Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2003, 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: 2003(4 in Danger Zone)
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD37(4)22(1)126310
>= 50 mln USD22(3)14(1)105200
>= 100 mln USD16(2)9(1)62100
>= 200 mln USD8531100
>= 500 mln USD3200000

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (4 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Syria01Animals; live200343.66%174,145,018
2Syria07Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible200335.15%57,520,339
3Bahrain76Aluminium and articles thereof200334.60%173,232,217
4United Arab Emirates27Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes200331.12%28,677,369

Partner frequency summary:

Syria: 2 occurrences

Bahrain: 1 occurrence

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Legend:

(n)

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.