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(37 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 458(37)[1] | 313(21)[1] | 209(12)[1] | 141(10)[1] | 86(6)[1] | 47(3)[1] | 19 |
| >= 50 mln USD | 210(16) | 152(9) | 105(5) | 70(3) | 39(2) | 16 | 7 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 128(10) | 98(8) | 68(5) | 48(3) | 27(2) | 10 | 5 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 76(7) | 60(6) | 43(3) | 33(2) | 18(2) | 6 | 4 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 30(5) | 27(4) | 20(1) | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (37 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 2711 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons | 2022 | 89.60% | 30,807,733 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 7006 | Glass of heading no. 7003, 7004 or 7005, bent, edge-worked, engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked, not framed or fitted with other materials | 2022 | 87.72% | 36,744,845 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 4822 | Bobbins, spools, cops and similar supports of paper pulp, paper or paperboard (whether or not perforated or hardened) | 2022 | 81.16% | 18,026,884 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2022 | 78.18% | 328,815,188 |
| 5 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2022 | 76.17% | 210,512,037 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2022 | 70.50% | 19,897,910 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2022 | 69.11% | 12,369,070 |
| 8 | Kuwait | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2022 | 68.99% | 32,572,758 |
| 9 | 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 | 2022 | 64.27% | 132,387,271 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2022 | 60.98% | 32,413,620 |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2022 | 55.12% | 140,394,024 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 1001 | Wheat and meslin | 2022 | 51.69% | 859,098,924 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 0713 | Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2022 | 49.48% | 94,174,464 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2022 | 47.34% | 636,823,361 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 4813 | Cigarette paper, whether or not cut to size or in the form of booklets or tubes | 2022 | 44.22% | 13,320,243 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 7113 | Jewellery articles and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2022 | 42.19% | 642,931,576 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 1601 | Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products | 2022 | 42.07% | 43,719,515 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2022 | 41.58% | 2,339,179,910 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 2104 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations | 2022 | 40.79% | 45,407,458 |
| 20 | 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 | 2022 | 40.63% | 11,187,508 |
| 21 | Bahrain | 7301 | Iron or steel sheet piling, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements; welded angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel | 2022 | 40.26% | 16,817,441 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 1517 | Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16 | 2022 | 39.06% | 29,844,944 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 3208 | Paints, varnishes; (enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium | 2022 | 38.35% | 53,386,938 |
| 24 | 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 | 2022 | 36.23% | 114,861,866 |
| 25 | Bahrain | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2022 | 35.34% | 22,147,484 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 2403 | Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes n.e.c; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences | 2022 | 34.82% | 12,661,893 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 9406 | Buildings; prefabricated | 2022 | 34.72% | 76,524,129 |
| 28 | Bahrain | 7203 | Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2022 | 34.70% | 734,137,160 |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2022 | 34.66% | 71,427,896 |
| 30 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2022 | 34.63% | 88,196,519 |
| 31 | Syria | 0909 | Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway or juniper | 2022 | 33.31% | 14,253,325 |
| 32 | 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 | 2022 | 32.41% | 19,604,788 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 7303 | Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron | 2022 | 31.67% | 15,596,423 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 3921 | Plastic plates, sheets, film, foil and strip n.e.c. in chapter 39 | 2022 | 31.46% | 57,067,703 |
| 35 | 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 | 2022 | 31.34% | 26,998,326 |
| 36 | Syria | 1509 | Olive oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2022 | 30.63% | 42,677,885 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2022 | 30.10% | 18,861,383 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 23 occurrences
Bahrain: 6 occurrences
Kuwait: 2 occurrences
Ukraine: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Syria: 2 occurrences
Critical Goods in table:
2711 - 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.
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The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.