Country Matrix
For 2006, 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: 2006(27 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 252(27)[1] | 161(18) | 106(11) | 69(7) | 35(5) | 21(3) | 11(3) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 81(12) | 58(7) | 40(6) | 25(3) | 14(2) | 7(1) | 3(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 42(7) | 32(5) | 20(4) | 12(2) | 8(2) | 4(1) | 2(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 23(3) | 17(2) | 9(1) | 6(1) | 4(1) | 3(1) | 1(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (27 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 8907 | Boats, floating structures, other (for e.g. rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons) | 2006 | 97.27% | 26,996,559 |
| 2 | Syria | 0702 | Tomatoes; fresh or chilled | 2006 | 92.67% | 37,357,319 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2006 | 91.11% | 267,859,583 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2006 | 75.24% | 26,787,213 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2006 | 72.88% | 199,441,081 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2006 | 68.60% | 25,881,471 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2006 | 65.22% | 87,127,736 |
| 8 | Iran | 2902 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | 2006 | 55.39% | 167,079,495 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2006 | 54.42% | 69,215,833 |
| 10 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2006 | 51.67% | 30,168,259 |
| 11 | Qatar | 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 | 2006 | 51.28% | 109,159,803 |
| 12 | Syria | 0104 | Sheep and goats; live | 2006 | 49.44% | 264,338,885 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2006 | 47.78% | 28,673,197 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 3401 | Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent | 2006 | 47.08% | 20,016,311 |
| 15 | Iran | 0802 | Nuts (excluding coconuts, Brazils and cashew nuts); fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled | 2006 | 46.47% | 11,967,971 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 1104 | Cereal grains otherwise worked (e.g. hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled) except rice of heading no. 1006; germ of cereals whole, rolled, flaked or ground | 2006 | 45.78% | 13,639,802 |
| 17 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2006 | 41.77% | 12,928,720 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2006 | 41.04% | 12,705,488 |
| 19 | Ukraine | 1003 | Barley | 2006 | 39.63% | 481,126,581 |
| 20 | Ukraine | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2006 | 39.25% | 73,353,087 |
| 21 | 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 | 2006 | 39.06% | 42,323,947 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa | 2006 | 35.54% | 66,790,997 |
| 23 | 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 | 2006 | 35.30% | 158,603,384 |
| 24 | Bahrain | 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 | 2006 | 35.20% | 26,797,894 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2006 | 34.88% | 54,365,883 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2006 | 33.39% | 20,038,207 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 2523 | Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers | 2006 | 32.39% | 14,997,614 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 11 occurrences
Bahrain: 5 occurrences
Russian Federation: 3 occurrences
Ukraine: 3 occurrences
Syria: 2 occurrences
Iran: 2 occurrences
Qatar: 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.