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(39 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 448(39)[3] | 288(25)[3] | 180(12)[1] | 110(7)[1] | 75(5) | 41(2) | 18(1) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 209(19)[2] | 142(14)[2] | 93(7) | 59(3) | 36(2) | 19(1) | 11(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 139(11)[2] | 98(7)[2] | 65(3) | 40(1) | 28(1) | 16(1) | 9(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 78(6)[2] | 52(4)[2] | 39(1) | 26 | 20 | 11 | 7 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 33(2)[2] | 26(2)[2] | 21(1) | 14 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (39 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 2815 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) peroxides of sodium or potassium | 2023 | 94.33% | 151,910,874 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 7413 | Copper; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | 2023 | 80.87% | 24,095,619 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2023 | 76.50% | 32,514,188 |
| 4 | 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 | 2023 | 75.41% | 39,600,808 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 2929 | Nitrogen-function compounds, n.e.c. in chapter 29 | 2023 | 73.30% | 85,077,359 |
| 6 | Iraq | 2714 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks | 2023 | 65.98% | 91,973,691 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 7008 | Glass; multiple-walled insulating units of glass | 2023 | 63.97% | 18,714,822 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2023 | 56.79% | 79,429,575 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2023 | 55.42% | 747,253,567 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2023 | 55.01% | 164,612,293 |
| 11 | 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. | 2023 | 54.01% | 52,448,515 |
| 12 | 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 | 2023 | 50.87% | 37,551,647 |
| 13 | 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 | 2023 | 49.66% | 84,186,280 |
| 14 | Qatar | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2023 | 48.33% | 1,310,953,264 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 7404 | Copper; waste and scrap | 2023 | 48.17% | 93,425,605 |
| 16 | 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 | 2023 | 47.06% | 38,018,547 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2023 | 46.55% | 137,708,867 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 2916 | Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic, cyclic monocarboxylic, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2023 | 45.89% | 41,216,830 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2023 | 45.54% | 66,256,354 |
| 20 | Bahrain | 2601 | Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites | 2023 | 44.93% | 447,603,643 |
| 21 | Iran | 0704 | Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas; fresh or chilled | 2023 | 43.38% | 12,591,616 |
| 22 | Qatar | 3817 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2023 | 42.25% | 15,270,330 |
| 23 | Qatar | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2023 | 41.21% | 21,283,960 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 6809 | Plaster or compositions based on plaster; articles thereof | 2023 | 40.97% | 11,700,006 |
| 25 | 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 | 2023 | 40.60% | 248,158,641 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 2505 | Sands of all kinds; natural, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26 | 2023 | 39.60% | 35,032,008 |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 1001 | Wheat and meslin | 2023 | 39.42% | 215,661,321 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 3823 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols | 2023 | 38.83% | 33,877,201 |
| 29 | 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 | 2023 | 38.11% | 54,913,331 |
| 30 | Qatar | 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 | 2023 | 38.08% | 110,846,789 |
| 31 | 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 | 2023 | 35.10% | 15,286,691 |
| 32 | Bahrain | 7308 | Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures | 2023 | 34.83% | 237,053,303 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 7305 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (e.g. welded, riveted or similarly closed), having circular cross-sections, external diameter of which exceeds 406.4mm, not seamless | 2023 | 33.64% | 108,254,367 |
| 34 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2023 | 33.28% | 27,616,776 |
| 35 | 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 | 2023 | 33.02% | 19,103,141 |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 1507 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2023 | 32.94% | 18,690,205 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 6806 | Slag, rock wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag, mixtures and articles of heat, sound insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials | 2023 | 31.26% | 19,672,495 |
| 38 | Iran | 0702 | Tomatoes; fresh or chilled | 2023 | 31.07% | 16,484,717 |
| 39 | Kuwait | 7112 | Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste and scrap containing precious metal compounds, of a kind uses principally for the recovery of precious metal other than goods of heading 85.49 | 2023 | 30.07% | 33,752,350 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 25 occurrences
Qatar: 5 occurrences
Bahrain: 2 occurrences
Iran: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Iraq: 1 occurrence
Ukraine: 1 occurrence
Kuwait: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...
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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.