Country Matrix
For 2021, 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: 2021(72 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 262(72)[1] | 204(56)[1] | 170(48)[1] | 137(41)[1] | 103(32) | 73(24) | 44(15) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 47(13)[1] | 41(10)[1] | 36(10)[1] | 31(9)[1] | 22(7) | 17(6) | 13(4) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 23(7) | 21(7) | 19(7) | 17(6) | 13(5) | 12(5) | 8(3) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 10(4) | 9(4) | 8(4) | 8(4) | 6(3) | 6(3) | 5(2) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 4(2) | 4(2) | 3(2) | 3(2) | 2(1) | 2(1) | 1 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (72 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 2021 | 99.46% | 223,523,327 |
| 2 | 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 | 2021 | 99.40% | 56,273,468 |
| 3 | Iran | 252310 | Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured) | 2021 | 99.39% | 225,535,696 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 720890 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, hot-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, n.e.c. in heading no. 7208 | 2021 | 99.24% | 30,423,544 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 680710 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) in rolls | 2021 | 98.60% | 15,040,908 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 741300 | Copper; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | 2021 | 98.38% | 25,988,618 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 020711 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled | 2021 | 97.96% | 18,487,351 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 252100 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 2021 | 97.69% | 12,136,122 |
| 9 | Bahrain | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2021 | 97.07% | 22,867,327 |
| 10 | 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) | 2021 | 96.97% | 14,582,377 |
| 11 | 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% | 2021 | 96.38% | 37,098,445 |
| 12 | 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 | 2021 | 96.11% | 104,913,789 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 730411 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); seamless, line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, of stainless steel | 2021 | 93.63% | 14,904,435 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 680990 | Plaster articles or articles of compositions based on plaster; n.e.c. in heading no. 6809 | 2021 | 90.16% | 12,056,396 |
| 15 | Bahrain | 400911 | Rubber; vulcanised (other than hard rubber), tubing, piping and hoses, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings | 2021 | 90.09% | 23,325,792 |
| 16 | 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 | 2021 | 89.80% | 24,879,724 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 480700 | Paper and paperboard; composite (made by sticking layers together with an adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets | 2021 | 89.10% | 13,556,807 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 080410 | Fruit, edible; dates, fresh or dried | 2021 | 87.90% | 24,434,398 |
| 19 | 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 | 2021 | 86.33% | 43,696,637 |
| 20 | Bahrain | 420229 | Cases and containers; handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper | 2021 | 84.48% | 30,459,258 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2021 | 83.92% | 868,026,759 |
| 22 | 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 | 2021 | 82.50% | 25,441,977 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 760692 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, (not rectangular or square) | 2021 | 81.15% | 11,685,217 |
| 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 | 2021 | 80.01% | 131,815,030 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 190540 | Food preparations; rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products, whether or not containing cocoa | 2021 | 79.66% | 20,894,525 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2021 | 78.14% | 61,644,866 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 190219 | Food preparations; pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 2021 | 76.44% | 20,970,098 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | 2021 | 75.83% | 13,838,691 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 482390 | Paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres; articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4823 | 2021 | 73.88% | 21,589,551 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 380894 | Disinfectants; other than containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 in this Chapter; put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2021 | 72.51% | 17,080,462 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2021 | 72.44% | 33,268,136 |
| 32 | 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 | 2021 | 72.36% | 49,010,546 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 150790 | Vegetable oils; soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2021 | 69.30% | 11,694,242 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 481910 | Paper and paperboard; cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard | 2021 | 68.93% | 16,856,137 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2021 | 68.28% | 27,712,869 |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 392010 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of polymers of ethylene, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2021 | 65.98% | 14,415,329 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 711319 | Jewellery; of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | 2021 | 64.31% | 764,109,011 |
| 38 | 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) | 2021 | 63.83% | 30,672,506 |
| 39 | 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 | 2021 | 63.30% | 82,007,627 |
| 40 | 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 | 2021 | 61.38% | 23,769,565 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 481820 | Paper articles; handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels | 2021 | 60.80% | 17,786,709 |
| 42 | Qatar | 848110 | Valves; pressure reducing, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like | 2021 | 58.71% | 26,056,016 |
| 43 | Bahrain | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2021 | 58.70% | 13,803,477 |
| 44 | 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) | 2021 | 58.45% | 116,289,843 |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 841582 | Air conditioning machines; containing a motor driven fan, other than window or wall types, incorporating a refrigerating unit | 2021 | 56.71% | 19,673,138 |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2021 | 54.71% | 11,809,217 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 854420 | Insulated electric conductors; co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors | 2021 | 54.59% | 10,288,894 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | 2021 | 50.91% | 18,783,589 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 040620 | Dairy produce; cheese of all kinds, grated or powdered | 2021 | 49.93% | 14,249,645 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2021 | 48.86% | 18,367,731 |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 761699 | Aluminium; articles n.e.c. in heading 7616 | 2021 | 48.86% | 10,877,576 |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 151219 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2021 | 44.74% | 10,098,560 |
| 53 | Bahrain | 040630 | Dairy produce; cheese, processed (not grated or powdered) | 2021 | 43.51% | 28,379,128 |
| 54 | Iran | 252329 | Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2021 | 41.30% | 24,094,197 |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 730890 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | 2021 | 40.86% | 29,057,386 |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 160232 | Meat preparations; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | 2021 | 40.40% | 27,873,397 |
| 57 | Bahrain | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2021 | 39.49% | 59,703,881 |
| 58 | Bahrain | 640411 | Sports footwear; tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like, with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials | 2021 | 38.21% | 27,042,087 |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 020714 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | 2021 | 38.17% | 32,096,769 |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2021 | 37.51% | 12,882,659 |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2021 | 36.61% | 30,561,720 |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 040610 | Dairy produce; fresh cheese (including whey cheese), not fermented, and curd | 2021 | 34.99% | 11,472,244 |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2021 | 34.64% | 52,372,241 |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 252329 | Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2021 | 34.52% | 20,139,890 |
| 65 | Iran | 010410 | Sheep; live | 2021 | 34.46% | 58,122,995 |
| 66 | 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 | 2021 | 34.18% | 35,232,605 |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 190532 | Food preparations; waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa | 2021 | 33.09% | 10,082,710 |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 340130 | Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap | 2021 | 32.26% | 10,588,358 |
| 69 | Lebanon | 081090 | Fruit, edible; fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | 2021 | 31.39% | 17,803,536 |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2021 | 31.09% | 10,679,689 |
| 71 | Saudi Arabia | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2021 | 30.95% | 12,561,031 |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | 843149 | Machinery; parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | 2021 | 30.38% | 11,746,376 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 32 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 28 occurrences
Bahrain: 7 occurrences
Iran: 3 occurrences
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Lebanon: 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.