Country Matrix
For 2012, 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: 2012(39 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 380(39)[1] | 248(27) | 153(19) | 96(14) | 60(7) | 31(5) | 12(4) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 165(19)[1] | 116(13) | 70(8) | 39(5) | 27(3) | 11(2) | 5(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 104(15)[1] | 75(10) | 45(7) | 27(5) | 19(3) | 9(2) | 4(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 58(8) | 40(5) | 23(3) | 13(2) | 9(1) | 3(1) | 1 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 16(1) | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (39 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 2714 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks | 2012 | 99.80% | 13,584,284 |
| 2 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2012 | 97.86% | 143,929,247 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 1213 | Cereal straw and husks, unprepared; whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets | 2012 | 96.34% | 11,438,414 |
| 4 | Qatar | 3817 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2012 | 95.93% | 25,015,231 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 7409 | Copper plates, sheets and strip; of a thickness exceeding 0.15mm | 2012 | 82.70% | 400,652,767 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 7610 | Aluminium; structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts (e.g. bridges and sections, towers, lattice masts, etc) plates, rods, profiles and tubes for structures | 2012 | 75.35% | 198,557,848 |
| 7 | Kuwait | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2012 | 73.28% | 27,068,034 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 7219 | Stainless steel; flat-rolled products of width of 600mm or more | 2012 | 68.16% | 219,122,141 |
| 9 | Syria | 0702 | Tomatoes; fresh or chilled | 2012 | 66.88% | 46,954,992 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2012 | 66.53% | 157,937,264 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 3212 | Pigments (metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-aqueous media in liquid or paste form, as used in manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils, dyes etc in forms, packing for retail sale | 2012 | 66.11% | 18,640,557 |
| 12 | Qatar | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2012 | 63.35% | 48,017,927 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 4005 | Compounded rubber, unvulcanised, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | 2012 | 63.31% | 21,512,027 |
| 14 | Kuwait | 2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals | 2012 | 61.13% | 12,119,215 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 7008 | Glass; multiple-walled insulating units of glass | 2012 | 59.26% | 20,164,025 |
| 16 | Bahrain | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2012 | 57.83% | 286,685,692 |
| 17 | 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 | 2012 | 57.12% | 71,440,089 |
| 18 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2012 | 56.19% | 116,527,346 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 2306 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305 | 2012 | 52.21% | 23,190,962 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 1507 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2012 | 48.95% | 13,549,084 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2012 | 47.73% | 133,841,501 |
| 22 | Qatar | 7325 | Iron or steel; cast articles | 2012 | 45.42% | 41,904,319 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 8309 | Stoppers, caps, lids (including crown corks, screw caps, pouring stoppers); capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packaging accessories, of base metal | 2012 | 44.08% | 20,949,893 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2012 | 43.45% | 60,184,075 |
| 25 | 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 | 2012 | 41.44% | 56,672,871 |
| 26 | Qatar | 7213 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2012 | 40.29% | 263,691,796 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa | 2012 | 40.22% | 207,736,793 |
| 28 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2012 | 39.86% | 583,893,263 |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2012 | 38.97% | 150,705,788 |
| 30 | Russian Federation | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2012 | 37.82% | 304,148,380 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 3808 | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators, disinfectants and the like, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2012 | 37.52% | 51,380,331 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 1902 | Pasta; whether or not cooked or stuffed with meat or other substance, or otherwise prepared, egg spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared | 2012 | 37.38% | 28,745,369 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 7612 | Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes etc (including rigid, collapsible tubular containers), for materials other than compressed, liquefied gas, 300l capacity or less, lined, heat-insulated or not | 2012 | 35.15% | 14,678,685 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 7222 | Stainless steel bars and rods, angles, shapes and sections | 2012 | 34.37% | 36,762,179 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2012 | 33.88% | 167,967,943 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2012 | 33.79% | 271,785,140 |
| 37 | 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 | 2012 | 31.07% | 33,908,576 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 7226 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width of less than 600mm | 2012 | 30.60% | 12,418,416 |
| 39 | Ukraine | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2012 | 30.02% | 44,612,322 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 22 occurrences
Bahrain: 5 occurrences
Qatar: 4 occurrences
Ukraine: 3 occurrences
Kuwait: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Syria: 1 occurrence
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.