Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

World of Extreme Bottlenecks

For 2000, 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)
Albania222
Algeria1692
Argentina64283
Armenia3(2)[1]3(2)[1]0
Australia87(1)26(1)1
Austria76222
Azerbaijan5(4)7(4)3(2)
Bahrain45(1)2
Bangladesh26(1)[1]11(1)[1]0
Belarus43(39)[5]35(33)[3]9(9)
Belgium107[2]23[1]0
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)432
Botswana18[1]24[1]30
Brazil83(1)[1]261
Bulgaria10(4)7(3)2(1)
Cabo Verde1[1]1[1]0
Cameroon5[1]2[1]1
Canada808(1)[5]301[1]24
Chile32[2]173
China88(6)25(2)0
China, Hong Kong SAR409[1]138[1]13
Colombia34192
Costa Rica36[1]26[1]6
Côte d'Ivoire4[1]3[1]0
Croatia14(1)[1]11(1)[1]0
Cuba960
Cyprus4(1)21
Czechia55(2)160
Denmark50(2)180
Ecuador763
Egypt16(2)[1]12(1)2
El Salvador24297
Estonia17(10)[1]13(10)[1]3(1)
Ethiopia4[1]2[1]1
European Union307(8)40(1)1
Finland52(12)[2]25(8)[1]1
France120[1]150
Georgia5(1)[1]3(1)[1]0
Germany144(2)[1]35(1)[1]0
Ghana4[1]3[1]0
Greece21(2)7(1)0
Greenland222
Guatemala24[2]15[2]1
Hungary32(4)[1]7(2)[1]0
Iceland211
India34(4)[2]19(2)[1]3
Indonesia37(1)182
Iran32(10)19(5)1
Ireland94[3]47[2]2
Israel25[2]10[2]2
Italy95(3)171
Jamaica22185
Japan340(1)916
Jordan11(2)[2]7(2)[2]1(1)
Kazakhstan5(5)[2]5(5)[2]9(8)
Kenya6(2)[1]1(1)[1]0
Kuwait4(2)4(2)1
Kyrgyzstan2[1]2[1]0
Latvia1(1)[1]1(1)[1]0
Lebanon10(3)9(2)2
Lithuania8(6)[3]4(4)[2]1(1)
Luxembourg26[1]14[1]2
Madagascar4(2)[2]4(2)[2]1
Malaysia60[2]24[2]0
Malta322
Mexico761[3]292[1]28
Mongolia1(1)[1]1(1)[1]1(1)
Morocco21131
Namibia12[1]17[1]26
Nepal13128
Netherlands115(2)[1]22[1]1
New Zealand27201
Nicaragua3[1]4[1]0
Nigeria13(1)7(1)3
North Macedonia3(1)[2]1(1)[1]0
Norway37(5)12(2)1
Oman17(9)10(6)3(3)
Other Asia, nes123392
Panama1073
Paraguay6[1]5[1]2
Peru1482
Philippines37(1)[1]131
Poland49(5)[3]19(1)[1]1
Portugal45[2]182
Qatar221
Rep. of Korea183603
Rep. of Moldova2(2)[1]2(2)[1]0
Romania25(3)[1]12(1)[1]2
Russian Federation74(34)[2]32(14)[2]3(1)
Saudi Arabia37(3)14(1)0
Senegal5[1]4[1]4
Sierra Leone000
Singapore98(2)262
Slovakia28(4)[2]11(3)[2]1(1)
Slovenia20(1)[1]40
South Africa19(1)10(1)0
Spain95(3)210
Sri Lanka16[1]10[1]3
Sweden60[1]210
Switzerland58110
Thailand76[1]20[1]0
Tunisia16[2]9[1]0
Türkiye36(1)12(1)1
Turkmenistan15(5)9(4)1
Uganda3[1]2[1]2
Ukraine27(18)14(10)1(1)
United Arab Emirates118(1)1
United Kingdom113(3)[1]251
Uruguay97[1]2
USA361[2]95[1]2
Venezuela41180
Viet Nam20111
Zimbabwe673

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.

(n)

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

[n]

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