Country Matrix
For 2018, 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: 2018(36 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 346(36)[1] | 238(24) | 152(15) | 101(11) | 64(5) | 32(3) | 15(1) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 152(14)[1] | 114(11) | 75(7) | 52(6) | 33(3) | 15(2) | 6 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 95(8)[1] | 72(6) | 49(4) | 36(4) | 26(3) | 12(2) | 4 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 46(3)[1] | 34(2) | 26(2) | 21(2) | 14(2) | 7(2) | 2 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 13(3)[1] | 10(2) | 10(2) | 9(2) | 6(2) | 2(2) | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (36 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2018 | 93.88% | 30,311,830 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2018 | 85.75% | 785,138,699 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2018 | 82.92% | 2,682,441,733 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2018 | 75.72% | 42,923,729 |
| 5 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2018 | 74.93% | 155,900,197 |
| 6 | 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 | 2018 | 69.44% | 69,117,078 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 7214 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling | 2018 | 69.37% | 11,383,086 |
| 8 | 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 | 2018 | 68.94% | 120,360,709 |
| 9 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2018 | 67.62% | 12,344,411 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2018 | 63.36% | 20,296,845 |
| 11 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2018 | 62.39% | 62,928,319 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 2104 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations | 2018 | 56.22% | 41,895,083 |
| 13 | Kuwait | 2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals | 2018 | 54.58% | 12,270,875 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 9406 | Buildings; prefabricated | 2018 | 54.17% | 39,563,052 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2018 | 51.96% | 58,685,253 |
| 16 | Syria | 0909 | Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway or juniper | 2018 | 48.75% | 14,690,462 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2018 | 48.00% | 121,934,965 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 1601 | Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products | 2018 | 47.56% | 49,213,942 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 9032 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; automatic type | 2018 | 46.95% | 139,868,359 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2018 | 45.98% | 40,577,217 |
| 21 | 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 | 2018 | 45.10% | 15,224,010 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 4803 | Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar; for household or sanitary uses, cellulose wadding, webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls over 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side exceeding 36cm when unfolded | 2018 | 43.77% | 54,745,820 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 7303 | Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron | 2018 | 43.02% | 28,343,609 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2018 | 42.87% | 58,093,426 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 0713 | Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2018 | 39.71% | 49,045,512 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 3305 | Hair preparations; for use on the hair | 2018 | 39.32% | 117,086,280 |
| 27 | 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 | 2018 | 38.05% | 21,118,945 |
| 28 | Bahrain | 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 | 2018 | 37.84% | 12,772,327 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 0304 | Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chilled or frozen | 2018 | 36.44% | 30,651,058 |
| 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 | 2018 | 34.11% | 1,318,737,580 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 2105 | Ice cream and other edible ice; whether or not containing cocoa | 2018 | 33.65% | 29,964,454 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 5703 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings (including turf); tufted, whether or not made up | 2018 | 33.48% | 41,865,105 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 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 | 2018 | 32.94% | 42,783,389 |
| 34 | 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 | 2018 | 32.59% | 37,127,923 |
| 35 | 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 | 2018 | 32.17% | 67,141,549 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2018 | 30.62% | 30,887,523 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 25 occurrences
Bahrain: 5 occurrences
Kuwait: 3 occurrences
Ukraine: 1 occurrence
Syria: 1 occurrence
Russian Federation: 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.