40% | 282,572,388 |
| 17 | Qatar | 280429 | Gases, rare; other than argon | 2022 | 79.97% | 41,373,604 |
| 18 | Iraq | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen; obtained from bituminous minerals | 2022 | 79.20% | 167,248,390 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 282300 | Titanium oxides | 2022 | 78.44% | 11,233,585 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 190540 | Food preparations; rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products, whether or not containing cocoa | 2022 | 77.77% | 59,621,821 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 290531 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) | 2022 | 77.45% | 30,204,994 |
| 22 | 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 | 2022 | 74.72% | 40,578,233 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 730411 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); seamless, line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, of stainless steel | 2022 | 74.46% | 30,058,826 |
| 24 | 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 | 2022 | 74.40% | 15,431,933 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 290941 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol) | 2022 | 72.99% | 28,554,073 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 292129 | Amine-function compounds; acyclic polyamines and their derivatives, and salts thereof, n.e.c. in item no. 2921.2 | 2022 | 72.63% | 16,538,288 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 320910 | Paints and varnishes; based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | 2022 | 72.01% | 42,521,589 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2022 | 71.93% | 307,017,269 |
| 29 | Bahrain | 721633 | Iron or non-alloy steel; H sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2022 | 71.91% | 49,256,550 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 040520 | Dairy produce; dairy spreads | 2022 | 71.60% | 10,407,458 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 700800 | Glass; multiple-walled insulating units of glass | 2022 | 71.03% | 13,980,708 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2022 | 70.46% | 447,192,188 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 040320 | Dairy produce; yoghurt, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa | 2022 | 68.90% | 27,095,014 |
| 34 | Iran | 080252 | Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, shelled | 2022 | 66.68% | 17,553,685 |
| 35 | Bahrain | 281121 | Carbon dioxide | 2022 | 66.33% | 12,771,513 |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 291612 | Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; esters of acrylic acid | 2022 | 65.24% | 39,561,306 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 290110 | Acyclic hydrocarbons; saturated | 2022 | 64.98% | 16,857,104 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 390130 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers | 2022 | 64.50% | 20,677,475 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 290943 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; monobutyl ethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol | 2022 | 64.47% | 33,729,307 |
| 40 | Iraq | 271490 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; asphaltites and asphaltic rock | 2022 | 64.18% | 23,595,082 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 020713 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, fresh or chilled | 2022 | 63.75% | 35,745,680 |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 080410 | Fruit, edible; dates, fresh or dried | 2022 | 63.12% | 97,182,094 |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 390740 | Polycarbonates; in primary forms | 2022 | 62.40% | 42,863,867 |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 382370 | Industrial fatty alcohols | 2022 | 62.36% | 11,205,748 |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 292910 | Nitrogen-function compounds; n.e.c. in chapter 29, isocyanates | 2022 | 62.10% | 79,589,774 |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 340250 | Washing and cleaning preparations; powders, flakes and granules, surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | 2022 | 61.38% | 225,811,915 |
| 47 | Russian Federation | 750210 | Nickel; unwrought, not alloyed | 2022 | 60.84% | 33,148,361 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 540720 | Fabrics, woven; from strip or the like, of synthetic textile materials | 2022 | 60.80% | 10,380,208 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 680610 | Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools (including intermixtures thereof), in bulk, sheets or rolls | 2022 | 60.39% | 14,749,733 |
| 50 | Russian Federation | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2022 | 59.86% | 78,719,676 |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 150710 | Vegetable oils; soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | 2022 | 58.53% | 21,206,427 |
| 52 | Russian Federation | 710691 | Metals; silver, unwrought, (but not powder) | 2022 | 57.61% | 97,641,666 |
| 53 | Lebanon | 844180 | Machinery; n.e.c. in heading no. 8441, for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard | 2022 | 57.21% | 12,731,139 |
| 54 | Russian Federation | 880211 | Helicopters, except unmanned; of an unladen weight not exceeding 2000kg | 2022 | 56.57% | 21,102,573 |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 291531 | Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; ethyl acetate | 2022 | 56.50% | 28,849,753 |
| 56 | Kuwait | 711291 | Waste and scrap of precious metals; of gold, including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals | 2022 | 56.06% | 20,901,748 |
| 57 | Russian Federation | 282520 | Lithium oxide and hydroxide | 2022 | 55.33% | 15,099,566 |
| 58 | 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 | 2022 | 55.21% | 15,848,036 |
| 59 | Qatar | 270900 | Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | 2022 | 54.76% | 1,575,342,329 |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 382319 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; (other than stearic acid, oleic acid or tall oil fatty acids) | 2022 | 51.89% | 26,773,508 |
| 61 | Iran | 080711 | Fruit, edible; watermelons, fresh | 2022 | 51.68% | 16,976,745 |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 230990 | Dog or cat food; (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | 2022 | 48.61% | 72,071,824 |
| 63 | Saudi Arabia | 151529 | Vegetable oils; maize (corn) oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2022 | 48.42% | 24,400,016 |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 250510 | Sands; natural, silica and quartz sands, whether or not coloured | 2022 | 47.50% | 31,945,823 |
| 65 | Saudi Arabia | 740400 | Copper; waste and scrap | 2022 | 47.39% | 105,404,446 |
| 66 | 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) | 2022 | 47.35% | 58,082,626 |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 390140 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2022 | 47.33% | 191,274,135 |
| 68 | 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 | 2022 | 46.81% | 32,020,417 |
| 69 | Russian Federation | 071310 | Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2022 | 44.57% | 15,519,924 |
| 70 | Iraq | 271119 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711 | 2022 | 43.89% | 25,513,467 |
| 71 | Iran | 080620 | Fruit, edible; grapes, dried | 2022 | 43.44% | 17,262,305 |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 190219 | Food preparations; pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 2022 | 42.52% | 39,179,933 |
| 73 | Bahrain | 040630 | Dairy produce; cheese, processed (not grated or powdered) | 2022 | 42.35% | 65,522,631 |
| 74 | Bahrain | 260112 | Iron ores and concentrates; agglomerated (excluding roasted iron pyrites) | 2022 | 42.24% | 518,751,027 |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 020711 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled | 2022 | 41.87% | 12,290,892 |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 290532 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; propylene glycol (propane-1, 2-diol) | 2022 | 40.85% | 27,309,723 |
| 77 | Ukraine | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2022 | 40.27% | 21,205,341 |
| 78 | Saudi Arabia | 390319 | Styrene polymers; (other than expansible polystyrene), in primary forms | 2022 | 40.09% | 30,328,783 |
| 79 | 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 | 2022 | 39.43% | 12,482,389 |
| 80 | Saudi Arabia | 730511 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (not seamless), longitudinally submerged arc welded, having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm | 2022 | 39.35% | 12,874,282 |
| 81 | Saudi Arabia | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2022 | 39.23% | 30,045,564 |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 680919 | Plaster, or plaster compositions; boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, (other than faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only), not ornamented | 2022 | 38.51% | 10,319,011 |
| 83 | Saudi Arabia | 382440 | Cements, mortars or concretes; their prepared additives | 2022 | 38.30% | 37,041,932 |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 040620 | Dairy produce; cheese of all kinds, grated or powdered | 2022 | 37.34% | 23,566,243 |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 730300 | Cast iron; tubes, pipes and hollow profiles | 2022 | 37.16% | 10,181,493 |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 390190 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, n.e.c. in heading no. 3901 | 2022 | 36.46% | 39,305,414 |
| 87 | 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 | 2022 | 36.45% | 98,619,812 |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2022 | 34.00% | 77,996,591 |
| 89 | Russian Federation | 100119 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | 2022 | 33.45% | 34,307,746 |
| 90 | 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 | 2022 | 33.21% | 29,339,850 |
| 91 | Saudi Arabia | 390729 | Polyethers other than polyacetals, and bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate; in primary forms | 2022 | 33.08% | 73,252,574 |
| 92 | 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 | 2022 | 33.04% | 146,503,580 |
| 93 | 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 | 2022 | 32.78% | 870,712,152 |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 290949 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; n.e.c. in item no. 2909.4 | 2022 | 32.24% | 16,321,131 |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 330510 | Hair preparations; shampoos | 2022 | 31.10% | 46,301,081 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 69 occurrences
Russian Federation: 7 occurrences
Bahrain: 5 occurrences
Iran: 4 occurrences
Iraq: 4 occurrences
Qatar: 3 occurrences
Lebanon: 1 occurrence
Kuwait: 1 occurrence
Ukraine: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...
271019 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...
271119 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...
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.