Country Matrix
For 2019, 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: 2019(88 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 822(88) | 598(65) | 439(42) | 319(28) | 229(23) | 135(13) | 64(6) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 199(21) | 150(18) | 117(13) | 88(12) | 64(9) | 44(7) | 19(3) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 91(8) | 74(7) | 58(6) | 47(6) | 33(6) | 22(5) | 14(3) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 43(3) | 34(3) | 29(3) | 24(3) | 17(3) | 11(3) | 7(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 20(3) | 15(3) | 14(3) | 13(3) | 10(3) | 7(3) | 3(1) |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (88 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 880521 | Ground flying trainers and parts thereof; air combat simulators and parts thereof | 2019 | 99.89% | 166,158,398 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 720610 | Iron or non-alloy steel; ingots (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2019 | 96.30% | 38,360,729 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 760110 | Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed) | 2019 | 95.22% | 30,792,914 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 740710 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles, of refined copper | 2019 | 94.73% | 142,675,884 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 071390 | Vegetables, leguminous; n.e.c. in heading no. 0713, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2019 | 94.67% | 11,892,426 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2019 | 91.00% | 744,879,078 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 730210 | Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material; rails | 2019 | 87.54% | 97,307,097 |
| 8 | Bahrain | 391723 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of vinyl chloride | 2019 | 86.91% | 24,204,999 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 701939 | Glass fibres; webs, mattresses, boards and similar non-woven products excluding mats and thin sheets | 2019 | 86.62% | 65,344,929 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 480511 | Paper and paperboard; uncoated, semi-chemical fluting paper, rolls or sheets | 2019 | 83.61% | 19,911,242 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 843049 | Boring and sinking machinery; not self-propelled | 2019 | 83.60% | 507,900,982 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2019 | 83.48% | 1,949,050,982 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2019 | 82.29% | 37,692,608 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 731010 | Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), 50l or more capacity but not exceeding 300l | 2019 | 77.32% | 20,108,512 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | 2019 | 76.83% | 43,988,617 |
| 16 | Bahrain | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2019 | 75.58% | 129,517,246 |
| 17 | Ukraine | 230630 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils | 2019 | 75.07% | 15,939,219 |
| 18 | Kuwait | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2019 | 75.03% | 44,877,151 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 290122 | Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, propene (propylene) | 2019 | 74.34% | 25,366,847 |
| 20 | Kuwait | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2019 | 72.82% | 22,761,109 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2019 | 72.79% | 63,939,096 |
| 22 | Bahrain | 030499 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0304.9 | 2019 | 72.17% | 25,884,447 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous; lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2019 | 70.28% | 23,448,947 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 740819 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension is 6mm or less | 2019 | 68.51% | 14,465,548 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2019 | 65.09% | 98,954,370 |
| 26 | 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) | 2019 | 63.93% | 91,494,269 |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2019 | 63.37% | 52,931,170 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2019 | 61.01% | 21,621,569 |
| 29 | Bahrain | 760421 | Aluminium; alloys, hollow profiles | 2019 | 58.90% | 10,728,620 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 871631 | Tanker trailers and tanker semi-trailers | 2019 | 58.61% | 31,634,762 |
| 31 | 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 | 2019 | 57.41% | 46,013,667 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 030617 | Crustaceans; frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | 2019 | 56.84% | 30,675,038 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 190120 | Food preparations; mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares | 2019 | 55.94% | 33,500,888 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 721011 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with tin, thickness of 0.5mm or more | 2019 | 55.50% | 20,907,729 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 760511 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm | 2019 | 55.18% | 49,230,487 |
| 36 | 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 | 2019 | 54.65% | 17,675,795 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 721632 | Iron or non-alloy steel; I sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2019 | 54.53% | 26,348,901 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2019 | 53.36% | 11,365,482 |
| 39 | Kuwait | 220210 | Waters; including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | 2019 | 51.75% | 39,893,480 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 730629 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); casing and tubing of a kind used in drilling for oil and gas (other than stainless steel or seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2019 | 51.67% | 10,625,703 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 841583 | Air conditioning machines; containing a motor driven fan, other than window or wall types, not incorporating a refrigerating unit | 2019 | 51.05% | 39,856,597 |
| 42 | Bahrain | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2019 | 50.54% | 57,296,702 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 160231 | Meat preparations; of turkeys, prepared or preserved meat or meat offal (excluding livers and homogenised preparations) | 2019 | 49.70% | 21,450,465 |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 330510 | Hair preparations; shampoos | 2019 | 49.67% | 75,668,626 |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 853521 | Electrical apparatus; automatic circuit breakers, for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts but less than 72.5kV | 2019 | 49.21% | 31,638,272 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 321290 | Pigments; of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, other than stamping foils | 2019 | 48.57% | 14,700,044 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2019 | 48.04% | 47,410,204 |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 830990 | Stoppers; caps and lids, of base metal | 2019 | 47.71% | 29,564,387 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 854411 | Insulated electric conductors; winding wire, of copper | 2019 | 47.68% | 10,007,443 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 160100 | Meat preparations; sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, and food preparations based on these products | 2019 | 47.50% | 32,076,775 |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 940421 | Mattresses; of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not covered | 2019 | 46.72% | 11,318,676 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 761010 | Aluminium; structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts of structures, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | 2019 | 46.18% | 40,529,684 |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 110311 | Cereal groats and meal; of wheat | 2019 | 45.99% | 12,781,816 |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 240311 | Tobacco; smoking, water pipe tobacco as specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | 2019 | 45.91% | 11,382,301 |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 480300 | Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar; for household or sanitary use, cellulose, wadding webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls exceeding 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side more than 36cm in unfolded state | 2019 | 45.86% | 61,141,435 |
| 56 | Bahrain | 381220 | Plasticisers, compound; for rubber or plastics | 2019 | 45.76% | 32,530,701 |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 721633 | Iron or non-alloy steel; H sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2019 | 45.08% | 19,834,294 |
| 58 | 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 | 2019 | 44.84% | 64,737,397 |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms | 2019 | 44.22% | 25,685,031 |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 340119 | 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, not for toilet use | 2019 | 43.48% | 10,265,809 |
| 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) | 2019 | 43.39% | 160,946,666 |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 480519 | Paper and paperboard; uncoated, fluting paper other than semi-chemical or straw, rolls or sheets | 2019 | 42.62% | 13,584,985 |
| 63 | Ukraine | 720150 | Iron; alloy pig iron; spiegeleisen, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2019 | 41.67% | 64,903,560 |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 721030 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, electrolytically plated or coated with zinc | 2019 | 41.07% | 18,772,058 |
| 65 | Russian Federation | 170410 | Sugar confectionery; chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated, not containing cocoa | 2019 | 40.51% | 10,675,112 |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 854420 | Insulated electric conductors; co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors | 2019 | 39.26% | 18,167,494 |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2019 | 38.76% | 43,941,539 |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2019 | 38.75% | 52,003,596 |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 151190 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2019 | 38.66% | 42,863,788 |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 730690 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2019 | 37.41% | 16,895,583 |
| 71 | United Arab Emirates | 071320 | Vegetables, leguminous; chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2019 | 37.01% | 15,904,633 |
| 72 | Bahrain | 321290 | Pigments; of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, other than stamping foils | 2019 | 36.80% | 11,139,520 |
| 73 | Russian Federation | 180631 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa; in blocks, slabs or bars, filled, weighing 2kg or less | 2019 | 36.35% | 43,189,545 |
| 74 | United Arab Emirates | 760612 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | 2019 | 36.04% | 35,473,798 |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 730630 | Iron or non-alloy steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (not seamless), welded, of circular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2019 | 35.93% | 11,379,584 |
| 76 | United Arab Emirates | 392390 | Plastics; articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923 | 2019 | 35.53% | 11,309,716 |
| 77 | United Arab Emirates | 480524 | Paper & paperboard; uncoated, testliner (recycled linerboard), weight 150g/m2, or less, in rolls or sheets | 2019 | 34.22% | 16,773,580 |
| 78 | 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 | 2019 | 33.96% | 86,343,253 |
| 79 | United Arab Emirates | 320890 | Paints and varnishes; based on polymers n.e.c. in heading no. 3208, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium | 2019 | 33.77% | 17,397,849 |
| 80 | United Arab Emirates | 200811 | Nuts; ground-nuts, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit | 2019 | 33.07% | 13,927,804 |
| 81 | United Arab Emirates | 320417 | Dyes; pigments and preparations based thereon | 2019 | 33.01% | 11,745,334 |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 701990 | Glass fibres; n.e.c. in heading no. 7019 | 2019 | 31.78% | 10,636,940 |
| 83 | United Arab Emirates | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2019 | 31.76% | 34,552,049 |
| 84 | Bahrain | 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 | 2019 | 31.70% | 10,253,233 |
| 85 | Ukraine | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2019 | 31.66% | 26,446,430 |
| 86 | United Arab Emirates | 730890 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | 2019 | 30.94% | 126,864,749 |
| 87 | Bahrain | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2019 | 30.76% | 30,353,845 |
| 88 | Ukraine | 230320 | Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture; whether or not in the form of pellets | 2019 | 30.60% | 11,073,595 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 63 occurrences
Bahrain: 11 occurrences
Kuwait: 5 occurrences
Ukraine: 5 occurrences
Russian Federation: 4 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.