Country Matrix
For 2014, 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: 2014(42 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 377(42)[1] | 256(31) | 173(23) | 104(16) | 58(8) | 33(4) | 11(2) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 159(26)[1] | 111(20) | 77(14) | 42(9) | 23(5) | 11(2) | 3(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 95(12)[1] | 65(9) | 47(5) | 29(5) | 18(3) | 10(2) | 3(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 53(9)[1] | 36(7) | 28(4) | 20(4) | 13(3) | 7(2) | 3(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 17(3)[1] | 12(2) | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (42 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 3817 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2014 | 98.01% | 11,935,381 |
| 2 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2014 | 93.03% | 267,566,329 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3806 | Rosin and resin acids and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums | 2014 | 87.96% | 43,493,884 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2014 | 87.94% | 311,149,317 |
| 5 | 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 | 2014 | 79.33% | 26,031,664 |
| 6 | Kuwait | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2014 | 76.56% | 88,805,594 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 7409 | Copper plates, sheets and strip; of a thickness exceeding 0.15mm | 2014 | 76.41% | 290,452,680 |
| 8 | Bahrain | 3810 | Metal-pickling preparations; fluxes etc for soldering, brazing; welding powders, pastes of metal and other materials; preparations used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods | 2014 | 72.78% | 54,294,125 |
| 9 | Bahrain | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2014 | 68.66% | 326,947,644 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals | 2014 | 67.48% | 18,150,775 |
| 11 | 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 | 2014 | 67.16% | 28,482,820 |
| 12 | Qatar | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2014 | 66.43% | 50,512,280 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2014 | 66.18% | 75,039,316 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 7215 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72 | 2014 | 62.49% | 12,363,826 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 4821 | Paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, whether or not printed | 2014 | 61.95% | 12,585,786 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2014 | 61.20% | 153,304,244 |
| 17 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2014 | 56.06% | 76,282,235 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 5703 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings (including turf); tufted, whether or not made up | 2014 | 55.63% | 83,306,233 |
| 19 | Kuwait | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2014 | 54.52% | 35,229,636 |
| 20 | 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 | 2014 | 54.15% | 74,451,337 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2014 | 51.50% | 50,331,671 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 1213 | Cereal straw and husks, unprepared; whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets | 2014 | 50.60% | 10,106,351 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 7219 | Stainless steel; flat-rolled products of width of 600mm or more | 2014 | 50.23% | 92,239,561 |
| 24 | Bahrain | 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 | 2014 | 49.80% | 62,629,337 |
| 25 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2014 | 48.77% | 280,118,234 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2014 | 48.13% | 59,260,197 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 7005 | Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked | 2014 | 45.28% | 20,443,732 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 3907 | Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms | 2014 | 43.90% | 196,051,951 |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2014 | 42.61% | 618,599,224 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 7008 | Glass; multiple-walled insulating units of glass | 2014 | 40.08% | 17,854,651 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2014 | 40.06% | 581,594,181 |
| 32 | 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 | 2014 | 39.09% | 21,372,653 |
| 33 | 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 | 2014 | 39.00% | 25,518,116 |
| 34 | 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 | 2014 | 38.71% | 17,034,309 |
| 35 | Bahrain | 2713 | Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | 2014 | 38.27% | 209,774,744 |
| 36 | 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 | 2014 | 36.96% | 65,481,194 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 0713 | Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2014 | 36.48% | 52,137,225 |
| 38 | 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 | 2014 | 35.27% | 53,148,847 |
| 39 | Ukraine | 1003 | Barley | 2014 | 33.84% | 674,447,064 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa | 2014 | 33.45% | 182,366,239 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 0306 | Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, steamed or boiled, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine | 2014 | 31.21% | 31,283,722 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 2105 | Ice cream and other edible ice; whether or not containing cocoa | 2014 | 30.07% | 23,782,192 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 25 occurrences
Bahrain: 7 occurrences
Kuwait: 3 occurrences
Ukraine: 3 occurrences
Qatar: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
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.