Country Matrix
For 2022, 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: 2022(93 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 1005(93)[1] | 773(63)[1] | 586(47)[1] | 411(34)[1] | 286(25)[1] | 184(19)[1] | 82(10) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 261(24) | 209(18) | 166(11) | 118(8) | 81(4) | 53(3) | 21(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 126(15) | 106(13) | 85(8) | 64(5) | 43(3) | 27(2) | 15(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 66(9) | 54(7) | 43(3) | 33(1) | 22(1) | 13(1) | 10 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 23(5) | 20(4) | 15(1) | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (93 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 230641 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of low erucic acid rape or colza seed oils | 2022 | 100.00% | 18,399,536 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 293371 | Heterocyclic compounds; lactams; 6-hexanelactam (epsilon-caprolactam) | 2022 | 97.72% | 21,554,250 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 740829 | Copper; wire, of copper alloys (other than copper-zinc base alloys, copper-nickel base alloys or copper-nickel-zinc base alloys) | 2022 | 96.58% | 31,848,559 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 071390 | Vegetables, leguminous; n.e.c. in heading no. 0713, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2022 | 95.85% | 13,406,360 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 720229 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight 55% or less of silicon | 2022 | 95.84% | 17,109,232 |
| 6 | Bahrain | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2022 | 95.47% | 174,043,995 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 151491 | Vegetable oils; excluding low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude | 2022 | 93.37% | 11,404,799 |
| 8 | Bahrain | 391723 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of vinyl chloride | 2022 | 92.45% | 48,688,468 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2022 | 92.45% | 15,259,307 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 720120 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0.5% of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2022 | 90.42% | 32,395,663 |
| 11 | Kuwait | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes | 2022 | 88.47% | 22,881,112 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous; lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2022 | 88.13% | 55,414,669 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 700600 | Glass of heading no. 7003, 7004 or 7005; bent, edge-worked, engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked, but not framed or fitted with other materials | 2022 | 87.72% | 36,744,845 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 390521 | Vinyl acetate copolymers; in aqueous dispersion, in primary forms | 2022 | 87.66% | 13,852,204 |
| 15 | Bahrain | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2022 | 85.20% | 324,324,476 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 482290 | Paper pulp, paper or paperboard; bobbins, spools, cops and similar supports, other than of a kind used for winding textile yarn (whether or not perforated or hardened) | 2022 | 81.18% | 18,026,884 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 392113 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of polyurethanes, cellular | 2022 | 80.43% | 10,734,448 |
| 18 | Bahrain | 760521 | Aluminium; alloys, wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 7mm | 2022 | 80.25% | 10,528,134 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 700529 | Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, non-wired, (other than coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or merely surface ground) | 2022 | 80.07% | 15,298,788 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 760110 | Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed) | 2022 | 78.59% | 31,400,045 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 160231 | Meat preparations; of turkeys, prepared or preserved meat or meat offal (excluding livers and homogenised preparations) | 2022 | 78.43% | 10,779,019 |
| 22 | Bahrain | 760511 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm | 2022 | 77.62% | 199,869,946 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 721710 | Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, (not plated or coated), whether or not polished | 2022 | 76.40% | 14,622,388 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 390939 | Amino-resins; n.e.c. in heading no. 3909, in primary forms, other than poly(methylene phenyl isocyanate) (Crude MDI, polymeric MDI) | 2022 | 72.91% | 12,257,566 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | 2022 | 71.25% | 38,478,924 |
| 26 | Kuwait | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2022 | 68.99% | 32,572,758 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 390422 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; plasticised poly(vinyl chloride), in primary forms, mixed with other substances | 2022 | 68.79% | 19,056,314 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2022 | 67.25% | 32,868,976 |
| 29 | Bahrain | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2022 | 65.15% | 21,870,023 |
| 30 | 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 | 2022 | 64.27% | 132,387,271 |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2022 | 63.71% | 138,876,829 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 690723 | Ceramic tiles; flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 10% | 2022 | 60.75% | 86,610,865 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 721030 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, electrolytically plated or coated with zinc | 2022 | 60.54% | 87,355,189 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 330730 | Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations; perfumed bath salts and other bath preparations | 2022 | 60.41% | 11,459,059 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 843049 | Boring and sinking machinery; not self-propelled | 2022 | 59.07% | 114,774,610 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2022 | 58.51% | 28,292,301 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 731419 | Iron or steel; woven cloth, other than of stainless steel | 2022 | 58.14% | 10,385,746 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 390931 | Amino-resins; n.e.c. in heading no. 3909, in primary forms, poly(methylene phenyl isocyanate) (Crude MDI, polymeric MDI) | 2022 | 56.06% | 12,941,691 |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 481320 | Paper, cigarette; in rolls of a width not exceeding 5cm | 2022 | 55.65% | 10,452,904 |
| 40 | Bahrain | 721633 | Iron or non-alloy steel; H sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2022 | 53.88% | 22,651,403 |
| 41 | Bahrain | 481820 | Paper articles; handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels | 2022 | 53.86% | 29,904,804 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 853521 | Electrical apparatus; automatic circuit breakers, for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts but less than 72.5kV | 2022 | 53.72% | 46,113,721 |
| 43 | 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 | 2022 | 53.33% | 43,369,483 |
| 44 | Russian Federation | 100119 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | 2022 | 51.69% | 859,098,924 |
| 45 | Qatar | 290315 | Saturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons; ethylene dichloride (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane) | 2022 | 51.08% | 11,685,001 |
| 46 | Bahrain | 040630 | Dairy produce; cheese, processed (not grated or powdered) | 2022 | 50.86% | 223,822,915 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 760410 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles | 2022 | 50.66% | 12,864,897 |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2022 | 49.22% | 52,890,478 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 841583 | Air conditioning machines; containing a motor driven fan, other than window or wall types, not incorporating a refrigerating unit | 2022 | 48.45% | 26,108,431 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 151710 | Margarine; excluding liquid margarine | 2022 | 48.28% | 23,886,834 |
| 51 | Bahrain | 730120 | Iron or steel; angles, shapes and sections, welded | 2022 | 47.49% | 16,817,441 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2022 | 46.66% | 602,182,947 |
| 53 | Bahrain | 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 | 2022 | 46.63% | 221,420,995 |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | 2022 | 44.80% | 11,166,845 |
| 55 | Bahrain | 381220 | Plasticisers, compound; for rubber or plastics | 2022 | 43.97% | 48,636,389 |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 390390 | Styrene polymers; in primary forms, n.e.c. in heading no. 3903 | 2022 | 43.95% | 11,030,713 |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2022 | 43.90% | 120,492,092 |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 392321 | Ethylene polymers; sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | 2022 | 43.48% | 20,264,505 |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 711319 | Jewellery; of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | 2022 | 43.17% | 642,268,058 |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 330510 | Hair preparations; shampoos | 2022 | 42.65% | 56,520,310 |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 160100 | Meat preparations; sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, and food preparations based on these products | 2022 | 42.07% | 43,719,515 |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2022 | 41.58% | 2,339,174,525 |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 321490 | Mastics; n.e.c. in heading no. 3214 | 2022 | 40.90% | 16,618,447 |
| 64 | Syria | 150930 | Vegetable oils; olive oil and its fractions, virgin olive oil, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2022 | 39.82% | 15,627,192 |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 270750 | Aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707, of which 65% or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250 degrees Celsius by the ISO 3405 method (equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method) | 2022 | 39.41% | 11,804,648 |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 820750 | Tools, interchangeable; (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), tools for drilling (other than rock) | 2022 | 38.86% | 28,025,019 |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 940690 | Buildings; prefabricated, not of wood | 2022 | 38.00% | 62,604,989 |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 200599 | Vegetable preparations; vegetables and mixtures of vegetables n.e.c. in heading no. 2005, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen | 2022 | 37.46% | 30,739,099 |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 853529 | Electrical apparatus; automatic circuit breakers, for a voltage of 72.5kV or more | 2022 | 37.10% | 71,812,100 |
| 70 | 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 | 2022 | 36.93% | 12,655,404 |
| 71 | United Arab Emirates | 390421 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; non-plasticised poly(vinyl chloride), in primary forms, mixed with other substances | 2022 | 36.49% | 23,969,127 |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | 392590 | Plastics; builders' ware, n.e.c. or included in heading no. 3925 | 2022 | 35.93% | 27,876,300 |
| 73 | United Arab Emirates | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms | 2022 | 35.85% | 39,335,961 |
| 74 | Kuwait | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2022 | 35.85% | 17,334,111 |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 390140 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2022 | 35.31% | 14,141,502 |
| 76 | Ukraine | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2022 | 34.91% | 76,094,299 |
| 77 | United Arab Emirates | 190532 | Food preparations; waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa | 2022 | 34.90% | 87,658,890 |
| 78 | Ukraine | 151219 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2022 | 34.78% | 12,102,220 |
| 79 | Bahrain | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2022 | 34.71% | 734,137,160 |
| 80 | United Arab Emirates | 340242 | Organic surface-active agents; non-ionic (other than soap), whether or not put up for retail sale | 2022 | 34.53% | 21,200,061 |
| 81 | United Arab Emirates | 320649 | Colouring matter; other preparations n.e.c. in item no. 3206.4 | 2022 | 34.19% | 12,046,833 |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2022 | 34.17% | 43,475,812 |
| 83 | 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) | 2022 | 34.10% | 23,280,718 |
| 84 | United Arab Emirates | 030211 | Fish; fresh or chilled, trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of 0302.9 | 2022 | 33.59% | 13,157,548 |
| 85 | United Arab Emirates | 071320 | Vegetables, leguminous; chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2022 | 32.68% | 20,270,022 |
| 86 | Syria | 150920 | Vegetable oils; olive oil and its fractions, extra virgin olive oil, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2022 | 32.06% | 23,521,388 |
| 87 | United Arab Emirates | 730300 | Cast iron; tubes, pipes and hollow profiles | 2022 | 31.67% | 15,596,423 |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 843143 | Boring or sinking machinery; parts for boring or sinking machinery of subheading 8430.41 or 8430.49 | 2022 | 31.60% | 214,280,966 |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 392190 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, other than cellular | 2022 | 31.57% | 43,897,144 |
| 90 | United Arab Emirates | 190120 | Food preparations; mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares | 2022 | 31.36% | 27,576,537 |
| 91 | United Arab Emirates | 761090 | Aluminium; structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts of structures, n.e.c. in heading no. 7610, plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like | 2022 | 31.34% | 20,784,658 |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 480519 | Paper and paperboard; uncoated, fluting paper other than semi-chemical or straw, rolls or sheets | 2022 | 31.02% | 31,512,102 |
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 210112 | Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | 2022 | 30.66% | 18,429,186 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 66 occurrences
Bahrain: 13 occurrences
Russian Federation: 5 occurrences
Ukraine: 3 occurrences
Kuwait: 3 occurrences
Syria: 2 occurrences
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
271113 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...
Legend:
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The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.
[n]
The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.