Country Matrix

Importing country

Year

For 2008, the matrix below shows Qatar'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.

Qatar

Year: 2008(44 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]

6-digit HS codes 4-digit HS codes 2-digit HS codes

Value \ Share	>= 30%	>= 40%	>= 50%	>= 60%	>= 70%	>= 80%	>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD	192(44)[2]	147(37)[2]	105(30)[1]	87(28)[1]	69(23)[1]	45(14)[1]	29(9)
>= 50 mln USD	41(7)[1]	31(6)[1]	23(5)[1]	18(5)[1]	15(5)[1]	9(4)[1]	5(3)
>= 100 mln USD	13(2)	8(1)	5(1)	4(1)	4(1)	2(1)	2(1)
>= 200 mln USD	6(2)	5(1)	4(1)	3(1)	3(1)	2(1)	2(1)
>= 500 mln USD	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

Danger Zone Critical Goods Critical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (44 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#	Partner	HS Code	HS Description	Year	Share (%)	Value (USD)
1	Bahrain	270810	Pitch; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars	2008	99.97%	13,896,821
2	Ukraine	100300	Barley.	2008	99.95%	56,954,536
3	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	2008	99.48%	301,308,668
4	United Arab Emirates	890520	Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms	2008	98.84%	80,563,918
5	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	2008	95.09%	19,128,857
6	United Arab Emirates	151620	Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions; partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared	2008	94.44%	32,268,511
7	United Arab Emirates	320730	Lustres; liquid lustres and similar preparations	2008	91.23%	28,334,665
8	United Arab Emirates	110100	Wheat or meslin flour	2008	90.16%	20,205,651
9	United Arab Emirates	681011	Cement, concrete or artificial stone; building blocks or bricks, whether or not reinforced	2008	90.12%	16,359,828
10	United Arab Emirates	090230	Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg	2008	87.70%	14,196,747
11	Saudi Arabia	390110	Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94	2008	84.73%	20,690,468
12	Saudi Arabia	390799	Polyesters; n.e.c. in heading no. 3907, saturated, in primary forms	2008	83.76%	11,772,134
13	United Arab Emirates	271011	-- Light oils and preparations	2008	83.36%	74,115,577
14	United Arab Emirates	711419	Goldsmiths' wares; articles of and parts thereof, of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal	2008	81.31%	24,906,889
15	United Arab Emirates	732211	Radiators and parts thereof; for central heating, (not electrically heated), of cast iron	2008	79.98%	10,181,474
16	Saudi Arabia	761290	Aluminium; casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment	2008	78.00%	14,200,072
17	United Arab Emirates	720310	Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms	2008	77.32%	12,653,190
18	United Arab Emirates	170199	Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter	2008	74.63%	12,589,700
19	Saudi Arabia	040210	Dairy produce; milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight)	2008	74.24%	10,992,108
20	Bahrain	271500	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)	2008	73.79%	36,890,822
21	Bahrain	271490	Bitumen and asphalt, natural; asphaltites and asphaltic rock	2008	72.67%	57,715,260
22	Saudi Arabia	481840	- Sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles	2008	72.65%	13,269,191
23	Saudi Arabia	220290	-Other	2008	72.57%	35,453,862
24	Iran	730519	Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (not seamless), (not longitudinally welded), having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm	2008	69.72%	12,461,070
25	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	2008	69.51%	16,811,184
26	United Arab Emirates	382440	Cements, mortars or concretes; their prepared additives	2008	63.88%	32,865,419
27	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	2008	61.48%	19,384,679
28	Saudi Arabia	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	2008	61.27%	17,368,186
29	United Arab Emirates	700800	Glass; multiple-walled insulating units of glass	2008	59.26%	10,419,309
30	United Arab Emirates	846820	Machinery and apparatus; gas operated machinery and apparatus n.e.c. in item no. 8468.10, for soldering, brazing or welding, whether or not capable of cutting	2008	54.72%	19,498,222
31	Lebanon	490199	Printed matter; books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter n.e.c. in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.91	2008	49.89%	17,808,858
32	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	2008	49.80%	12,156,227
33	Saudi Arabia	760410	Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles	2008	48.74%	20,726,327
34	United Arab Emirates	850422	Electrical transformers; liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 650kVA but not exceeding 10,000kVA	2008	48.19%	21,965,479
35	Bahrain	720510	Iron or steel, pig iron, spiegeleisen; granules thereof	2008	44.96%	80,681,992
36	United Arab Emirates	680790	Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) other than in rolls	2008	44.24%	21,922,527
37	United Arab Emirates	760421	Aluminium; alloys, hollow profiles	2008	42.12%	17,567,201
38	Saudi Arabia	730810	Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections	2008	38.83%	32,112,492
39	United Arab Emirates	711411	Silversmiths' wares; and parts thereof, of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal	2008	36.39%	28,017,907
40	United Arab Emirates	940600	Prefabricated buildings.	2008	34.38%	19,579,834
41	Saudi Arabia	680790	Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) other than in rolls	2008	31.94%	15,827,671
42	Kuwait	871639	Trailers and semi-trailers; (other than tanker type)	2008	31.86%	20,730,263
43	Bahrain	730449	Steel, stainless; (excluding cold-drawn or cold-rolled), tubes pipes and hollow profiles of circular cross-section	2008	31.56%	10,761,937
44	Saudi Arabia	854420	Insulated electric conductors; co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors	2008	30.88%	300,823,570

Partner frequency summary:

United Arab Emirates: 21 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 14 occurrences

Bahrain: 5 occurrences

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

Iran: 1 occurrence

Lebanon: 1 occurrence

Kuwait: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

271011 - -- Light oils and preparations

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.