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(54 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 195(54)[1] | 128(39)[1] | 90(32)[1] | 66(23)[1] | 44(14) | 29(11) | 13(4) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 53(13)[1] | 38(11)[1] | 30(11)[1] | 26(10)[1] | 19(6) | 11(6) | 6(2) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 22(5) | 17(4) | 16(4) | 14(4) | 11(2) | 6(2) | 5(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 8(2) | 7(2) | 7(2) | 6(2) | 4(1) | 2(1) | 1 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (54 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 4813 | Cigarette paper, whether or not cut to size or in the form of booklets or tubes | 2017 | 98.75% | 14,057,084 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2017 | 98.74% | 56,232,114 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 2517 | Pebbles, gravel, crushed stone for concrete aggregates for road or railway ballast, shingle or flint; macadam of slag, dross etc tarred granules, chippings, powder of stones of heading no. 2515 and 2516 | 2017 | 98.44% | 139,906,937 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 7209 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated | 2017 | 93.33% | 27,722,734 |
| 5 | Bahrain | 6210 | Garments made up of fabrics of heading no. 5602, 5603, 5903, 5906 or 5907 (not knitted or crocheted) | 2017 | 89.39% | 77,388,896 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 2521 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 2017 | 88.07% | 28,467,363 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 6801 | Stone; setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate) | 2017 | 87.48% | 10,549,435 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2017 | 87.07% | 368,348,363 |
| 9 | 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. | 2017 | 85.52% | 62,348,677 |
| 10 | 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 | 2017 | 85.07% | 17,086,749 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2017 | 84.47% | 64,410,709 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2017 | 78.61% | 21,642,049 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2017 | 78.45% | 18,845,024 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2017 | 76.75% | 18,076,814 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 4818 | Toilet paper, width 36cm or less or cut to size/shape; handkerchiefs, tissues, towels, serviettes, bed sheets and similar household or hospital articles, apparel and clothing accessories of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres | 2017 | 67.09% | 38,303,098 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 3208 | Paints, varnishes; (enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium | 2017 | 65.47% | 39,333,107 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 7113 | Jewellery articles and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2017 | 64.85% | 467,688,587 |
| 18 | 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 | 2017 | 63.71% | 53,017,454 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 2710 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils | 2017 | 62.91% | 80,555,693 |
| 20 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2017 | 62.86% | 13,588,615 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 4803 | Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar; for household or sanitary uses, cellulose wadding, webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls over 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side exceeding 36cm when unfolded | 2017 | 61.46% | 12,506,289 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2017 | 61.15% | 36,866,897 |
| 23 | 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 | 2017 | 60.50% | 127,900,309 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 7309 | 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 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2017 | 55.29% | 75,139,402 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 9033 | Machines and appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90; parts and accessories n.e.c. in chapter 90 | 2017 | 54.45% | 16,312,238 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 4811 | Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, coated, impregnated, covered, surface-coloured, decorated or printed, rolls or sheets, other than goods of heading no. 4803, 4809, or 4810 | 2017 | 54.27% | 17,963,711 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 0713 | Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2017 | 53.83% | 20,433,042 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 6102 | Coats; women's or girls' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, ski-jackets, wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, knitted or crocheted, other than those of heading no. 6104 | 2017 | 53.32% | 10,416,232 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 7005 | Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked | 2017 | 51.43% | 11,016,044 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2017 | 50.98% | 26,850,506 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 3903 | Polymers of styrene, in primary forms | 2017 | 50.74% | 17,318,756 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 4819 | Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and the like, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or fibres; box files, letter trays and the like, of paper or paperboard, of a kind used in offices, shops or the like | 2017 | 49.99% | 23,641,497 |
| 34 | Iran | 1213 | Cereal straw and husks, unprepared; whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets | 2017 | 48.43% | 14,623,579 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 9619 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2017 | 46.48% | 35,513,238 |
| 36 | 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 | 2017 | 45.58% | 12,340,380 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2017 | 44.15% | 31,549,210 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2017 | 41.95% | 22,100,356 |
| 39 | Iran | 7203 | Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2017 | 40.97% | 26,897,680 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2017 | 38.06% | 15,420,354 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 7225 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more | 2017 | 37.79% | 16,328,123 |
| 42 | 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 | 2017 | 36.68% | 49,854,121 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 8901 | Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods | 2017 | 35.76% | 12,177,007 |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 7019 | Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (e.g. yarn, rovings, woven fabrics) | 2017 | 35.44% | 13,166,717 |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 2304 | 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 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 3917 | Tubes, pipes and hoses and fittings thereof (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics | 2017 | 34.46% | 44,335,494 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 9406 | Buildings; prefabricated | 2017 | 33.46% | 24,281,997 |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 0306 | Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, steamed or boiled, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine | 2017 | 32.53% | 17,527,094 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 8716 | Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof | 2017 | 32.16% | 17,646,449 |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2017 | 31.89% | 22,792,461 |
| 51 | 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 | 2017 | 31.80% | 158,366,620 |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 0804 | Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens; fresh or dried | 2017 | 31.35% | 19,228,414 |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2017 | 30.72% | 52,304,548 |
| 54 | Russian Federation | 7203 | Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2017 | 30.35% | 19,922,599 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 25 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 22 occurrences
Iran: 3 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Bahrain: 2 occurrences
Critical Goods in table:
2710 - 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.