Country Matrix
For 2016, 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: 2016(39 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 383(39)[1] | 240(27) | 154(17) | 105(14) | 60(4) | 31(2) | 16 |
| >= 50 mln USD | 157(17)[1] | 103(11) | 72(8) | 45(6) | 22 | 12 | 7 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 89(9)[1] | 60(6) | 46(6) | 30(5) | 15 | 8 | 6 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 37(3)[1] | 28(2) | 24(2) | 13(2) | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 14(2)[1] | 13(1) | 12(1) | 8(1) | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (39 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 | 2016 | 85.82% | 12,466,416 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 7215 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72 | 2016 | 81.32% | 19,678,425 |
| 3 | Kuwait | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2016 | 78.04% | 32,537,107 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2016 | 75.63% | 38,512,581 |
| 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 | 2016 | 69.84% | 31,747,506 |
| 6 | Qatar | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2016 | 68.81% | 55,722,470 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 7409 | Copper plates, sheets and strip; of a thickness exceeding 0.15mm | 2016 | 67.64% | 109,471,337 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2016 | 67.57% | 429,157,070 |
| 9 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2016 | 65.40% | 104,175,864 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2016 | 62.62% | 43,198,721 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2016 | 61.59% | 1,428,614,052 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 2104 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations | 2016 | 61.43% | 39,964,583 |
| 13 | Bahrain | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2016 | 60.73% | 138,781,507 |
| 14 | Syria | 0909 | Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway or juniper | 2016 | 60.38% | 16,471,754 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2016 | 59.89% | 155,524,461 |
| 16 | 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 | 2016 | 55.61% | 47,275,259 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 0713 | Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2016 | 51.95% | 84,787,839 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2016 | 49.60% | 46,727,792 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2016 | 45.09% | 24,255,230 |
| 20 | 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 | 2016 | 44.06% | 20,946,960 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 5703 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings (including turf); tufted, whether or not made up | 2016 | 42.85% | 41,649,119 |
| 22 | Bahrain | 7302 | Railway or tramway track constructions of iron or steel; rails, check and track rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods, sleepers, fish-plates, chair wedges, sole plates, bedplates, ties and the like | 2016 | 42.56% | 95,345,986 |
| 23 | 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 | 2016 | 41.93% | 25,764,566 |
| 24 | 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 | 2016 | 41.74% | 15,882,153 |
| 25 | 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 | 2016 | 41.11% | 57,778,472 |
| 26 | 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 | 2016 | 40.62% | 30,583,505 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 8905 | Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, other vessels; the navigability of which is subsidiary to main function; floating docks, floating, submersible drilling, production platforms | 2016 | 40.56% | 94,865,185 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 9406 | Buildings; prefabricated | 2016 | 39.30% | 47,345,926 |
| 29 | Ukraine | 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 | 2016 | 37.55% | 25,414,165 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 2710 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils | 2016 | 37.52% | 548,814,019 |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2016 | 36.81% | 80,757,168 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2016 | 36.33% | 64,995,548 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 7019 | Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (e.g. yarn, rovings, woven fabrics) | 2016 | 36.16% | 52,150,732 |
| 34 | Bahrain | 3812 | Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, n.e.c. or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics | 2016 | 34.88% | 30,629,105 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 7216 | Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections | 2016 | 33.29% | 112,622,541 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa | 2016 | 32.79% | 197,247,980 |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2016 | 32.78% | 30,887,239 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 2403 | Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes n.e.c; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences | 2016 | 31.33% | 15,080,819 |
| 39 | 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 | 2016 | 30.19% | 26,702,967 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 23 occurrences
Bahrain: 7 occurrences
Qatar: 2 occurrences
Kuwait: 2 occurrences
Ukraine: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Syria: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...
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.