Country Matrix
For 2025, 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: 2025(26 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 505(26)[1] | 333(12) | 228(6) | 141(2) | 83(1) | 51(1) | 22 |
| >= 50 mln USD | 227(12)[1] | 162(8) | 118(3) | 72(1) | 38(1) | 21(1) | 7 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 151(8)[1] | 112(6) | 85(3) | 54(1) | 29(1) | 17(1) | 5 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 93(4)[1] | 70(4) | 51(2) | 31(1) | 18(1) | 13(1) | 5 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 34(1)[1] | 27(1) | 25(1) | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (26 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2025 | 81.18% | 487,638,350 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2025 | 60.46% | 23,573,618 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2025 | 56.95% | 114,237,538 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 6810 | Cement, concrete or artificial stone; whether or not reinforced, articles thereof | 2025 | 56.24% | 45,942,000 |
| 5 | 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 | 2025 | 52.69% | 13,685,997 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 7108 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2025 | 52.24% | 5,195,508,900 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 2104 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations | 2025 | 48.10% | 53,796,005 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 3925 | Plastics; builders' wares n.e.c. or included | 2025 | 47.07% | 223,713,317 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 4813 | Cigarette paper, whether or not cut to size or in the form of booklets or tubes | 2025 | 46.17% | 12,245,241 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2025 | 45.64% | 91,080,856 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 44.41% | 127,062,633 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 1001 | Wheat and meslin | 2025 | 40.66% | 399,492,358 |
| 13 | Bahrain | 4415 | Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood | 2025 | 39.59% | 11,253,430 |
| 14 | Qatar | 2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals | 2025 | 38.71% | 10,688,290 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 9406 | Buildings; prefabricated | 2025 | 38.48% | 139,086,188 |
| 16 | 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 | 2025 | 35.44% | 33,734,699 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 8310 | Sign plates, name plates, address plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, excluding those of heading no. 9405 | 2025 | 35.35% | 11,267,061 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 2701 | Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal | 2025 | 34.88% | 15,265,200 |
| 19 | Bahrain | 2601 | Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites | 2025 | 33.81% | 100,114,162 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 3921 | Plastic plates, sheets, film, foil and strip n.e.c. in chapter 39 | 2025 | 33.80% | 72,601,879 |
| 21 | 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 | 2025 | 33.13% | 26,906,556 |
| 22 | Bahrain | 7604 | Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles | 2025 | 32.88% | 15,478,075 |
| 23 | Bahrain | 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 | 2025 | 31.75% | 25,807,846 |
| 24 | 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 | 2025 | 31.15% | 25,320,646 |
| 25 | Bahrain | 7606 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm | 2025 | 30.68% | 96,733,505 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 8907 | Boats, floating structures, other (for e.g. rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons) | 2025 | 30.24% | 20,401,028 |
Partner frequency summary:
United Arab Emirates: 13 occurrences
Bahrain: 7 occurrences
Russian Federation: 3 occurrences
Kuwait: 1 occurrence
Ukraine: 1 occurrence
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Legend:
(n)
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.