Country Matrix
For 2001, the matrix below shows Saudi Arabia'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.
Saudi Arabia
Year: 2001(22 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 219(22) | 173(19) | 132(15) | 93(13) | 62(9) | 39(6) | 14(3) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 40(1) | 34(1) | 27(1) | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 16 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (22 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 721410 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling | 2001 | 97.51% | 12,139,482 |
| 2 | Qatar | 722860 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods n.e.c. in heading no. 7228 | 2001 | 96.16% | 33,645,375 |
| 3 | Qatar | 721499 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, n.e.c. in heading no. 7214, other than of rectangular cross-section | 2001 | 90.22% | 24,886,698 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2001 | 88.66% | 31,343,773 |
| 5 | Lebanon | 620349 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts; men's or boys', of textile materials (other than wool, fine animal hair, cotton or synthetic fibres), (not knitted or crocheted) | 2001 | 86.81% | 36,789,646 |
| 6 | Syria | 392091 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of poly(vinyl butyral), non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2001 | 83.84% | 10,860,014 |
| 7 | Syria | 070200 | Vegetables; tomatoes, fresh or chilled | 2001 | 79.09% | 33,325,908 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 300450 | Medicaments; containing vitamins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic use, packaged for retail sale | 2001 | 75.74% | 46,322,991 |
| 9 | Qatar | 721391 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.c. in heading no. 7213, of circular cross-section measuring less than 14mm in diameter | 2001 | 73.30% | 21,027,226 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 260200 | Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20% or more, calculated on the dry weight | 2001 | 68.96% | 14,372,818 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 252321 | Cement; portland, white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2001 | 67.76% | 11,115,214 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 170199 | Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | 2001 | 67.04% | 18,680,290 |
| 13 | Kuwait | 701990 | Glass fibres; n.e.c. in heading no. 7019 | 2001 | 63.86% | 11,046,414 |
| 14 | Iran | 290220 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; benzene | 2001 | 57.25% | 38,993,115 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2001 | 54.44% | 51,006,997 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 151190 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2001 | 49.64% | 13,088,283 |
| 17 | Bahrain | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2001 | 49.34% | 42,388,586 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations; surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | 2001 | 45.69% | 17,099,488 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 690890 | -Other | 2001 | 40.77% | 36,009,112 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 721320 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of free-cutting steel | 2001 | 39.12% | 16,015,753 |
| 21 | Syria | 010410 | Sheep; live | 2001 | 34.26% | 49,177,395 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 180631 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa; in blocks, slabs or bars, filled, weighing 2kg or less | 2001 | 32.09% | 11,874,415 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 9 occurrences
Qatar: 4 occurrences
Syria: 3 occurrences
Bahrain: 2 occurrences
Lebanon: 1 occurrence
Ukraine: 1 occurrence
Kuwait: 1 occurrence
Iran: 1 occurrence
Legend:
(n)
The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.
[n]
The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.