Country Matrix
For 2023, 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: 2023(84 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 1020(84) | 751(54) | 563(35) | 401(28) | 269(22) | 173(17) | 78(8) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 262(22) | 194(17) | 155(12) | 112(10) | 68(6) | 43(5) | 20(2) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 132(12) | 103(9) | 85(8) | 63(6) | 39(4) | 27(4) | 14(2) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 68(10) | 57(7) | 47(6) | 35(4) | 20(3) | 16(3) | 11(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 23(2) | 19(1) | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (84 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 | 2023 | 100.00% | 13,495,405 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 720720 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon | 2023 | 98.87% | 23,452,343 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 720229 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight 55% or less of silicon | 2023 | 98.22% | 12,255,795 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 071390 | Vegetables, leguminous; n.e.c. in heading no. 0713, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2023 | 96.68% | 16,351,129 |
| 5 | 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 | 2023 | 95.75% | 236,216,504 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 940610 | Buildings; prefabricated, of wood | 2023 | 92.79% | 149,554,241 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 391723 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of vinyl chloride | 2023 | 90.22% | 35,288,058 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 721710 | Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, (not plated or coated), whether or not polished | 2023 | 90.06% | 42,037,833 |
| 9 | 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 | 2023 | 88.69% | 16,399,830 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 160231 | Meat preparations; of turkeys, prepared or preserved meat or meat offal (excluding livers and homogenised preparations) | 2023 | 86.74% | 10,090,742 |
| 11 | Bahrain | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2023 | 84.75% | 225,480,852 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2023 | 83.45% | 385,333,391 |
| 13 | Bahrain | 761490 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), other than steel core | 2023 | 82.92% | 24,512,049 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 390521 | Vinyl acetate copolymers; in aqueous dispersion, in primary forms | 2023 | 82.77% | 10,290,234 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | 2023 | 82.00% | 72,107,977 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2023 | 81.19% | 11,444,370 |
| 17 | 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) | 2023 | 80.93% | 14,507,505 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous; lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2023 | 79.44% | 52,294,526 |
| 19 | Qatar | 280429 | Gases, rare; other than argon | 2023 | 76.22% | 11,814,317 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 392113 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of polyurethanes, cellular | 2023 | 72.23% | 13,659,533 |
| 21 | 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) | 2023 | 71.51% | 34,521,903 |
| 22 | Kuwait | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2023 | 70.16% | 26,575,688 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 760110 | Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed) | 2023 | 66.73% | 29,961,992 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 730459 | Steel, alloy (not stainless steel); (excluding cold-drawn or cold-rolled), tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of circular cross-section | 2023 | 65.12% | 83,860,483 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 940690 | Buildings; prefabricated, not of wood | 2023 | 64.76% | 286,488,571 |
| 26 | Bahrain | 950590 | Festive, carnival or other entertainment articles including novelty jokes and conjuring tricks; other than Christmas festivity articles | 2023 | 63.00% | 155,824,484 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2023 | 61.13% | 42,761,913 |
| 28 | 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 | 2023 | 60.69% | 73,492,941 |
| 29 | Bahrain | 760511 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm | 2023 | 59.00% | 210,925,728 |
| 30 | Russian Federation | 230320 | Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture; whether or not in the form of pellets | 2023 | 57.76% | 17,303,248 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 871639 | Trailers and semi-trailers; (other than tanker type) | 2023 | 54.70% | 32,348,878 |
| 32 | Bahrain | 040630 | Dairy produce; cheese, processed (not grated or powdered) | 2023 | 53.80% | 217,727,007 |
| 33 | 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% | 2023 | 53.60% | 28,684,721 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 890790 | Floating structures; tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons | 2023 | 53.25% | 11,659,385 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 390422 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; plasticised poly(vinyl chloride), in primary forms, mixed with other substances | 2023 | 52.78% | 10,257,141 |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 100119 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | 2023 | 49.38% | 732,352,436 |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2023 | 48.64% | 98,003,197 |
| 38 | Qatar | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | 2023 | 48.64% | 42,398,840 |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 730820 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, towers and lattice masts | 2023 | 45.75% | 29,937,001 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 390931 | Amino-resins; n.e.c. in heading no. 3909, in primary forms, poly(methylene phenyl isocyanate) (Crude MDI, polymeric MDI) | 2023 | 45.40% | 14,554,589 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 401610 | Rubber; vulcanised (other than hard rubber), moulded rubber mats and mats of non-rectangular shape made by cutting from the piece, of cellular rubber | 2023 | 45.07% | 10,985,169 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 090230 | Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg | 2023 | 44.98% | 53,657,445 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 820750 | Tools, interchangeable; (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), tools for drilling (other than rock) | 2023 | 44.94% | 43,356,007 |
| 44 | Bahrain | 481820 | Paper articles; handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels | 2023 | 44.63% | 29,060,481 |
| 45 | Bahrain | 760612 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | 2023 | 43.81% | 48,776,894 |
| 46 | 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 | 2023 | 42.63% | 12,412,146 |
| 47 | 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 | 2023 | 42.60% | 26,757,747 |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 853521 | Electrical apparatus; automatic circuit breakers, for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts but less than 72.5kV | 2023 | 42.41% | 36,103,420 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 160100 | Meat preparations; sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, and food preparations based on these products | 2023 | 41.88% | 37,467,625 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 730900 | Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers; for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, capacity exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat insulated | 2023 | 41.74% | 77,653,917 |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 320810 | Paints and varnishes; based on polyesters, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium | 2023 | 41.57% | 10,902,060 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 392321 | Ethylene polymers; sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods | 2023 | 41.10% | 18,301,817 |
| 53 | Bahrain | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2023 | 41.05% | 11,952,291 |
| 54 | Ukraine | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2023 | 40.81% | 82,226,577 |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2023 | 39.68% | 23,935,480 |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 870290 | Vehicles; public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), n.e.c. in heading 8702, new or used | 2023 | 39.03% | 48,817,955 |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 721632 | Iron or non-alloy steel; I sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2023 | 38.15% | 19,270,803 |
| 58 | Bahrain | 381220 | Plasticisers, compound; for rubber or plastics | 2023 | 38.01% | 27,505,302 |
| 59 | Russian Federation | 100390 | Cereals; barley, other than seed | 2023 | 37.41% | 272,162,729 |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 320649 | Colouring matter; other preparations n.e.c. in item no. 3206.4 | 2023 | 37.36% | 13,487,013 |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 321490 | Mastics; n.e.c. in heading no. 3214 | 2023 | 37.00% | 17,265,491 |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 190532 | Food preparations; waffles and wafers, whether or not containing cocoa | 2023 | 36.97% | 97,826,239 |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 390421 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; non-plasticised poly(vinyl chloride), in primary forms, mixed with other substances | 2023 | 36.38% | 20,726,921 |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 730490 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); seamless, tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, n.e.c. in heading no. 7304 | 2023 | 36.20% | 18,172,323 |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 730830 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | 2023 | 35.77% | 15,712,870 |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2023 | 35.74% | 2,612,569,647 |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 853529 | Electrical apparatus; automatic circuit breakers, for a voltage of 72.5kV or more | 2023 | 35.67% | 86,235,414 |
| 68 | Bahrain | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2023 | 35.36% | 410,026,867 |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms | 2023 | 35.23% | 32,066,815 |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 210112 | Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | 2023 | 34.86% | 19,589,321 |
| 71 | Kuwait | 160290 | Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 | 2023 | 34.00% | 23,779,870 |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | 480519 | Paper and paperboard; uncoated, fluting paper other than semi-chemical or straw, rolls or sheets | 2023 | 33.74% | 17,175,745 |
| 73 | United Arab Emirates | 071320 | Vegetables, leguminous; chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2023 | 33.35% | 23,927,860 |
| 74 | United Arab Emirates | 151710 | Margarine; excluding liquid margarine | 2023 | 33.31% | 17,637,082 |
| 75 | 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 | 2023 | 33.29% | 27,023,254 |
| 76 | 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 | 2023 | 32.85% | 30,258,465 |
| 77 | 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) | 2023 | 32.59% | 26,650,712 |
| 78 | Russian Federation | 854610 | Electrical insulators; of glass | 2023 | 31.95% | 20,764,161 |
| 79 | United Arab Emirates | 721633 | Iron or non-alloy steel; H sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2023 | 31.75% | 21,624,447 |
| 80 | United Arab Emirates | 190120 | Food preparations; mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares | 2023 | 30.96% | 23,217,471 |
| 81 | Bahrain | 340242 | Organic surface-active agents; non-ionic (other than soap), whether or not put up for retail sale | 2023 | 30.93% | 15,077,035 |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 730690 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2023 | 30.62% | 18,672,970 |
| 83 | Syria | 070200 | Vegetables; tomatoes, fresh or chilled | 2023 | 30.51% | 28,241,539 |
| 84 | United Arab Emirates | 330510 | Hair preparations; shampoos | 2023 | 30.07% | 40,982,883 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 56 occurrences
Bahrain: 14 occurrences
Russian Federation: 8 occurrences
Qatar: 2 occurrences
Kuwait: 2 occurrences
Ukraine: 1 occurrence
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.