Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2017, 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: 2017(24 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD144(24)[1]103(18)[1]67(11)47(6)31(5)20(4)8(2)
>= 50 mln USD31(4)[1]26(4)[1]20(2)16(1)11(1)6(1)3(1)
>= 100 mln USD19(4)[1]19(4)[1]14(2)10(1)8(1)5(1)3(1)
>= 200 mln USD8866431
>= 500 mln USD5544321

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (24 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1United Arab Emirates8905Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, other vessels; the navigability of which is subsidiary to main function; floating docks, floating, submersible drilling, production platforms201799.94%100,280,120
2Kuwait2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives201791.57%49,399,183
3United Arab Emirates3207Pigments, 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 flakes201788.34%25,449,824
4United Arab Emirates7213Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils201784.36%23,051,785
5United Arab Emirates7214Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling201779.97%40,203,476
6United Arab Emirates1516Animal, 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 prepared201763.34%21,962,809
7United Arab Emirates2517Pebbles, 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 2516201757.05%179,089,979
8Saudi Arabia0403Yogurt; 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.201756.84%31,710,643
9United Arab Emirates7219Stainless steel; flat-rolled products of width of 600mm or more201756.76%25,550,442
10United Arab Emirates0902Tea201753.70%17,921,216
11Iran2523Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers201752.31%11,114,426
12United Arab Emirates7408Copper wire201749.64%141,312,380
13United Arab Emirates0106Animals; live, n.e.c. in chapter 01201748.25%11,483,826
14United Arab Emirates7606Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm201747.08%15,166,841
15United Arab Emirates2710Petroleum 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 oils201745.63%116,347,631
16United Arab Emirates0713Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried201743.96%12,132,361
17Ukraine1003Barley201742.58%21,423,118
18Bahrain2708Pitch and pitch coke; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars201740.56%22,341,037
19Russian Federation1003Barley201736.63%18,426,365
20United Arab Emirates7604Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles201735.90%11,633,724
21Saudi Arabia2901Acyclic hydrocarbons201735.73%30,363,028
22Saudi Arabia6807Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch)201731.76%13,237,856
23United Arab Emirates1602Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects201730.80%10,838,011
24Saudi Arabia0401Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter201730.49%17,973,933

Partner frequency summary:

United Arab Emirates: 15 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 4 occurrences

Kuwait: 1 occurrence

Iran: 1 occurrence

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

Bahrain: 1 occurrence

Russian Federation: 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.