Country Matrix
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(40 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 123(40)[1] | 78(33)[1] | 56(24)[1] | 41(19)[1] | 33(15)[1] | 19(8) | 11(6) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 33(7)[1] | 20(7)[1] | 14(5)[1] | 13(5)[1] | 12(5)[1] | 7(3) | 3(2) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 15(1) | 7(1) | 6(1) | 5(1) | 5(1) | 2(1) | 2(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 8(1) | 4(1) | 4(1) | 3(1) | 3(1) | 2(1) | 2(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (40 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 1003 | Barley | 2008 | 99.95% | 56,954,536 |
| 2 | Bahrain | 2708 | Pitch and pitch coke; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars | 2008 | 99.95% | 13,896,821 |
| 3 | 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 | 2008 | 96.90% | 302,301,633 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 1516 | Animal, vegetable or microbial 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 | 90.43% | 32,307,914 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2008 | 90.16% | 20,205,651 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 3207 | Pigments, prepared; opacifiers, colours, vitrifiable enamels, glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres etc as used in the ceramic enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and powder, granules or flakes | 2008 | 90.10% | 28,409,057 |
| 7 | 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. | 2008 | 82.41% | 19,375,728 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 8905 | Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, other vessels; the navigability of which is subsidiary to main function; floating docks, floating, submersible drilling, production platforms | 2008 | 81.19% | 83,263,174 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2008 | 78.27% | 14,813,171 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2008 | 77.85% | 14,200,072 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 7322 | Radiators for central heating, not electrically heated and parts thereof, of iron or steel; air heaters, hot air distributors not electrically heated, with motor fan or blower | 2008 | 77.14% | 10,211,946 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 2710 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils | 2008 | 76.10% | 86,285,144 |
| 13 | Bahrain | 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) | 2008 | 73.79% | 36,890,822 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 7203 | Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2008 | 72.66% | 12,811,463 |
| 15 | Bahrain | 2714 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks | 2008 | 72.64% | 57,715,260 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2008 | 63.26% | 25,194,455 |
| 17 | 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 | 2008 | 62.83% | 25,190,706 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | 2008 | 62.30% | 13,486,915 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2008 | 61.37% | 41,229,720 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 7008 | Glass; multiple-walled insulating units of glass | 2008 | 59.26% | 10,419,309 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 6810 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone; whether or not reinforced, articles thereof | 2008 | 58.19% | 18,061,248 |
| 22 | Lebanon | 0805 | Citrus fruit; fresh or dried | 2008 | 53.57% | 15,762,537 |
| 23 | 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 | 2008 | 52.74% | 34,590,290 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2008 | 50.76% | 20,192,972 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 7114 | Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2008 | 49.15% | 52,924,796 |
| 26 | Lebanon | 4901 | Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single sheets | 2008 | 47.25% | 17,837,237 |
| 27 | Bahrain | 7205 | Granules and powders, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel | 2008 | 44.11% | 80,681,992 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 7210 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, clad, plated or coated | 2008 | 43.62% | 12,747,726 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 8468 | Machinery and apparatus for soldering, brazing, welding, whether or not capable of cutting, other than those of heading no. 8515; gas-operated surface tempering machines and appliances | 2008 | 43.20% | 19,538,270 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 3907 | Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms | 2008 | 43.04% | 27,886,105 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 0402 | Milk and cream; concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2008 | 41.74% | 33,716,250 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 3204 | Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon; synthetic organic products used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores; whether or not chemically defined | 2008 | 40.94% | 10,620,356 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 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 | 2008 | 40.87% | 17,716,506 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 3923 | Plastic articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures of plastics | 2008 | 39.27% | 10,257,863 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 3204 | Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon; synthetic organic products used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores; whether or not chemically defined | 2008 | 39.21% | 10,172,139 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2008 | 36.12% | 15,656,740 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2008 | 34.84% | 26,159,960 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 9406 | Buildings; prefabricated | 2008 | 34.38% | 19,579,834 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2008 | 32.24% | 24,208,801 |
| 40 | 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 | 2008 | 30.92% | 11,058,896 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 19 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 14 occurrences
Bahrain: 4 occurrences
Lebanon: 2 occurrences
Ukraine: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
2710 - 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.