Country Matrix
For 2023, the matrix below shows Iraq'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.
Iraq
Year: 2023(50 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 130(50)[1] | 100(45)[1] | 85(39)[1] | 66(35)[1] | 44(25)[1] | 26(14)[1] | 17(10)[1] |
| >= 50 mln USD | 44(15)[1] | 40(15)[1] | 36(14)[1] | 28(13)[1] | 22(10)[1] | 14(6)[1] | 7(3)[1] |
| >= 100 mln USD | 25(8)[1] | 22(8)[1] | 20(8)[1] | 15(7)[1] | 12(6)[1] | 6(3)[1] | 2(1)[1] |
| >= 200 mln USD | 12(5)[1] | 12(5)[1] | 12(5)[1] | 10(5)[1] | 9(4)[1] | 5(2)[1] | 2(1)[1] |
| >= 500 mln USD | 4(1)[1] | 4(1)[1] | 4(1)[1] | 3(1)[1] | 2[1] | 1[1] | 1[1] |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (50 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 0705 | Lettuce (lactuca sativa) and chicory (cichorium spp.) fresh or chilled | 2023 | 100.00% | 10,199,939 |
| 2 | Iran | 2821 | Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2o3 | 2023 | 99.73% | 21,561,472 |
| 3 | Iran | 0702 | Tomatoes; fresh or chilled | 2023 | 98.54% | 27,356,953 |
| 4 | Iran | 0807 | Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas); fresh | 2023 | 98.20% | 97,184,634 |
| 5 | Iran | 3603 | Safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric detonators | 2023 | 97.49% | 24,032,000 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 2515 | Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous stone; of an apparent specific gravity of less than 2.5, alabaster, whether cut by sawing etc, into blocks, slabs of a rectangular (square) shape | 2023 | 96.70% | 27,833,200 |
| 7 | Iran | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2023 | 95.65% | 65,287,523 |
| 8 | Iran | 0407 | Birds' eggs, in shell; fresh, preserved or cooked | 2023 | 91.87% | 370,853,781 |
| 9 | Iran | 6904 | Ceramic building bricks, floor blocks, support or filler tiles and the like | 2023 | 91.61% | 14,119,064 |
| 10 | Iran | 0708 | Leguminous vegetables; shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled | 2023 | 90.02% | 14,028,831 |
| 11 | Iran | 0808 | Apples, pears and quinces; fresh | 2023 | 89.46% | 59,732,688 |
| 12 | Iran | 6908 | Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; glazed ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing. | 2023 | 81.57% | 332,116,625 |
| 13 | Iran | 2523 | Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers | 2023 | 80.65% | 133,241,448 |
| 14 | Iran | 0712 | Vegetables, dried; whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared | 2023 | 80.09% | 21,538,820 |
| 15 | Iran | 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 | 79.56% | 19,146,206 |
| 16 | Iran | 7312 | Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated | 2023 | 77.78% | 212,564,126 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 8307 | Tubing; flexible, with or without fittings, of base metal | 2023 | 76.93% | 22,053,365 |
| 18 | Iran | 6802 | Monumental or building stone, worked (except slate) and articles thereof (not of heading no. 6801) mosaic cubes etc., of natural stone including slate; artificially coloured granules of natural stone | 2023 | 75.91% | 83,814,863 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2023 | 75.34% | 23,662,372 |
| 20 | Iran | 0302 | Fish; fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 | 2023 | 74.80% | 10,341,599 |
| 21 | Iran | 7214 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling | 2023 | 73.82% | 268,763,783 |
| 22 | Iran | 1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa | 2023 | 73.39% | 18,619,089 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 6801 | Stone; setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate) | 2023 | 72.64% | 21,625,600 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 7308 | Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures | 2023 | 70.66% | 128,372,807 |
| 25 | Kuwait | 2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals | 2023 | 70.60% | 14,242,134 |
| 26 | Iran | 0809 | Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh | 2023 | 68.91% | 31,154,364 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 7113 | Jewellery articles and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2023 | 66.71% | 66,988,250 |
| 28 | Ukraine | 1206 | Sunflower seeds; whether or not broken | 2023 | 66.54% | 40,392,000 |
| 29 | Iran | 7413 | Copper; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | 2023 | 65.04% | 32,298,549 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 3209 | Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | 2023 | 64.06% | 23,793,376 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 1902 | Pasta; whether or not cooked or stuffed with meat or other substance, or otherwise prepared, egg spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared | 2023 | 63.79% | 13,884,160 |
| 32 | Iran | 7216 | Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections | 2023 | 63.55% | 82,268,588 |
| 33 | Iran | 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 | 2023 | 62.95% | 568,832,684 |
| 34 | Iran | 7003 | Glass; cast glass and rolled glass in sheets or profiles, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked | 2023 | 62.88% | 17,525,889 |
| 35 | Iran | 3919 | Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls | 2023 | 62.04% | 21,042,852 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 7114 | Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2023 | 59.19% | 172,501,809 |
| 37 | Iran | 3924 | Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and hygienic or toilet articles, of plastics | 2023 | 57.69% | 20,300,094 |
| 38 | Iran | 7010 | Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules, containers of glass of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures of glass | 2023 | 51.63% | 22,810,251 |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 7306 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2023 | 50.87% | 35,928,633 |
| 40 | Iran | 0303 | Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 | 2023 | 47.05% | 13,473,985 |
| 41 | Iran | 2004 | Vegetables preparations n.e.c.; prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading no. 2006 | 2023 | 46.25% | 41,575,956 |
| 42 | Iran | 3923 | Plastic articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures of plastics | 2023 | 43.62% | 22,777,897 |
| 43 | Iran | 1905 | Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products | 2023 | 42.61% | 29,864,810 |
| 44 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2023 | 42.09% | 97,407,829 |
| 45 | Iran | 0406 | Cheese and curd | 2023 | 41.90% | 44,784,562 |
| 46 | Iran | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2023 | 39.40% | 17,765,365 |
| 47 | Iran | 9403 | Furniture and parts thereof, n.e.c. in chapter 94 | 2023 | 39.37% | 26,279,056 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 0406 | Cheese and curd | 2023 | 33.60% | 35,910,051 |
| 49 | Iran | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2023 | 32.46% | 28,828,110 |
| 50 | Iran | 0805 | Citrus fruit; fresh or dried | 2023 | 31.49% | 33,388,505 |
Partner frequency summary:
Iran: 36 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 9 occurrences
Ukraine: 2 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences
Kuwait: 1 occurrence
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.