Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Kuwait's import sources for HS product codes where a single source country accounts for >= 80% of total imports and the import value is >= 10,000,000 USD. Only data for the most recent available year is displayed. If you want more data, visit the Country Matrix.
Kuwait
34 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 7213 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2025 | 99.48% | 36,918,577 |
| 2 | China | 9103 | Clocks; with watch movements, excluding clocks of heading no. 9104 | 2025 | 98.81% | 14,677,282 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 8906 | Vessels; other, including warships and lifeboats, other than rowing boats | 2025 | 98.16% | 11,383,158 |
| 4 | Argentina | 1005 | Maize (corn) | 2025 | 98.15% | 58,655,586 |
| 5 | 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 | 2025 | 98.00% | 226,218,794 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2025 | 96.21% | 24,222,245 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 2521 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 2025 | 96.02% | 29,687,828 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 7212 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, clad, plated or coated | 2025 | 95.99% | 71,329,397 |
| 9 | China | 8430 | Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals, or ores; pile drivers and extractors; snow ploughs and snow blowers | 2025 | 95.52% | 249,356,470 |
| 10 | China | 7225 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more | 2025 | 95.43% | 13,605,560 |
| 11 | Iran | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2025 | 95.41% | 93,627,114 |
| 12 | USA | 2818 | Aluminium oxide (including artificial corundum); aluminium hydroxide | 2025 | 95.08% | 21,609,638 |
| 13 | Congo | 7403 | Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwrought | 2025 | 94.22% | 55,736,627 |
| 14 | China | 9028 | Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor | 2025 | 93.81% | 15,617,405 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2025 | 93.67% | 50,403,178 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 9101 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches; with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2025 | 93.44% | 104,590,313 |
| 17 | India | 1006 | Rice | 2025 | 92.16% | 267,081,515 |
| 18 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2025 | 90.78% | 25,623,022 |
| 19 | Japan | 8406 | Turbines; steam and other vapour turbines | 2025 | 90.39% | 50,989,222 |
| 20 | China | 9617 | Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners | 2025 | 90.11% | 25,465,558 |
| 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 | 2025 | 89.11% | 46,805,268 |
| 22 | 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. | 2025 | 88.79% | 131,879,547 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 9102 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches, other than those of heading no. 9101 | 2025 | 88.77% | 156,095,272 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 7106 | Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum); unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2025 | 88.00% | 112,107,441 |
| 25 | China | 9406 | Buildings; prefabricated | 2025 | 86.37% | 49,012,061 |
| 26 | 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 | 2025 | 86.29% | 22,251,268 |
| 27 | India | 2902 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | 2025 | 86.25% | 98,309,544 |
| 28 | Australia | 1001 | Wheat and meslin | 2025 | 85.88% | 144,337,315 |
| 29 | China | 7208 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated | 2025 | 85.18% | 91,501,942 |
| 30 | Germany | 8526 | Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus | 2025 | 84.49% | 21,418,577 |
| 31 | Malaysia | 1513 | Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions; whether or not refined but not chemically modified | 2025 | 83.60% | 16,152,899 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2025 | 83.14% | 60,414,333 |
| 33 | India | 8472 | Office machines; not elsewhere classified | 2025 | 81.90% | 12,638,402 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 3505 | Dextrins and other modified starches (e.g. pregelatinised or esterified starches); glues based on starches or on dextrins or other modified starches | 2025 | 81.59% | 24,980,791 |
China: 7 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 6 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 6 occurrences
India: 3 occurrences
Switzerland: 2 occurrences
Argentina: 1 occurrence
Australia: 1 occurrence
Bahrain: 1 occurrence
Congo: 1 occurrence
Germany: 1 occurrence
Iran: 1 occurrence
Japan: 1 occurrence
Malaysia: 1 occurrence
USA: 1 occurrence
United Kingdom: 1 occurrence
Legend:
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1234Bold lime HS code - the product code is flagged in Critical Goods.