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(42 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 392(42) | 261(24) | 176(14) | 119(10) | 78(8) | 37(5) | 18(4) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 169(23) | 116(15) | 82(10) | 56(8) | 35(6) | 17(4) | 9(3) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 97(10) | 75(7) | 58(6) | 42(6) | 28(6) | 14(4) | 8(3) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 49(3) | 42(3) | 34(3) | 25(3) | 16(3) | 6(2) | 3(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 18(3) | 16(3) | 14(3) | 12(3) | 9(3) | 4(2) | 2(1) |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (42 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 8805 | Aircraft launching gear, deck-arrestor or similar gear, ground flying trainers; parts of the foregoing articles | 2019 | 98.07% | 166,158,398 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2019 | 95.81% | 38,360,729 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2019 | 92.47% | 143,185,314 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2019 | 90.37% | 761,800,883 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2019 | 83.47% | 1,949,054,246 |
| 6 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2019 | 78.70% | 160,310,160 |
| 7 | Kuwait | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2019 | 75.03% | 44,877,151 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 8430 | Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals, or ores; pile drivers and extractors; snow ploughs and snow blowers | 2019 | 71.76% | 508,578,359 |
| 9 | 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 | 2019 | 68.69% | 97,317,025 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2019 | 61.83% | 52,747,534 |
| 11 | 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 | 2019 | 58.83% | 66,136,714 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 7213 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2019 | 53.72% | 46,148,428 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 2104 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations | 2019 | 53.15% | 44,217,340 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2019 | 53.00% | 52,732,174 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2019 | 47.74% | 52,931,170 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 1601 | Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products | 2019 | 47.50% | 32,076,775 |
| 17 | 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 | 2019 | 45.86% | 61,141,435 |
| 18 | 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 | 2019 | 45.12% | 14,937,467 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 7310 | Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, capacity not exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat-insulated | 2019 | 43.93% | 28,900,769 |
| 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 | 2019 | 43.58% | 29,586,577 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 2403 | Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes n.e.c; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences | 2019 | 42.49% | 11,382,301 |
| 22 | 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 | 2019 | 41.99% | 124,835,356 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 0902 | Tea | 2019 | 41.22% | 99,464,908 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2019 | 40.46% | 64,737,397 |
| 25 | Ukraine | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2019 | 39.91% | 64,903,560 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 7019 | Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (e.g. yarn, rovings, woven fabrics) | 2019 | 39.79% | 76,732,066 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 0713 | Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2019 | 39.68% | 55,052,167 |
| 28 | 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 | 2019 | 36.87% | 54,477,616 |
| 29 | 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 | 2019 | 36.63% | 14,753,374 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 7216 | Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections | 2019 | 36.60% | 65,662,023 |
| 31 | Syria | 0909 | Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway or juniper | 2019 | 36.07% | 12,656,494 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 6810 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone; whether or not reinforced, articles thereof | 2019 | 34.98% | 13,326,700 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 3305 | Hair preparations; for use on the hair | 2019 | 34.60% | 119,159,797 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 1103 | Cereal groats; meal and pellets | 2019 | 33.70% | 12,785,394 |
| 35 | 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 | 2019 | 33.65% | 11,139,520 |
| 36 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2019 | 32.60% | 36,146,059 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2019 | 32.20% | 113,074,188 |
| 38 | Kuwait | 2202 | Waters, including mineral and aerated waters, containing added sugar or sweetening matter, flavoured; other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009 | 2019 | 32.03% | 39,923,841 |
| 39 | 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 | 2019 | 31.69% | 33,588,072 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 7210 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, clad, plated or coated | 2019 | 31.52% | 116,295,834 |
| 41 | Ukraine | 2303 | Residues of starch manufacture, similar residues; beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets | 2019 | 30.56% | 11,073,595 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2019 | 30.04% | 33,980,093 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 28 occurrences
Bahrain: 4 occurrences
Ukraine: 4 occurrences
Kuwait: 3 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Syria: 1 occurrence
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.