Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Extreme Import Bottlenecks

The tables below show Saudi Arabia's import sources for HS product codes where a single source country accounts for >= 80% of total imports and the import value is >= 10,000,000 USD. Only data for the most recent available year is displayed. If you want more data, visit the Country Matrix.

Saudi Arabia

43 bottlenecks
#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1India2621Slag and ash n.e.c. in chapter 26; including seaweed ash (kelp) and ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste202499.98%11,339,764
2South Africa2602Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20% or more, calculated on the dry weight202499.25%35,591,588
3China9104Instrument panel clocks and clocks of a similar type for vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vessels202498.85%23,137,592
4Kuwait9706Antiques; of an age exceeding one hundred years202498.85%58,679,453
5Norway2820Manganese oxides202497.24%28,899,189
6Switzerland9101Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches; with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal202496.87%379,878,521
7China6702Flowers, foliage and fruit, artificial, and parts thereof; articles made of artificial flowers, foliage or fruit202496.36%42,992,790
8China8715Baby carriages and parts thereof202496.22%17,923,541
9China8541Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based transducers); including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) assembled with other LEDs or not, mounted piezo-electric crystals202496.05%2,092,482,972
10Brazil1701Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form202495.66%1,194,957,899
11China8102Molybdenum; articles thereof, including waste and scrap202495.51%15,234,854
12China6006Fabrics; knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04202495.17%60,849,802
13China9615Combs, hair-slides and similar; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips and hair curlers and the like, other than those of heading no. 8516 and parts thereof202495.05%27,573,132
14China3913Natural polymers (e.g. alginic acid) and modified natural polymers (e.g. hardened proteins, chemical derivatives of natural rubber), n.e.c. or included, in primary forms202492.83%74,231,201
15India2401Tobacco, unmanufactured; tobacco refuse202492.74%28,082,535
16China9504Video game consoles and machines, articles for funfair, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling alley equipment202491.31%325,424,247
17China9503Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds202490.63%184,848,129
18China9605Travel sets; for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning202490.59%17,677,133
19India7102Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set202489.53%26,074,187
20China7208Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated202489.29%1,814,984,337
21China6001Fabrics; pile fabrics, including long pile fabrics and terry fabrics, knitted or crocheted202489.14%27,315,001
22China8712Bicycles and other cycles; including delivery tricycles, not motorised202487.94%28,615,653
23China9617Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners202487.28%113,466,604
24United Kingdom9701Paintings, drawings and pastels, executed entirely by hand; not drawings of heading no. 4906 and not hand-painted, hand-decorated manufactured articles; collages, mosaics and similar decorative plaques202487.12%256,004,108
25China7904Zinc; bars, rods, profiles and wire202486.74%37,790,486
26China8905Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, other vessels; the navigability of which is subsidiary to main function; floating docks, floating, submersible drilling, production platforms202485.85%149,136,945
27China8713Carriages for disabled persons; whether or not motorised or otherwise mechanically propelled202485.48%27,246,060
28Viet Nam0308Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process202484.72%12,142,316
29China9010Photographic (including cinematographic) laboratory apparatus and equipment, n.e.c. in chapter 90; negatoscopes; projection screens202484.52%25,197,074
30Germany8449Machinery; for manufacture or finishing felt or non-wovens in the piece or in shapes, including machinery for making felt hats, blocks for making hats202484.52%40,224,422
31China1206Sunflower seeds; whether or not broken202484.28%24,345,281
32China2823Titanium oxides202483.96%36,839,948
33China7607Aluminium foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.2mm202483.93%238,303,968
34China8215Cutlery; spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware202483.08%24,598,654
35USA3602Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders202483.05%18,919,595
36United Kingdom7204Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel202482.95%45,500,258
37China7227Steel, alloy; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils202482.89%15,367,281
38Indonesia0907Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems)202482.85%25,725,247
39China8513Lamps; portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy (e.g. dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), excluding lighting equipment of heading no. 8512202482.18%30,907,306
40China5705Carpets and other textile floor coverings; n.e.c. in chapter 57, whether or not made up202481.51%19,830,087
41Italy2826Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts202481.32%13,076,205
42China8519Sound recording or reproducing apparatus202481.05%52,249,686
43Australia2837Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides202480.59%14,076,787

Partner frequency summary:

China: 27 occurrences

India: 3 occurrences

United Kingdom: 2 occurrences

Australia: 1 occurrence

Brazil: 1 occurrence

Germany: 1 occurrence

Indonesia: 1 occurrence

Italy: 1 occurrence

Kuwait: 1 occurrence

Norway: 1 occurrence

South Africa: 1 occurrence

Switzerland: 1 occurrence

USA: 1 occurrence

Viet Nam: 1 occurrence

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