Country Matrix
For 2009, 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: 2009(59 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 557(59) | 408(50) | 302(40) | 227(30) | 147(24) | 95(14) | 47(7) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 138(18) | 107(14) | 76(9) | 60(8) | 34(7) | 24(5) | 15(3) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 73(8) | 58(7) | 37(4) | 29(4) | 16(4) | 10(2) | 6(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 31(2) | 26(2) | 14 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 12(1) | 10(1) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (59 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 230690 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of oils, n.e.c. in heading no. 2306 | 2009 | 99.71% | 10,896,662 |
| 2 | Bahrain | 761410 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), with steel core | 2009 | 99.01% | 85,944,390 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 761490 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), other than steel core | 2009 | 98.10% | 100,337,883 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 722100 | Steel, stainless; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2009 | 95.73% | 11,367,902 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 760110 | Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed) | 2009 | 95.55% | 77,707,688 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 760529 | Aluminium; alloys, wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension is 7mm or less | 2009 | 95.26% | 18,937,347 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 740312 | Copper; refined, unwrought, wire-bars | 2009 | 94.62% | 15,993,363 |
| 8 | Syria | 070200 | Vegetables; tomatoes, fresh or chilled | 2009 | 88.74% | 59,969,910 |
| 9 | Bahrain | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2009 | 88.34% | 155,281,497 |
| 10 | Bahrain | 760421 | Aluminium; alloys, hollow profiles | 2009 | 86.35% | 28,039,189 |
| 11 | Bahrain | 481820 | Paper articles; handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels | 2009 | 85.86% | 37,707,480 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 701939 | Glass fibres; webs, mattresses, boards and similar non-woven products excluding mats and thin sheets | 2009 | 84.57% | 37,523,464 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 740819 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension is 6mm or less | 2009 | 81.19% | 29,100,613 |
| 14 | Bahrain | 760511 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm | 2009 | 80.35% | 29,569,453 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 890790 | Floating structures; tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons | 2009 | 79.80% | 38,289,929 |
| 16 | Bahrain | 391723 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of vinyl chloride | 2009 | 79.21% | 21,571,438 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 151219 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2009 | 78.98% | 36,606,052 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2009 | 78.14% | 23,904,703 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 380899 | Rodenticides and other similar products n.e.c. in heading no. 3808.9; other than containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 in this Chapter, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2009 | 77.91% | 26,584,132 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 570292 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings; woven, (not tufted or flocked), of man-made textile materials, (not of pile construction), made up, n.e.c. in item no. 5702.10 or 5702.20 | 2009 | 77.40% | 15,959,760 |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 720150 | Iron; alloy pig iron; spiegeleisen, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2009 | 75.65% | 20,193,987 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2009 | 74.83% | 122,026,931 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 170199 | Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | 2009 | 74.34% | 127,172,169 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2009 | 70.97% | 13,145,653 |
| 25 | Bahrain | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2009 | 66.60% | 41,282,984 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2009 | 64.51% | 12,944,036 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 392330 | Plastics; carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | 2009 | 63.42% | 17,766,847 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2009 | 63.14% | 54,576,117 |
| 29 | Qatar | 381700 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2009 | 62.77% | 26,947,096 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products; in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | 2009 | 61.37% | 32,088,334 |
| 31 | Bahrain | 760720 | Aluminium; foil, backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials, of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.2mm | 2009 | 58.39% | 28,614,971 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 190120 | Food preparations; mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares | 2009 | 58.20% | 10,009,653 |
| 33 | Kuwait | 200819 | Nuts and other seeds; whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding ground-nuts except in mixtures) | 2009 | 57.97% | 10,335,814 |
| 34 | Syria | 392099 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of plastics n.e.c. in heading no. 3920, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2009 | 57.23% | 22,317,102 |
| 35 | Kuwait | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2009 | 55.73% | 19,516,596 |
| 36 | Bahrain | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2009 | 54.48% | 12,471,729 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 151190 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2009 | 54.01% | 97,736,861 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 721650 | Iron or non-alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, n.e.c. in heading no. 7216, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | 2009 | 53.40% | 20,774,570 |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 180632 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa; in blocks, slabs or bars, (not filled), weighing 2kg or less | 2009 | 52.53% | 13,626,228 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 252321 | Cement; portland, white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2009 | 50.09% | 21,198,873 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 180620 | Chocolate & other food preparations containing cocoa; in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, content exceeding 2kg | 2009 | 49.06% | 68,634,648 |
| 42 | Kuwait | 701990 | Glass fibres; n.e.c. in heading no. 7019 | 2009 | 49.04% | 20,206,788 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 890399 | Vessels; (other than sailboats and motorboats), for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable, of a length exceeding 7.5m | 2009 | 46.14% | 15,057,550 |
| 44 | Russian Federation | 740710 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles, of refined copper | 2009 | 44.52% | 152,290,576 |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 690890 | -Other | 2009 | 44.47% | 90,101,010 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2009 | 43.60% | 285,070,423 |
| 47 | Kuwait | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2009 | 43.23% | 18,794,935 |
| 48 | 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 | 2009 | 43.20% | 16,453,935 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 722611 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented | 2009 | 42.87% | 11,549,784 |
| 50 | Ukraine | 100300 | Barley. | 2009 | 41.96% | 538,635,495 |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 210320 | Sauces; tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces | 2009 | 36.18% | 13,656,630 |
| 52 | Ukraine | 110319 | Cereal groats and meal; n.e.c. in heading no. 1103 | 2009 | 35.80% | 35,280,339 |
| 53 | Qatar | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | 2009 | 35.52% | 60,578,495 |
| 54 | Lebanon | 850433 | Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 16kVA but not exceeding 500kVA | 2009 | 34.84% | 28,301,078 |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 300450 | Medicaments; containing vitamins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic use, packaged for retail sale | 2009 | 33.31% | 108,074,542 |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 040221 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | 2009 | 32.48% | 53,671,506 |
| 57 | Bahrain | 040630 | Dairy produce; cheese, processed (not grated or powdered) | 2009 | 31.74% | 91,005,087 |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 040299 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than in powder, granules or other solid forms | 2009 | 31.33% | 39,265,746 |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 691010 | Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures; of porcelain or china | 2009 | 30.45% | 13,305,400 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 34 occurrences
Bahrain: 11 occurrences
Kuwait: 4 occurrences
Ukraine: 3 occurrences
Syria: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Qatar: 2 occurrences
Lebanon: 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.