Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

World of Extreme Bottlenecks

For 2025, the table below shows, for each importing country in the database, the number of identified import bottlenecks - HS product codes where a single source country accounts for >= 80% of total imports and the import value is >= 10,000,000 USD. Counts are provided separately for 6-digit, 4-digit, and 2-digit HS codes.

CountryBottlenecks (6-digit HS)Bottlenecks (4-digit HS)Bottlenecks (2-digit HS)
Argentina178[1]6810
Australia260(2)[2]61(1)[1]3
Azerbaijan58(20)[2]31(12)[2]0
Barbados6[1]41
Belgium166(3)[4]36(1)[1]1
Belize7[3]7[2]4
Bhutan14[2]14[1]15
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)31(1)25(1)5
Bosnia Herzegovina22(1)[1]102
Brazil336(2)[2]944
Canada507(1)[6]137[1]6
Chile218[5]804
China, Hong Kong SAR296(1)[2]12811
China, Macao SAR53[1]32[1]12
Croatia44(1)[1]14(1)0
Cyprus23(2)[1]13(2)1
Czechia86(5)17(2)1(1)
Denmark83(1)[2]26(1)0
Egypt171(17)[3]56(6)[1]3
El Salvador61(1)[4]30(1)[2]3
Estonia39(1)18(1)0
European Union478(8)[1]68(2)3
Faroe Isds220
Fiji6[1]7[1]1
Finland92(1)[4]32(1)1(1)
Georgia44(14)[1]27(11)[1]0
Germany179[4]27[1]1
Guyana27[1]15[1]2
Hungary65(2)[2]15(2)[1]0
Iceland11[1]30
Indonesia407(1)117(1)4
Israel95(4)[2]36(3)[1]2
Italy136221
Japan407(2)[1]882
Kyrgyzstan81(16)[5]46(7)[2]6
Latvia27(2)13(1)1
Lithuania53(4)[2]15(2)2
Luxembourg44[1]211
Malaysia303(2)[2]80(1)4
Mauritius1890
Mexico553(1)[5]164[2]7
Netherlands148(2)[4]190
New Zealand76[1]36[1]2
Norway82280
Pakistan221(11)[1]121(3)11
Panama28[3]19[1]5
Paraguay89[3]51[1]6
Portugal165(1)[1]60(1)2
Rep. of Korea459(5)[1]973
Rep. of Moldova22(9)[3]13(8)[1]0
Romania80(2)[1]14[1]0
Serbia52(4)120
Slovakia58(4)[1]18(3)[1]3(1)
Slovenia55(1)[1]171
South Africa178(6)[2]573
Spain145(1)[1]232
Sweden150[2]352
Switzerland98[1]120
Türkiye180(19)59(4)3
United Kingdom216[2]335
USA404(1)[6]78[1]2

Legend:

This icon indicates that at least one HS chapter group (HS 0-9) has no records in the Results Database for the given country and year. It is very likely that not all import flows have been included yet, so the bottleneck count shown in the table may be underestimated.

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The number in red parentheses indicates how many of the bottlenecks originate from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.

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The number in lime square brackets indicates how many of the bottlenecks involve HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.