Country Matrix
For 2023, 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: 2023(94 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 1057(94)[4] | 768(76)[3] | 543(56)[1] | 397(42)[1] | 270(28) | 164(16) | 86(7) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 329(32)[2] | 259(27)[2] | 193(21) | 147(17) | 104(11) | 61(7) | 39(4) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 191(18)[2] | 152(15)[2] | 119(12) | 86(9) | 62(5) | 38(4) | 24(2) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 93(8)[2] | 80(7)[2] | 63(5) | 47(4) | 34(2) | 24(2) | 15(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 28(1)[2] | 25(1)[2] | 19 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (94 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 300339 | Medicaments; containing hormones (excluding insulin), (but not containing antibiotics), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not packaged for retail sale | 2023 | 99.36% | 15,241,395 |
| 2 | Qatar | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | 2023 | 98.17% | 151,708,497 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 040520 | Dairy produce; dairy spreads | 2023 | 95.57% | 29,164,253 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2023 | 94.76% | 235,358,368 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 290511 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, methanol (methyl alcohol) | 2023 | 92.76% | 97,132,674 |
| 6 | 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 | 2023 | 91.09% | 19,267,381 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 290250 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene | 2023 | 90.16% | 96,314,565 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2023 | 89.81% | 17,940,110 |
| 9 | 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) | 2023 | 89.00% | 38,955,482 |
| 10 | Qatar | 280429 | Gases, rare; other than argon | 2023 | 85.33% | 49,538,946 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2023 | 84.64% | 36,393,803 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 680710 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) in rolls | 2023 | 83.17% | 28,798,910 |
| 13 | 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% | 2023 | 81.87% | 64,598,986 |
| 14 | Iraq | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen; obtained from bituminous minerals | 2023 | 81.56% | 114,417,767 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 741300 | Copper; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | 2023 | 80.87% | 24,095,619 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 854420 | Insulated electric conductors; co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors | 2023 | 80.05% | 280,330,719 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 730411 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); seamless, line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, of stainless steel | 2023 | 79.61% | 68,135,096 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 190540 | Food preparations; rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products, whether or not containing cocoa | 2023 | 79.41% | 64,203,344 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 382370 | Industrial fatty alcohols | 2023 | 78.69% | 18,722,921 |
| 20 | Iran | 091020 | Spices; saffron | 2023 | 76.43% | 14,634,246 |
| 21 | 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 | 2023 | 75.59% | 38,943,506 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 292910 | Nitrogen-function compounds; n.e.c. in chapter 29, isocyanates | 2023 | 73.34% | 85,076,424 |
| 23 | 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 | 2023 | 73.20% | 42,725,188 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 291532 | Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate | 2023 | 73.06% | 15,549,937 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 020711 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled | 2023 | 72.65% | 44,294,239 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 382440 | Cements, mortars or concretes; their prepared additives | 2023 | 71.98% | 156,214,965 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 290943 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; monobutyl ethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol | 2023 | 71.63% | 23,695,180 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 291612 | Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; esters of acrylic acid | 2023 | 70.16% | 34,492,984 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms | 2023 | 69.92% | 132,416,143 |
| 30 | Bahrain | 721632 | Iron or non-alloy steel; I sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2023 | 68.21% | 97,115,710 |
| 31 | Qatar | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2023 | 67.93% | 21,224,407 |
| 32 | Qatar | 290919 | Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether | 2023 | 67.51% | 110,846,789 |
| 33 | Iraq | 271490 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; asphaltites and asphaltic rock | 2023 | 65.98% | 91,973,691 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 320910 | Paints and varnishes; based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | 2023 | 65.82% | 37,551,245 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2023 | 64.57% | 285,031,749 |
| 36 | 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 | 2023 | 64.47% | 246,136,616 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 290941 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol) | 2023 | 64.24% | 25,002,997 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 700800 | Glass; multiple-walled insulating units of glass | 2023 | 63.97% | 18,714,822 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 300390 | Medicaments; (not containing antibiotics, hormones, alkaloids or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale) | 2023 | 62.17% | 19,348,705 |
| 40 | Russian Federation | 880211 | Helicopters, except unmanned; of an unladen weight not exceeding 2000kg | 2023 | 61.69% | 13,901,154 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 680610 | Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools (including intermixtures thereof), in bulk, sheets or rolls | 2023 | 60.71% | 19,185,308 |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 290531 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) | 2023 | 60.27% | 19,473,913 |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 390130 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers | 2023 | 59.23% | 14,179,449 |
| 44 | Iran | 080620 | Fruit, edible; grapes, dried | 2023 | 58.68% | 27,909,654 |
| 45 | 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 | 2023 | 58.19% | 13,798,761 |
| 46 | 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 | 2023 | 57.89% | 108,047,127 |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 290532 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; propylene glycol (propane-1, 2-diol) | 2023 | 57.36% | 26,291,237 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 390791 | Polyesters; n.e.c. in heading no. 3907, unsaturated, in primary forms | 2023 | 56.59% | 13,162,013 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 080410 | Fruit, edible; dates, fresh or dried | 2023 | 56.24% | 121,389,373 |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2023 | 55.85% | 264,009,233 |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 292129 | Amine-function compounds; acyclic polyamines and their derivatives, and salts thereof, n.e.c. in item no. 2921.2 | 2023 | 55.27% | 10,031,191 |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 390740 | Polycarbonates; in primary forms | 2023 | 53.64% | 21,303,313 |
| 53 | Iran | 680299 | Stone; natural (excluding marble, travertine, alabaster, other calcareous stone or granite), monumental or building stone, (other than simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface) | 2023 | 53.63% | 13,030,819 |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 290513 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol) | 2023 | 50.90% | 10,496,401 |
| 55 | 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) | 2023 | 50.39% | 77,576,220 |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 151529 | Vegetable oils; maize (corn) oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2023 | 50.32% | 18,162,553 |
| 57 | Kuwait | 711291 | Waste and scrap of precious metals; of gold, including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals | 2023 | 49.74% | 33,742,646 |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 390140 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2023 | 49.46% | 159,629,277 |
| 59 | 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 | 2023 | 49.28% | 38,018,547 |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 040620 | Dairy produce; cheese of all kinds, grated or powdered | 2023 | 48.78% | 33,385,960 |
| 61 | Iran | 080252 | Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, shelled | 2023 | 48.69% | 21,231,526 |
| 62 | Qatar | 270900 | Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | 2023 | 48.33% | 1,310,953,264 |
| 63 | Saudi Arabia | 740400 | Copper; waste and scrap | 2023 | 48.17% | 93,425,605 |
| 64 | 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 | 2023 | 47.67% | 19,369,822 |
| 65 | 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 | 2023 | 46.54% | 11,603,613 |
| 66 | Russian Federation | 722530 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, in coils | 2023 | 45.87% | 29,563,607 |
| 67 | Bahrain | 260112 | Iron ores and concentrates; agglomerated (excluding roasted iron pyrites) | 2023 | 45.49% | 447,603,643 |
| 68 | Bahrain | 040630 | Dairy produce; cheese, processed (not grated or powdered) | 2023 | 45.45% | 84,986,963 |
| 69 | Ukraine | 151219 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2023 | 44.43% | 43,035,771 |
| 70 | Saudi Arabia | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2023 | 43.09% | 36,151,341 |
| 71 | Saudi Arabia | 190219 | Food preparations; pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 2023 | 42.73% | 41,380,233 |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 730611 | Steel; stainless; line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines n.e.c. in chapter 73, welded, (not seamless) | 2023 | 42.55% | 11,593,947 |
| 73 | Bahrain | 721633 | Iron or non-alloy steel; H sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2023 | 42.25% | 70,712,356 |
| 74 | Qatar | 381700 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2023 | 42.25% | 15,270,330 |
| 75 | Russian Federation | 282520 | Lithium oxide and hydroxide | 2023 | 41.57% | 15,536,572 |
| 76 | 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 | 2023 | 40.46% | 15,578,666 |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 250510 | Sands; natural, silica and quartz sands, whether or not coloured | 2023 | 39.85% | 35,026,595 |
| 78 | Russian Federation | 100199 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | 2023 | 39.63% | 215,661,321 |
| 79 | Saudi Arabia | 150710 | Vegetable oils; soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | 2023 | 39.60% | 17,990,095 |
| 80 | Iran | 080711 | Fruit, edible; watermelons, fresh | 2023 | 38.62% | 13,383,861 |
| 81 | Saudi Arabia | 382319 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; (other than stearic acid, oleic acid or tall oil fatty acids) | 2023 | 37.87% | 15,121,890 |
| 82 | Russian Federation | 722511 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented | 2023 | 37.53% | 57,721,250 |
| 83 | Kuwait | 290531 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) | 2023 | 37.18% | 12,013,041 |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 291531 | Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; ethyl acetate | 2023 | 36.39% | 15,455,672 |
| 85 | 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 | 2023 | 36.29% | 100,139,227 |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 390769 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate); in primary forms, having a viscosity of less than 78ml/g | 2023 | 36.04% | 20,956,475 |
| 87 | Kuwait | 711311 | Jewellery; of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal, and parts thereof | 2023 | 35.80% | 125,851,926 |
| 88 | Russian Federation | 071310 | Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2023 | 35.34% | 13,913,690 |
| 89 | Russian Federation | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2023 | 33.50% | 27,616,776 |
| 90 | Bahrain | 721610 | Iron or non-alloy steel; U, I or H sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of less than 80mm | 2023 | 32.06% | 13,026,584 |
| 91 | Saudi Arabia | 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | 2023 | 31.41% | 94,258,671 |
| 92 | 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 | 2023 | 31.15% | 25,513,590 |
| 93 | Iran | 070200 | Vegetables; tomatoes, fresh or chilled | 2023 | 31.07% | 16,484,717 |
| 94 | Iraq | 271119 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711 | 2023 | 30.72% | 15,142,680 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 60 occurrences
Russian Federation: 7 occurrences
Qatar: 6 occurrences
Bahrain: 6 occurrences
Iran: 6 occurrences
Kuwait: 4 occurrences
Iraq: 3 occurrences
Ukraine: 2 occurrences
Critical Goods in table:
270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...
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.