Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

World of Extreme Bottlenecks

For 2015, 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)
Afghanistan5(1)[1]4(1)[1]2
Albania1594
Algeria69(4)[2]29(1)[2]1
Argentina139[2]59[1]10
Australia188(1)[1]482
Austria115[2]30[1]2
Azerbaijan30(13)16(9)4(3)
Bangladesh75(3)[1]25(1)3(1)
Belarus100(83)[6]48(42)[3]5(4)
Belgium125(5)[4]26(1)[1]0
Bosnia Herzegovina18(2)[3]12(1)[1]1
Brazil233(3)[2]704
Brunei Darussalam1062
Bulgaria24(5)[3]14(4)[2]1
Canada650[8]198[1]8
Chile150(1)[4]773
China189(5)42(2)1
China, Hong Kong SAR387[2]126[1]6
Colombia98(1)[1]32[1]4
Congo11[1]7[1]2
Costa Rica46[3]24[2]4
Croatia22(1)[1]140
Cyprus5(1)20
Czechia80(5)16(2)1
Denmark76(2)18(1)0
Egypt89(7)35(2)1(1)
Estonia36(9)[2]16(5)[2]2
European Union401(11)78(1)1
Finland57(8)[4]22(4)[2]0
France135(1)[1]220
Georgia15(5)9(4)1(1)
Germany132(1)[3]24[1]0
Greece32[1]110
Greenland5[1]5[1]11
Hungary48(6)[1]16(4)[1]1
Iceland5[1]30
India214(7)59(1)5
Indonesia142(1)343
Iran69(4)[1]24(1)0
Ireland109[4]33[2]1
Israel48[2]14[1]1
Italy107(3)[1]24(1)1
Jamaica20[2]13[1]4
Japan437(2)942
Jordan33(7)[2]14(5)[1]0
Kazakhstan112(78)[2]57(44)[1]3(3)
Kenya50(3)227
Kuwait57(19)22(9)1
Latvia21(11)[3]8(3)[1]0
Lithuania43(8)[3]17(3)[1]1
Luxembourg31(1)141
Madagascar12(1)8(1)1
Malaysia178[2]594
Malta1270
Mexico566(1)[7]191(1)[2]11
Montenegro443
Morocco67(5)[2]232
Netherlands120(1)[1]240
New Zealand71311
Nigeria72(1)427
Norway54221
Oman60(25)[1]28(11)2(1)
Other Asia, nes185(3)[1]441
Pakistan119(6)62(2)7
Peru131(1)[3]52[1]4
Philippines74281
Poland102(10)[2]20(3)[1]2(1)
Portugal110[3]502
Qatar55(20)27(12)2
Rep. of Korea296(4)[1]642
Rep. of Moldova9(5)[1]8(5)3(1)
Romania52(9)[1]16(3)0
Russian Federation204(16)[3]63(2)[1]5
Saudi Arabia153(24)32(4)3
Serbia25(6)[2]14(5)[2]1
Singapore134(4)[2]33(1)3
Slovakia38(8)[3]11(3)[2]1
Slovenia22110
South Africa113(4)[1]43(2)[1]1
Spain103(3)[2]200
Sweden102(1)[2]261
Switzerland77(1)140
Thailand163(2)[2]39(1)1
Tunisia32(3)[2]21(1)[2]1
Türkiye129(11)33(1)2
Uganda21(1)12(1)1
Ukraine61(24)[2]25(13)[1]0
United Arab Emirates139(20)[2]38(4)[2]2
United Kingdom129(2)[2]232
USA439(1)[6]90[1]2
Viet Nam157(1)[1]52(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.