Country Matrix
For 2019, 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: 2019(79 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 265(79)[1] | 214(66)[1] | 169(58)[1] | 137(48)[1] | 103(34) | 80(28) | 47(16) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 42(14)[1] | 39(12)[1] | 31(12)[1] | 26(10)[1] | 23(8) | 18(7) | 12(5) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 19(6) | 18(6) | 15(6) | 12(5) | 12(5) | 9(4) | 6(3) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 7(4) | 7(4) | 6(4) | 5(3) | 5(3) | 4(3) | 3(2) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (79 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 890520 | Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | 2019 | 100.00% | 22,269,816 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 481390 | Paper, cigarette; (other than in rolls of a width not exceeding 5cm, or in booklets or tubes) | 2019 | 99.94% | 25,827,198 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 730539 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (other than line pipe or casing of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines), welded (not longitudinally welded), having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm, (not seamless) | 2019 | 99.60% | 17,832,978 |
| 4 | 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 | 2019 | 99.35% | 263,830,265 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 720990 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, n.e.c. in heading no. 7209 | 2019 | 99.15% | 16,747,804 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 721310 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process | 2019 | 98.91% | 25,337,575 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 252321 | Cement; portland, white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2019 | 98.15% | 11,922,362 |
| 8 | 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) | 2019 | 97.49% | 19,733,705 |
| 9 | 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% | 2019 | 96.88% | 18,389,684 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 481730 | Paper and paperboard; boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums containing an assortment of paper stationery | 2019 | 95.46% | 10,497,990 |
| 11 | Bahrain | 621010 | Garments; of felt or non-wovens (not knitted or crocheted) | 2019 | 95.24% | 109,845,724 |
| 12 | 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 | 2019 | 95.18% | 53,781,691 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 392113 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of polyurethanes, cellular | 2019 | 93.81% | 11,780,301 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 680710 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) in rolls | 2019 | 92.10% | 20,736,845 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | 2019 | 92.09% | 217,877,632 |
| 16 | Iran | 252310 | Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured) | 2019 | 90.33% | 60,957,892 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2019 | 89.27% | 55,711,425 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 080410 | Fruit, edible; dates, fresh or dried | 2019 | 89.19% | 28,915,725 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 760519 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension is 7mm or less | 2019 | 87.47% | 11,895,190 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2019 | 87.36% | 320,900,022 |
| 21 | Bahrain | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2019 | 87.20% | 18,547,586 |
| 22 | 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 | 2019 | 86.58% | 40,343,920 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 190540 | Food preparations; rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products, whether or not containing cocoa | 2019 | 86.57% | 22,621,271 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 890110 | Cruise ships, excursion boats and similar vessels, principally designed for the transport of persons, ferry boats of all kinds | 2019 | 85.94% | 31,410,976 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 360300 | Fuses and detonators; safety or detonating fuses, percussion or detonating caps, igniters, electric detonators | 2019 | 85.82% | 10,167,773 |
| 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) | 2019 | 83.93% | 15,607,066 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 290943 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; monobutyl ethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol | 2019 | 82.03% | 17,740,617 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2019 | 81.93% | 33,370,246 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2019 | 79.86% | 12,612,468 |
| 30 | 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 | 2019 | 79.54% | 132,277,339 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 760692 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, (not rectangular or square) | 2019 | 77.97% | 32,310,336 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 040299 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than in powder, granules or other solid forms | 2019 | 77.51% | 24,920,571 |
| 33 | Qatar | 848110 | Valves; pressure reducing, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like | 2019 | 76.78% | 30,261,996 |
| 34 | 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 | 2019 | 76.40% | 28,359,675 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 190219 | Food preparations; pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 2019 | 69.43% | 13,757,228 |
| 36 | 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 | 2019 | 67.73% | 24,327,385 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2019 | 67.25% | 40,998,242 |
| 38 | Lebanon | 200490 | Vegetable preparations; vegetables and mixtures of vegetables (excluding potatoes), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen | 2019 | 67.13% | 18,261,715 |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | 2019 | 66.67% | 10,149,997 |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2019 | 65.40% | 17,136,871 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 481820 | Paper articles; handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels | 2019 | 64.90% | 10,544,779 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 903300 | Machines and appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90; parts and accessories n.e.c. in chapter 90 | 2019 | 63.99% | 22,987,604 |
| 43 | 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 | 2019 | 63.39% | 15,398,832 |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 700800 | Glass; multiple-walled insulating units of glass | 2019 | 63.08% | 11,070,280 |
| 45 | 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) | 2019 | 62.49% | 18,049,207 |
| 46 | Bahrain | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2019 | 61.62% | 52,301,077 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 252100 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 2019 | 61.54% | 22,802,064 |
| 48 | 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 | 2019 | 60.86% | 84,130,732 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 481910 | Paper and paperboard; cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard | 2019 | 57.35% | 10,699,992 |
| 50 | Lebanon | 080610 | Fruit, edible; grapes, fresh | 2019 | 56.14% | 15,600,861 |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2019 | 55.91% | 75,053,316 |
| 52 | Iran | 121300 | Cereal straw and husks; unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets | 2019 | 54.75% | 14,520,715 |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 711319 | Jewellery; of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | 2019 | 54.13% | 374,853,599 |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 841582 | Air conditioning machines; containing a motor driven fan, other than window or wall types, incorporating a refrigerating unit | 2019 | 53.96% | 21,581,321 |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 722530 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, in coils | 2019 | 52.49% | 16,444,528 |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 854420 | Insulated electric conductors; co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors | 2019 | 52.45% | 48,083,480 |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 701990 | Glass fibres; n.e.c. in heading no. 7019 | 2019 | 52.30% | 15,253,316 |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 392190 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, other than cellular | 2019 | 52.13% | 12,360,570 |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2019 | 49.02% | 39,618,094 |
| 60 | 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 | 2019 | 47.75% | 20,790,983 |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 210112 | Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | 2019 | 46.25% | 14,344,304 |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2019 | 45.46% | 10,399,420 |
| 63 | Bahrain | 902110 | Orthopaedic or fracture appliances | 2019 | 45.42% | 12,401,016 |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 252329 | Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2019 | 43.92% | 33,310,939 |
| 65 | Bahrain | 853890 | Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537 | 2019 | 43.39% | 28,333,880 |
| 66 | Iran | 080711 | Fruit, edible; watermelons, fresh | 2019 | 42.41% | 11,971,529 |
| 67 | 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 | 2019 | 39.99% | 53,677,589 |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 190532 | Food preparations; waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa | 2019 | 36.48% | 11,170,622 |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 330510 | Hair preparations; shampoos | 2019 | 36.24% | 18,445,990 |
| 70 | Lebanon | 080810 | Fruit, edible; apples, fresh | 2019 | 34.98% | 12,954,464 |
| 71 | 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 | 2019 | 34.84% | 31,575,802 |
| 72 | 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) | 2019 | 33.66% | 11,324,919 |
| 73 | Bahrain | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories; n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | 2019 | 32.27% | 55,852,839 |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 854420 | Insulated electric conductors; co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors | 2019 | 32.00% | 29,332,060 |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 252329 | Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2019 | 31.85% | 24,158,403 |
| 76 | Russian Federation | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2019 | 31.51% | 26,748,666 |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 040690 | Dairy produce; cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406 | 2019 | 30.98% | 23,861,711 |
| 78 | Lebanon | 200599 | Vegetable preparations; vegetables and mixtures of vegetables n.e.c. in heading no. 2005, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen | 2019 | 30.13% | 15,077,501 |
| 79 | 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 | 2019 | 30.03% | 10,237,261 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 35 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 28 occurrences
Bahrain: 6 occurrences
Lebanon: 4 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.