Country Matrix
For 2015, 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: 2015(93 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 890(93)[1] | 628(72) | 452(58) | 334(44) | 219(32) | 153(24) | 73(13) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 252(35)[1] | 186(27) | 136(20) | 104(16) | 67(10) | 44(8) | 24(5) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 133(19)[1] | 100(15) | 74(12) | 59(9) | 40(6) | 30(5) | 16(3) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 53(6) | 37(3) | 27(2) | 21(1) | 13(1) | 8(1) | 3 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 20(2) | 13 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (93 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 740921 | Copper; strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.15mm, of copper-zinc base alloys (brass), in coils | 2015 | 99.03% | 158,849,116 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 721931 | Steel, stainless; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled or cold-reduced, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more | 2015 | 98.92% | 107,328,065 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 710691 | Metals; silver, unwrought, (but not powder) | 2015 | 97.80% | 15,667,807 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 761410 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), with steel core | 2015 | 95.93% | 118,940,311 |
| 5 | Qatar | 721310 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process | 2015 | 94.15% | 65,194,003 |
| 6 | Qatar | 381700 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2015 | 93.88% | 11,551,750 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 760521 | Aluminium; alloys, wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 7mm | 2015 | 93.63% | 32,399,110 |
| 8 | Kuwait | 720610 | Iron or non-alloy steel; ingots (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2015 | 93.40% | 30,207,466 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 380690 | Rosin; spirit and oils, n.e.c. in heading no. 3806 | 2015 | 92.47% | 18,862,181 |
| 10 | Iran | 091020 | Spices; saffron | 2015 | 91.83% | 10,475,595 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 721499 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, n.e.c. in heading no. 7214, other than of rectangular cross-section | 2015 | 91.42% | 34,433,585 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 720719 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, other than rectangular or square cross-section | 2015 | 91.32% | 91,632,962 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 890120 | Tankers | 2015 | 90.07% | 13,608,570 |
| 14 | Qatar | 760110 | Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed) | 2015 | 89.38% | 50,109,244 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 390422 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; plasticised poly(vinyl chloride), in primary forms, mixed with other substances | 2015 | 88.23% | 34,077,894 |
| 16 | Bahrain | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2015 | 88.10% | 271,659,440 |
| 17 | Kuwait | 392111 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of polymers of styrene, cellular | 2015 | 87.77% | 17,268,098 |
| 18 | Iran | 080251 | Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, in shell | 2015 | 84.98% | 23,259,111 |
| 19 | Bahrain | 391723 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of vinyl chloride | 2015 | 84.90% | 21,271,272 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 721699 | Iron or non-alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, n.e.c. in heading no. 7216 | 2015 | 84.83% | 101,490,032 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 071390 | Vegetables, leguminous; n.e.c. in heading no. 0713, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2015 | 82.59% | 19,442,800 |
| 22 | Bahrain | 760421 | Aluminium; alloys, hollow profiles | 2015 | 82.18% | 35,451,818 |
| 23 | Bahrain | 381090 | Fluxes and other auxiliary preparations; for soldering, brazing or welding, or preparations used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods | 2015 | 81.99% | 27,751,684 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 761290 | Aluminium; casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | 2015 | 80.85% | 38,676,433 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 321290 | Pigments; of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, other than stamping foils | 2015 | 78.04% | 28,654,510 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 030616 | Crustaceans; frozen, cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | 2015 | 77.46% | 17,057,495 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 230641 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of low erucic acid rape or colza seed oils | 2015 | 76.89% | 13,762,697 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2015 | 73.70% | 154,951,151 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 190220 | Food preparations; pasta, stuffed (with meat or other substances), whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared | 2015 | 73.32% | 14,106,174 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2015 | 71.92% | 57,583,898 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 010290 | Bovine animals; live, other than cattle and buffalo | 2015 | 71.56% | 14,961,024 |
| 32 | 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 | 2015 | 70.36% | 10,026,369 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 390760 | -Poly(ethylene terephthalate) | 2015 | 69.84% | 117,201,844 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2015 | 68.77% | 106,457,059 |
| 35 | Qatar | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2015 | 68.19% | 37,929,193 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 700510 | Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, non-wired, having an absorbent reflecting or non-reflecting layer | 2015 | 67.56% | 12,010,942 |
| 37 | 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 | 2015 | 66.71% | 139,319,285 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 380894 | Disinfectants; 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 | 2015 | 66.51% | 40,542,235 |
| 39 | Ukraine | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2015 | 65.66% | 59,482,411 |
| 40 | Bahrain | 730110 | Iron or steel; sheet piling, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements | 2015 | 65.43% | 60,477,045 |
| 41 | Bahrain | 441510 | Wood; cases, boxes, crates, drums, similar packings and cable-drums | 2015 | 64.48% | 10,487,204 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous; lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2015 | 63.11% | 34,453,595 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 570330 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings; tufted, of man-made textile materials (other than polyamides), whether or not made up | 2015 | 62.47% | 86,190,621 |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 940429 | Mattresses; of other materials, not cellular rubber or plastics | 2015 | 61.81% | 10,805,840 |
| 45 | Bahrain | 760511 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm | 2015 | 59.18% | 128,095,406 |
| 46 | Bahrain | 761490 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), other than steel core | 2015 | 59.18% | 32,906,418 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 160239 | Meat preparations; of poultry (excluding turkeys), prepared or preserved meat or meat offal (excluding livers and homogenised preparations) | 2015 | 58.88% | 13,708,163 |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 700800 | Glass; multiple-walled insulating units of glass | 2015 | 58.68% | 14,268,970 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 890399 | Vessels; (other than sailboats and motorboats), for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable, of a length exceeding 7.5m | 2015 | 57.01% | 17,153,228 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 190120 | Food preparations; mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares | 2015 | 55.72% | 29,929,890 |
| 51 | Kuwait | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2015 | 55.54% | 38,654,621 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2015 | 54.90% | 406,716,848 |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 160232 | Meat preparations; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | 2015 | 52.84% | 45,987,555 |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2015 | 52.75% | 52,046,004 |
| 55 | Bahrain | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2015 | 52.42% | 46,495,937 |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 740710 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles, of refined copper | 2015 | 51.97% | 30,133,029 |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 170199 | Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | 2015 | 51.61% | 141,105,556 |
| 58 | Bahrain | 481820 | Paper articles; handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels | 2015 | 50.91% | 15,798,294 |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 740911 | Copper; strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.15mm, of refined copper, in coils | 2015 | 49.99% | 52,920,294 |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 180632 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa; in blocks, slabs or bars, (not filled), weighing 2kg or less | 2015 | 47.54% | 28,250,335 |
| 61 | 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) | 2015 | 47.01% | 192,230,038 |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 300450 | Medicaments; containing vitamins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic use, packaged for retail sale | 2015 | 46.58% | 86,082,791 |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 940421 | Mattresses; of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not covered | 2015 | 46.40% | 16,425,664 |
| 64 | Ukraine | 720711 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness | 2015 | 46.14% | 234,024,125 |
| 65 | Bahrain | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen; obtained from bituminous minerals | 2015 | 45.58% | 155,597,781 |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 190532 | Food preparations; waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa | 2015 | 45.28% | 50,657,592 |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 252321 | Cement; portland, white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2015 | 43.61% | 30,580,664 |
| 68 | Bahrain | 841830 | Freezers; of the chest type, not exceeding 800l capacity | 2015 | 43.35% | 21,307,150 |
| 69 | Bahrain | 381230 | -Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics | 2015 | 43.22% | 39,928,347 |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 760612 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | 2015 | 40.84% | 51,000,864 |
| 71 | United Arab Emirates | 071320 | Vegetables, leguminous; chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2015 | 40.64% | 16,546,529 |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | 200811 | Nuts; ground-nuts, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit | 2015 | 40.51% | 14,687,836 |
| 73 | United Arab Emirates | 121300 | Cereal straw and husks; unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets | 2015 | 39.06% | 12,354,829 |
| 74 | United Arab Emirates | 392390 | Plastics; articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923 | 2015 | 38.40% | 17,695,516 |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 690890 | -Other | 2015 | 37.05% | 131,591,653 |
| 76 | 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) | 2015 | 36.76% | 36,475,472 |
| 77 | United Arab Emirates | 890520 | Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | 2015 | 36.60% | 210,170,875 |
| 78 | Russian Federation | 100390 | Cereals; barley, other than seed | 2015 | 36.00% | 727,958,124 |
| 79 | United Arab Emirates | 740729 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles, of copper alloys (other than copper-zinc base alloys) | 2015 | 35.66% | 14,020,802 |
| 80 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2015 | 35.42% | 1,828,106,498 |
| 81 | Bahrain | 730210 | Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material; rails | 2015 | 35.33% | 55,947,587 |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 721391 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.c. in heading no. 7213, of circular cross-section measuring less than 14mm in diameter | 2015 | 35.01% | 77,577,532 |
| 83 | United Arab Emirates | 830990 | Stoppers; caps and lids, of base metal | 2015 | 34.29% | 18,800,312 |
| 84 | Russian Federation | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2015 | 33.26% | 83,168,942 |
| 85 | Bahrain | 730120 | Iron or steel; angles, shapes and sections, welded | 2015 | 33.23% | 11,764,993 |
| 86 | Bahrain | 040630 | Dairy produce; cheese, processed (not grated or powdered) | 2015 | 33.21% | 90,024,677 |
| 87 | Russian Federation | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2015 | 33.06% | 29,948,173 |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 830710 | Tubing; flexible, with or without fittings, of iron or steel | 2015 | 32.96% | 14,795,905 |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 940600 | Prefabricated buildings. | 2015 | 32.87% | 48,226,379 |
| 90 | Bahrain | 340130 | Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap | 2015 | 31.18% | 18,421,055 |
| 91 | United Arab Emirates | 330510 | Hair preparations; shampoos | 2015 | 30.83% | 27,029,121 |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms | 2015 | 30.82% | 18,597,033 |
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 151620 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions; partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | 2015 | 30.02% | 18,339,926 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 59 occurrences
Bahrain: 20 occurrences
Qatar: 4 occurrences
Kuwait: 3 occurrences
Russian Federation: 3 occurrences
Iran: 2 occurrences
Ukraine: 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.