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(32 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 446(32) | 296(21) | 188(11) | 121(5) | 71(3) | 37(1) | 16 |
| >= 50 mln USD | 200(16) | 138(10) | 91(6) | 57(3) | 28(1) | 12 | 6 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 132(8) | 93(5) | 65(4) | 41(2) | 21(1) | 10 | 5 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 73(7) | 54(4) | 39(3) | 24(1) | 13(1) | 6 | 5 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 24(2) | 21(1) | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (32 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 2023 | 88.69% | 16,399,830 |
| 2 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2023 | 76.09% | 385,550,754 |
| 3 | Kuwait | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2023 | 70.16% | 26,575,688 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 9505 | Festive, carnival or other entertainment articles, including conjuring tricks and novelty jokes | 2023 | 63.00% | 155,824,484 |
| 5 | 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 | 2023 | 60.69% | 73,492,941 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2023 | 59.75% | 11,444,370 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 9406 | Buildings; prefabricated | 2023 | 58.81% | 439,929,805 |
| 8 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2023 | 58.67% | 218,628,513 |
| 9 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2023 | 57.72% | 24,512,049 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 2104 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations | 2023 | 53.56% | 81,182,201 |
| 11 | 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 | 2023 | 50.04% | 46,684,775 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 1001 | Wheat and meslin | 2023 | 49.38% | 732,352,436 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 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 | 2023 | 47.58% | 17,303,248 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 7217 | Wire of iron or non-alloy steel | 2023 | 46.59% | 45,188,236 |
| 15 | Qatar | 2815 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) peroxides of sodium or potassium | 2023 | 46.18% | 42,498,840 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 0713 | Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2023 | 45.97% | 99,276,171 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2023 | 45.85% | 91,922,760 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 8907 | Boats, floating structures, other (for e.g. rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons) | 2023 | 43.32% | 11,659,885 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 1601 | Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products | 2023 | 41.88% | 37,467,625 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 7309 | 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 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 2403 | Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes n.e.c; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences | 2023 | 40.25% | 12,419,510 |
| 22 | Qatar | 2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals | 2023 | 39.46% | 11,836,442 |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2023 | 39.19% | 98,392,920 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 1003 | Barley | 2023 | 37.28% | 272,162,729 |
| 25 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2023 | 36.59% | 91,875,988 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2023 | 35.74% | 2,612,618,484 |
| 27 | 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 | 2023 | 34.50% | 410,026,867 |
| 28 | 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 | 2023 | 34.23% | 27,404,222 |
| 29 | 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 | 2023 | 33.65% | 38,113,439 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 3921 | Plastic plates, sheets, film, foil and strip n.e.c. in chapter 39 | 2023 | 31.53% | 59,472,167 |
| 31 | Syria | 0702 | Tomatoes; fresh or chilled | 2023 | 30.51% | 28,241,539 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 3909 | Amino-resins, phenolic resins and polyurethanes, in primary forms | 2023 | 30.35% | 32,322,515 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 17 occurrences
Bahrain: 5 occurrences
Russian Federation: 5 occurrences
Qatar: 2 occurrences
Kuwait: 1 occurrence
Ukraine: 1 occurrence
Syria: 1 occurrence
Legend:
(n)
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.