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
23 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2024 | 98.43% | 49,314,839 |
| 2 | 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 | 2024 | 97.98% | 153,627,394 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 2521 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 2024 | 97.98% | 23,127,208 |
| 4 | USA | 2818 | Aluminium oxide (including artificial corundum); aluminium hydroxide | 2024 | 97.87% | 21,490,035 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 7213 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2024 | 97.82% | 58,950,131 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 2825 | Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides | 2024 | 97.72% | 18,666,723 |
| 7 | China | 7225 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more | 2024 | 96.92% | 27,041,479 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 6803 | Slate, worked; and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate | 2024 | 96.90% | 12,077,575 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2024 | 96.37% | 21,672,217 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 9101 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches; with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2024 | 96.31% | 150,302,674 |
| 11 | Oman | 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 | 2024 | 96.07% | 29,370,681 |
| 12 | India | 1006 | Rice | 2024 | 92.41% | 278,396,671 |
| 13 | 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 | 2024 | 90.85% | 54,571,649 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 7106 | Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum); unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2024 | 90.53% | 12,505,960 |
| 15 | 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 | 2024 | 89.13% | 27,704,473 |
| 16 | China | 9617 | Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners | 2024 | 85.49% | 13,815,920 |
| 17 | China | 8517 | Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular/wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), excluding items of 8443, 8525, 8527, or 8528 | 2024 | 85.18% | 1,458,006,041 |
| 18 | Malaysia | 1513 | Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions; whether or not refined but not chemically modified | 2024 | 84.44% | 13,817,977 |
| 19 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2024 | 84.07% | 21,389,369 |
| 20 | Japan | 8406 | Turbines; steam and other vapour turbines | 2024 | 83.30% | 41,451,442 |
| 21 | 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 | 2024 | 82.85% | 36,207,351 |
| 22 | 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 | 2024 | 82.24% | 21,636,575 |
| 23 | 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. | 2024 | 80.10% | 90,754,506 |
Saudi Arabia: 6 occurrences
China: 4 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 4 occurrences
Bahrain: 1 occurrence
India: 1 occurrence
Iran: 1 occurrence
Japan: 1 occurrence
Malaysia: 1 occurrence
Netherlands: 1 occurrence
Oman: 1 occurrence
Switzerland: 1 occurrence
USA: 1 occurrence
Legend:
Highlight - the row matches a Danger Zone country and/or a Critical Goods HS code.
ABCBold red partner name - the import source country is flagged in the Danger Zone.
1234Bold lime HS code - the product code is flagged in Critical Goods.