Country Matrix
For 2020, 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: 2020(52 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 175(52)[1] | 125(39)[1] | 84(28)[1] | 59(19) | 43(14) | 26(10) | 9(4) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 43(15)[1] | 33(12)[1] | 26(11)[1] | 20(8) | 16(6) | 12(5) | 5(2) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 18(5) | 15(5) | 12(4) | 12(4) | 9(3) | 6(2) | 4(2) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 8(2) | 8(2) | 5(1) | 5(1) | 5(1) | 2 | 2 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (52 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 2020 | 99.06% | 183,461,700 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 4813 | Cigarette paper, whether or not cut to size or in the form of booklets or tubes | 2020 | 98.95% | 22,748,034 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2020 | 94.35% | 16,183,891 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 6210 | Garments made up of fabrics of heading no. 5602, 5603, 5903, 5906 or 5907 (not knitted or crocheted) | 2020 | 90.48% | 188,195,884 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2020 | 86.86% | 11,864,430 |
| 6 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2020 | 86.84% | 15,195,046 |
| 7 | 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 | 2020 | 86.80% | 16,548,573 |
| 8 | 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 | 2020 | 83.58% | 87,985,716 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2020 | 81.69% | 90,718,776 |
| 10 | 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. | 2020 | 80.68% | 58,092,353 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2020 | 77.49% | 27,540,238 |
| 12 | 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 | 2020 | 77.44% | 33,968,500 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 4410 | Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (e.g. waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances | 2020 | 74.95% | 15,212,654 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2020 | 74.18% | 319,956,386 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2020 | 67.66% | 69,258,023 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2020 | 66.20% | 40,049,737 |
| 17 | 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 | 2020 | 63.88% | 30,361,961 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 2104 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations | 2020 | 63.87% | 11,643,909 |
| 19 | 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 | 2020 | 60.35% | 146,997,163 |
| 20 | 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 | 2020 | 58.76% | 12,115,653 |
| 21 | 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 | 2020 | 57.92% | 55,214,617 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 0713 | Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2020 | 57.54% | 16,968,517 |
| 23 | 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 | 2020 | 56.26% | 21,489,467 |
| 24 | 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 | 2020 | 56.13% | 70,079,118 |
| 25 | 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 | 2020 | 53.57% | 31,910,677 |
| 26 | Lebanon | 0809 | Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh | 2020 | 51.92% | 15,643,721 |
| 27 | 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 | 2020 | 51.38% | 53,315,873 |
| 28 | 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 | 2020 | 51.32% | 14,382,997 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 7113 | Jewellery articles and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2020 | 48.92% | 241,184,183 |
| 30 | 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 | 2020 | 48.64% | 32,603,945 |
| 31 | Bahrain | 8409 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading no. 8407 or 8408 | 2020 | 47.69% | 22,166,868 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2020 | 46.63% | 11,025,313 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2020 | 44.52% | 10,525,948 |
| 34 | Lebanon | 0705 | Lettuce (lactuca sativa) and chicory (cichorium spp.) fresh or chilled | 2020 | 42.49% | 10,528,321 |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 3923 | Plastic articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures of plastics | 2020 | 41.52% | 40,015,640 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 3808 | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators, disinfectants and the like, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2020 | 41.49% | 16,673,693 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2020 | 41.07% | 43,475,627 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 9619 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2020 | 40.78% | 35,966,120 |
| 39 | Bahrain | 8538 | Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 and 8537 | 2020 | 40.58% | 25,451,155 |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 0804 | Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens; fresh or dried | 2020 | 38.83% | 29,882,161 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 3921 | Plastic plates, sheets, film, foil and strip n.e.c. in chapter 39 | 2020 | 37.19% | 13,398,730 |
| 42 | Russian Federation | 1003 | Barley | 2020 | 36.57% | 34,124,522 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2020 | 35.36% | 12,794,928 |
| 44 | Iran | 0302 | Fish; fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 | 2020 | 34.21% | 55,117,601 |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 8302 | Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, trunks, chests etc, castors with mountings of base metal, automatic door closers of base metal | 2020 | 33.68% | 18,716,837 |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2020 | 33.41% | 13,554,077 |
| 47 | Bahrain | 9021 | Orthopaedic appliances; including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other which are worn, carried or implanted in the body to compensate for a defect or disability | 2020 | 33.16% | 23,117,972 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 0406 | Cheese and curd | 2020 | 32.40% | 65,643,429 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 2101 | Extracts, essences, concentrates of coffee, tea or mate; preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or mate; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof | 2020 | 32.30% | 15,332,079 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2020 | 31.52% | 30,043,548 |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 7308 | Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures | 2020 | 31.43% | 52,690,357 |
| 52 | 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 | 2020 | 30.50% | 13,134,068 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 22 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 18 occurrences
Bahrain: 5 occurrences
Russian Federation: 3 occurrences
Iran: 2 occurrences
Lebanon: 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.