Country Matrix
For 2007, 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: 2007(26 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 275(26) | 172(18) | 117(11) | 66(8) | 43(4) | 22(3) | 10(2) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 100(10) | 64(8) | 43(5) | 27(5) | 16(3) | 9(3) | 4(2) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 57(6) | 36(6) | 23(3) | 15(3) | 7(1) | 4(1) | 1 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 31(4) | 21(4) | 14(2) | 7(2) | 4(1) | 2(1) | 0 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (26 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2007 | 97.86% | 89,956,549 |
| 2 | Syria | 0702 | Tomatoes; fresh or chilled | 2007 | 92.13% | 51,079,613 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2007 | 83.94% | 295,617,720 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2007 | 71.30% | 32,623,635 |
| 5 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2007 | 69.82% | 22,037,984 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2007 | 65.71% | 103,705,541 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2007 | 65.39% | 230,798,189 |
| 8 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2007 | 65.18% | 48,273,566 |
| 9 | 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 | 2007 | 52.75% | 23,927,183 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 7301 | Iron or steel sheet piling, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel | 2007 | 50.99% | 13,947,250 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 1103 | Cereal groats; meal and pellets | 2007 | 50.09% | 20,538,900 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 1517 | Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16 | 2007 | 47.71% | 11,165,485 |
| 13 | 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 | 2007 | 47.44% | 110,036,225 |
| 14 | 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 | 2007 | 46.09% | 14,343,235 |
| 15 | Iran | 2902 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | 2007 | 44.83% | 209,618,082 |
| 16 | Syria | 0104 | Sheep and goats; live | 2007 | 43.21% | 214,399,516 |
| 17 | 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 | 2007 | 42.09% | 14,994,048 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2007 | 41.86% | 27,856,076 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2007 | 39.57% | 86,686,208 |
| 20 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2007 | 36.05% | 23,993,092 |
| 21 | Bahrain | 3917 | Tubes, pipes and hoses and fittings thereof (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics | 2007 | 36.00% | 35,356,569 |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2007 | 33.29% | 36,047,941 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 6908 | Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; glazed ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing. | 2007 | 32.36% | 95,372,786 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 6910 | Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures | 2007 | 31.79% | 12,890,313 |
| 25 | Bahrain | 8903 | Yachts and other vessels; for pleasure or sports, rowing boats and canoes | 2007 | 31.67% | 10,221,686 |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 2835 | Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites), and phosphates; and polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined | 2007 | 31.54% | 15,539,994 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 10 occurrences
Bahrain: 6 occurrences
Russian Federation: 4 occurrences
Syria: 2 occurrences
Ukraine: 2 occurrences
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Iran: 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.