Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

World of Extreme Bottlenecks

For 2010, 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)
Albania19(2)[1]15(1)[1]3
Algeria50(1)26(2)5
Angola2171
Argentina125[3]464
Armenia14(6)8(3)3(2)
Australia222(1)[2]624
Austria160(2)[1]38(1)[1]2
Azerbaijan26(9)17(6)3(1)
Bahrain38(4)[1]19(3)[1]4
Bangladesh48(2)23(1)1
Belarus88(67)[5]40(34)[2]3(3)
Belgium129(1)[4]26[1]0
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)1871
Bosnia Herzegovina26(3)[3]12(1)[1]1
Botswana57[1]85[1]41
Brazil220(6)[2]604
Brunei Darussalam1054
Bulgaria42(9)[2]23(7)[2]1
Cameroon9[1]41
Canada713(1)[5]239[1]12
Chile131[3]794
China169(3)[1]47(1)0
Colombia91[1]260
Costa Rica50[2]30[1]6
Côte d'Ivoire19[1]11[1]2
Croatia35(2)[1]15(1)[1]1
Cyprus11(1)5(1)0
Czechia77(3)16(1)1
Denmark76(2)[1]22(1)[1]0
Dominican Rep.56[2]324
Ecuador38141
Egypt53(3)[1]29(2)[1]1
Estonia29(6)[1]15(4)[1]3
Ethiopia26153
European Union400(13)[1]57(1)2
Finland77(13)[5]25(4)[2]0
France144(1)180
Georgia13(4)[1]10(3)[1]0
Germany141(1)[3]19[1]0
Ghana2083
Greece42(1)[1]14(1)1
Guatemala43243
Hungary49(8)[2]18(3)[1]0
Iceland750
India132(6)[1]36(1)2
Indonesia124(1)353
Iran52(24)[1]17(8)[1]1
Ireland83[2]29[1]1
Israel47[4]22[1]2
Italy118(2)[1]11(1)2
Jamaica24[4]18[2]5
Japan503(2)1276
Jordan32(15)[4]17(9)[1]0
Kazakhstan47(27)[2]24(14)[1]2(2)
Kenya1870
Kuwait35(6)19(3)0
Latvia22(12)[4]11(4)[1]2
Libya41(2)19(1)3
Lithuania33(7)[2]20(5)[2]2(1)
Luxembourg38[2]18[2]1
Malaysia131(1)[3]363
Malta761
Mexico472[3]17111
Montenegro9[1]86
Morocco56(6)[3]18(1)2
Namibia64(1)84(1)41
Nepal33(2)[2]34(1)[2]13
Netherlands169(3)29(1)3
New Zealand81443
Nigeria99(4)39(2)3(1)
North Macedonia19(4)[2]14(3)[1]5
Norway49150
Oman59(40)[1]35(24)5(3)
Other Asia, nes190(2)[1]441
Pakistan72(11)35(6)7(1)
Panama40[1]19[1]3
Paraguay50[3]36[1]8
Peru79376
Philippines42180
Poland109(6)[1]26(3)[1]2(1)
Portugal131[2]472
Qatar44(14)[1]18(7)[1]2
Rep. of Korea291(3)[1]915
Romania45(4)[1]14(2)[1]0
Russian Federation164(35)[2]40(6)[1]4(1)
Saudi Arabia97(19)29(3)1
Senegal9[1]5[1]1
Serbia30(10)[2]12(4)[1]3(2)
Singapore114(3)260
Slovakia61(8)[2]19(3)[2]1
Slovenia24(1)11(1)2
South Africa102(3)[1]45(1)[1]1
Spain110(2)[1]270
Sri Lanka21(1)[1]10(1)[1]0
Sweden100(2)[2]271
Switzerland94(2)16(2)0
Syria45(14)[1]22(3)4
Thailand136(2)[1]323
Tunisia39(2)[2]23(2)[2]3
Türkiye124(7)354
Ukraine99(55)[2]46(27)[1]2(2)
United Arab Emirates121(1)[1]2
United Kingdom144241
United Rep. of Tanzania1140
Uruguay26[1]132
USA447[1]97[1]4
Venezuela69(1)303
Viet Nam103(1)[2]34(1)[1]0
Yemen22(4)18(3)2(1)
Zimbabwe242714

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.