Country Matrix
For 2017, the matrix below shows Kuwait'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.
Kuwait
Year: 2017(77 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 294(77)[1] | 231(64)[1] | 178(55)[1] | 134(45)[1] | 105(34) | 78(23) | 39(13) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 45(9)[1] | 37(8)[1] | 31(8)[1] | 26(8)[1] | 23(6) | 16(5) | 9(3) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 13(4) | 13(4) | 12(4) | 11(4) | 10(3) | 8(2) | 5(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 5(2) | 5(2) | 4(2) | 4(2) | 3(1) | 2(1) | 1 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (77 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2017 | 99.92% | 56,232,114 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 481390 | Paper, cigarette; (other than in rolls of a width not exceeding 5cm, or in booklets or tubes) | 2017 | 99.72% | 13,595,189 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 251710 | Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone; of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated | 2017 | 99.39% | 139,906,613 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 040140 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6% but not exceeding 10% | 2017 | 99.30% | 45,913,948 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 020713 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, fresh or chilled | 2017 | 97.77% | 11,824,431 |
| 6 | 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) | 2017 | 97.42% | 17,076,228 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 720990 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, n.e.c. in heading no. 7209 | 2017 | 96.22% | 27,718,813 |
| 8 | Bahrain | 621010 | Garments; of felt or non-wovens (not knitted or crocheted) | 2017 | 96.00% | 77,386,746 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 760519 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension is 7mm or less | 2017 | 95.21% | 21,388,387 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 040310 | Dairy produce; yoghurt, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa | 2017 | 94.92% | 42,142,086 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 700529 | Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, non-wired, (other than coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or merely surface ground) | 2017 | 92.06% | 10,981,970 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 481830 | Paper articles; tablecloths and serviettes, of paper, cellulose wadding or fibres | 2017 | 91.92% | 17,333,579 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 160210 | Meat preparations; homogenised preparations of meat, meat offal blood or insects | 2017 | 90.02% | 10,125,120 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 680710 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) in rolls | 2017 | 88.76% | 15,967,701 |
| 15 | 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 | 2017 | 88.40% | 49,189,134 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 252100 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 2017 | 88.07% | 28,467,363 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 080410 | Fruit, edible; dates, fresh or dried | 2017 | 87.74% | 18,216,044 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 680100 | Stone; setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate) | 2017 | 87.48% | 10,549,435 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2017 | 87.29% | 368,348,363 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 320890 | Paints and varnishes; based on polymers n.e.c. in heading no. 3208, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium | 2017 | 86.09% | 38,548,010 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 290943 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; monobutyl ethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol | 2017 | 85.10% | 18,844,658 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 190540 | Food preparations; rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products, whether or not containing cocoa | 2017 | 81.55% | 12,517,641 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 252329 | Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2017 | 81.30% | 53,616,227 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations; surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | 2017 | 79.28% | 125,948,245 |
| 25 | Iran | 252310 | Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured) | 2017 | 79.02% | 29,312,268 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 610220 | Coats; women's or girls' overcoats, car-coats, capes, anoraks, wind-jackets and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excluding those of heading no. 6104) | 2017 | 74.97% | 10,386,886 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 391729 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of plastics n.e.c. in heading no. 3917 | 2017 | 74.64% | 17,303,966 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 481920 | Paper and paperboard; folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard | 2017 | 74.10% | 21,576,270 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 340213 | Organic surface-active agents; non-ionic (other than soap), whether or not put up for retail sale | 2017 | 73.98% | 13,274,849 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2017 | 73.94% | 11,455,203 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 481159 | Paper and paperboard; coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives), other than bleached and weighing more than 150g/m2, other than goods of heading no. 4803, 4809, or 4810 | 2017 | 72.24% | 17,545,422 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 040390 | Dairy produce; buttermilk, curdled milk or cream, kephir, fermented or acidified milk or cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sweetening, flavouring, fruit, nuts or cocoa (excluding yoghurt) | 2017 | 70.88% | 20,206,590 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 390311 | Styrene polymers; expansible polystyrene, in primary forms | 2017 | 70.86% | 12,609,944 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 040299 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than in powder, granules or other solid forms | 2017 | 70.23% | 13,969,228 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 854470 | Insulated electric conductors; optical fibre cables | 2017 | 69.13% | 42,052,744 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 391740 | Plastics; tube, pipe and hose fittings (e.g. joints, elbows, flanges) | 2017 | 69.03% | 37,990,805 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 151529 | Vegetable oils; maize (corn) oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2017 | 67.80% | 10,970,071 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 722530 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, in coils | 2017 | 66.86% | 12,043,165 |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2017 | 66.76% | 23,547,988 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2017 | 66.05% | 36,105,740 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 711319 | Jewellery; of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | 2017 | 65.27% | 467,681,610 |
| 42 | Bahrain | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2017 | 63.16% | 12,053,382 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2017 | 63.00% | 80,532,822 |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 480300 | Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar; for household or sanitary use, cellulose, wadding webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls exceeding 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side more than 36cm in unfolded state | 2017 | 61.46% | 12,506,289 |
| 45 | Qatar | 848110 | Valves; pressure reducing, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like | 2017 | 60.63% | 22,006,256 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 730900 | Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers; for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, capacity exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat insulated | 2017 | 59.69% | 42,256,891 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2017 | 57.14% | 40,730,590 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 730830 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | 2017 | 57.13% | 22,722,113 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 190219 | Food preparations; pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 2017 | 56.19% | 11,214,877 |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 940421 | Mattresses; of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not covered | 2017 | 55.83% | 12,037,837 |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | 2017 | 54.91% | 24,965,372 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 903300 | Machines and appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90; parts and accessories n.e.c. in chapter 90 | 2017 | 54.45% | 16,312,238 |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 841582 | Air conditioning machines; containing a motor driven fan, other than window or wall types, incorporating a refrigerating unit | 2017 | 53.26% | 33,961,151 |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 701990 | Glass fibres; n.e.c. in heading no. 7019 | 2017 | 51.63% | 12,913,655 |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 330510 | Hair preparations; shampoos | 2017 | 50.62% | 24,181,762 |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 382440 | Cements, mortars or concretes; their prepared additives | 2017 | 49.73% | 20,391,160 |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 252390 | Cement; hydraulic kinds n.e.c. in heading no. 2523 | 2017 | 49.03% | 11,957,304 |
| 58 | Iran | 121300 | Cereal straw and husks; unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets | 2017 | 48.43% | 14,623,579 |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2017 | 46.48% | 35,513,238 |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 730799 | Iron or steel; tube or pipe fittings, n.e.c. in item no. 7307.9, other than stainless steel | 2017 | 45.32% | 33,748,075 |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 854442 | Insulated electric conductors; for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors | 2017 | 45.24% | 29,753,507 |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2017 | 42.52% | 13,200,870 |
| 63 | Iran | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2017 | 41.01% | 26,897,680 |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 890190 | Vessels; n.e.c. in heading no. 8901, for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods | 2017 | 40.74% | 12,026,100 |
| 65 | Saudi Arabia | 190590 | Food preparations; bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | 2017 | 39.65% | 32,308,564 |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 730690 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2017 | 39.39% | 13,536,176 |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 180610 | Cocoa; powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2017 | 38.02% | 14,359,235 |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 940690 | Buildings; prefabricated, not of wood | 2017 | 35.56% | 23,778,501 |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 040690 | Dairy produce; cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406 | 2017 | 34.72% | 25,703,131 |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | 2017 | 34.56% | 12,183,802 |
| 71 | United Arab Emirates | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products; in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | 2017 | 33.84% | 11,060,452 |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | 030617 | Crustaceans; frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | 2017 | 33.25% | 14,605,841 |
| 73 | Saudi Arabia | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2017 | 32.86% | 11,591,148 |
| 74 | Bahrain | 853890 | Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537 | 2017 | 31.82% | 19,320,018 |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 180631 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa; in blocks, slabs or bars, filled, weighing 2kg or less | 2017 | 31.51% | 10,607,647 |
| 76 | United Arab Emirates | 730890 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | 2017 | 31.31% | 89,850,992 |
| 77 | Russian Federation | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2017 | 30.38% | 19,922,599 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 36 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 32 occurrences
Bahrain: 3 occurrences
Iran: 3 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
271019 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...
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.