Country Matrix
For 2015, the matrix below shows Oman'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.
Oman
Year: 2015(63 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 167(63) | 127(54) | 99(43) | 67(28) | 46(19) | 28(11) | 16(7) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 50(19) | 41(18) | 35(16) | 21(8) | 16(7) | 11(6) | 7(4) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 26(8) | 22(8) | 19(7) | 13(5) | 10(4) | 9(4) | 6(3) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 9(3) | 8(3) | 7(3) | 6(2) | 5(2) | 5(2) | 4(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (63 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2015 | 99.36% | 354,173,198 |
| 2 | Iran | 2714 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks | 2015 | 97.92% | 103,331,260 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2015 | 95.79% | 170,248,487 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 2201 | Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow | 2015 | 95.06% | 30,862,330 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 7612 | Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes etc (including rigid, collapsible tubular containers), for materials other than compressed, liquefied gas, 300l capacity or less, lined, heat-insulated or not | 2015 | 94.12% | 26,900,034 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 2715 | Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt; on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (e.g. bituminous mastics, cut-backs) | 2015 | 91.18% | 10,050,452 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2015 | 91.05% | 94,886,613 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2015 | 87.04% | 18,742,227 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 8707 | Bodies; (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8701 to 8705 | 2015 | 83.84% | 10,965,437 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2015 | 82.32% | 340,945,748 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 7213 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2015 | 81.44% | 57,413,639 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 1102 | Cereal flours; other than of wheat or meslin | 2015 | 78.58% | 21,194,388 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 2105 | Ice cream and other edible ice; whether or not containing cocoa | 2015 | 77.98% | 18,685,652 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2015 | 75.51% | 56,609,745 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2015 | 74.18% | 33,525,136 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2015 | 74.01% | 22,293,923 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 9406 | Buildings; prefabricated | 2015 | 72.97% | 32,395,513 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 3816 | Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 38.01 | 2015 | 72.41% | 24,153,376 |
| 19 | 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 | 2015 | 71.58% | 30,581,209 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 6810 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone; whether or not reinforced, articles thereof | 2015 | 69.97% | 34,377,014 |
| 21 | 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. | 2015 | 69.72% | 35,850,936 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2015 | 69.63% | 47,128,649 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | 2015 | 68.38% | 38,304,987 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2015 | 66.00% | 134,477,655 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 8716 | Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof | 2015 | 65.17% | 43,213,078 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 7606 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm | 2015 | 64.09% | 14,851,588 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 9619 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2015 | 62.29% | 46,748,924 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 3921 | Plastic plates, sheets, film, foil and strip n.e.c. in chapter 39 | 2015 | 61.53% | 18,237,580 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 7113 | Jewellery articles and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2015 | 59.80% | 247,249,099 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 7216 | Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections | 2015 | 59.50% | 51,224,107 |
| 31 | 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 | 2015 | 59.36% | 63,532,585 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 7310 | Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, capacity not exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat-insulated | 2015 | 59.01% | 13,541,375 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2015 | 58.02% | 28,123,745 |
| 34 | 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 | 2015 | 57.15% | 57,067,272 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2015 | 57.11% | 12,621,208 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2015 | 56.45% | 12,325,281 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 3824 | Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included | 2015 | 55.45% | 55,531,345 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2015 | 54.53% | 75,807,468 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 2707 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents | 2015 | 54.35% | 90,503,771 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 1507 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2015 | 53.61% | 11,508,194 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 2005 | Vegetables preparations n.e.c.; prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading no. 2006 | 2015 | 52.63% | 11,051,208 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 7303 | Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron | 2015 | 51.02% | 19,361,603 |
| 43 | Qatar | 2909 | Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2015 | 50.35% | 149,269,029 |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2015 | 49.97% | 18,324,773 |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 3923 | Plastic articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures of plastics | 2015 | 49.73% | 38,302,017 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 7217 | Wire of iron or non-alloy steel | 2015 | 45.67% | 19,816,250 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 0804 | Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens; fresh or dried | 2015 | 45.44% | 11,945,068 |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 3924 | Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and hygienic or toilet articles, of plastics | 2015 | 43.37% | 15,217,710 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 7308 | Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures | 2015 | 43.06% | 102,830,175 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 2202 | Waters, including mineral and aerated waters, containing added sugar or sweetening matter, flavoured; other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009 | 2015 | 42.95% | 26,561,220 |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 7305 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (e.g. welded, riveted or similarly closed), having circular cross-sections, external diameter of which exceeds 406.4mm, not seamless | 2015 | 41.35% | 45,936,043 |
| 52 | Kuwait | 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2015 | 41.21% | 57,288,479 |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 3907 | Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms | 2015 | 40.45% | 24,673,267 |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 4805 | Uncoated paper and paperboard n.e.c., in rolls or sheets | 2015 | 40.23% | 19,354,948 |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2015 | 39.50% | 13,898,592 |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2015 | 38.22% | 13,446,501 |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2015 | 37.77% | 74,661,135 |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 1905 | Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products | 2015 | 36.97% | 31,193,441 |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2015 | 35.57% | 35,515,838 |
| 60 | Iran | 7403 | Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwrought | 2015 | 34.95% | 32,461,305 |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 3401 | Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent | 2015 | 34.22% | 14,587,364 |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 7403 | Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwrought | 2015 | 34.06% | 31,640,988 |
| 63 | Saudi Arabia | 0406 | Cheese and curd | 2015 | 32.05% | 29,104,403 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 43 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 12 occurrences
Russian Federation: 3 occurrences
Iran: 2 occurrences
Ukraine: 1 occurrence
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Kuwait: 1 occurrence
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.