Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2020, 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: 2020(44 in Danger Zone)
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD381(44)249(29)165(18)115(14)72(9)42(7)13(3)
>= 50 mln USD161(24)111(16)78(11)51(8)34(5)18(4)8(2)
>= 100 mln USD97(11)72(8)55(7)38(6)27(4)15(4)7(2)
>= 200 mln USD47(5)39(4)32(4)26(4)17(2)10(2)6(2)
>= 500 mln USD12(3)11(2)10(2)10(2)7(1)1(1)1(1)

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (44 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1United Arab Emirates7408Copper wire202095.91%765,662,743
2United Arab Emirates1004Oats202092.96%12,331,393
3Bahrain7601Aluminium; unwrought202091.86%354,172,147
4Kuwait7206Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203)202086.04%24,514,399
5United Arab Emirates7214Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling202083.62%187,864,248
6Ukraine7201Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms202081.37%151,572,379
7United Arab Emirates7106Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum); unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form202081.29%13,739,904
8United Arab Emirates0306Crustaceans; 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 brine202074.28%62,560,619
9Bahrain7614Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated)202072.89%32,262,984
10Bahrain2714Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks202068.77%220,777,055
11United Arab Emirates7108Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form202067.30%784,682,514
12Russian Federation2303Residues 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 pellets202066.55%22,562,761
13Kuwait1101Wheat or meslin flour202066.04%41,529,159
14United Arab Emirates7604Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles202062.95%61,227,681
15Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202057.68%70,346,303
16Bahrain7207Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof202057.48%162,945,720
17United Arab Emirates2104Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations202050.57%50,374,459
18United Arab Emirates7407Copper; bars, rods and profiles202050.33%13,242,824
19United Arab Emirates7213Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils202049.10%80,058,903
20Bahrain7301Iron or steel sheet piling, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel202048.23%14,239,482
21United Arab Emirates7310Tanks, 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-insulated202047.74%29,789,249
22United Arab Emirates2403Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes n.e.c; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences202047.66%18,964,894
23United Arab Emirates6810Cement, concrete or artificial stone; whether or not reinforced, articles thereof202047.59%16,440,075
24United Arab Emirates7303Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron202045.56%36,628,272
25Bahrain7605Aluminium wire202045.18%71,642,049
26United Arab Emirates0713Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried202044.50%64,666,614
27United Arab Emirates4911Printed matter, n.e.c., including printed pictures and photographs202042.74%16,406,370
28United Arab Emirates1602Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects202042.48%51,001,404
29United Arab Emirates7210Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, clad, plated or coated202042.31%177,813,989
30Syria0909Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway or juniper202039.14%13,464,196
31United Arab Emirates1601Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products202038.89%27,487,280
32Russian Federation1003Barley202038.87%549,232,979
33United Arab Emirates8430Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals, or ores; pile drivers and extractors; snow ploughs and snow blowers202036.50%98,905,448
34United Arab Emirates3305Hair preparations; for use on the hair202036.30%111,897,715
35United Arab Emirates3902Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms202035.83%41,923,748
36United Arab Emirates3401Soap; 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 detergent202034.87%97,949,746
37United Arab Emirates0902Tea202034.59%84,949,060
38United Arab Emirates3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms202034.55%115,861,240
39United Arab Emirates3208Paints, varnishes; (enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium202034.37%37,933,912
40United Arab Emirates8309Stoppers, caps, lids (including crown corks, screw caps, pouring stoppers); capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packaging accessories, of base metal202033.12%26,567,021
41United Arab Emirates7605Aluminium wire202032.91%52,193,987
42United Arab Emirates4818Toilet 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 fibres202032.12%63,792,107
43Bahrain3812Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, n.e.c. or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics202030.94%31,197,914
44Russian Federation1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202030.90%37,686,560

Partner frequency summary:

United Arab Emirates: 29 occurrences

Bahrain: 7 occurrences

Russian Federation: 3 occurrences

Kuwait: 2 occurrences

Ukraine: 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.