Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

World of Extreme Bottlenecks

For 2016, 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)
Albania17[1]111
Argentina121[2]478
Armenia7(5)[2]5(4)[1]1(1)
Australia175(1)452
Austria121(1)[2]31(1)[1]1
Azerbaijan34(21)19(11)4(3)
Belarus106(83)[5]57(50)[3]7(6)
Belgium146(3)[4]26(2)[1]1
Brazil227(5)[2]694
Bulgaria23(3)[2]13(3)[1]0
Canada608(1)[5]193[1]7
Chile127[2]654
China181(5)[1]43(1)0
Colombia87[2]29[1]2
Croatia1981
Cyprus620
Czechia79(5)17(2)1
Denmark69(2)19(1)0
Egypt95(6)32(2)2
Estonia23(5)[2]10(4)[2]1
Ethiopia75(2)45(1)6
European Union413(9)[1]72(1)2
Finland49(7)[2]19(3)[1]1
France124[2]170
Georgia19(4)[2]10(4)[2]1(1)
Germany137(2)[3]26(1)[1]1
Greece35(2)[2]13(1)0
Hungary45(6)[2]12(3)[1]1
Iceland7[1]20
India214(7)59(2)5
Indonesia183(1)47(1)3
Iran74(5)25(2)2(1)
Ireland117[5]41[2]2
Israel46[1]131
Italy114(4)[2]18(1)1
Japan393(3)852
Kazakhstan108(75)[1]59(48)[1]3(3)
Latvia19(9)[2]10(3)[1]0
Lithuania27(7)[4]12(3)[1]2
Luxembourg30(1)150
Malaysia180[1]624
Mexico499(1)[7]173[2]11
Montenegro540
Morocco66(4)[2]23(1)4
Netherlands148(1)[1]261
New Zealand63[1]28[1]0
Nigeria94(4)33(1)6
Norway56212
Other Asia, nes184(3)521
Pakistan150(8)[1]79(3)7
Philippines106442
Poland97(7)[2]20(3)[1]2(1)
Portugal103[3]402
Qatar72(26)[1]32(14)[1]3(1)
Rep. of Korea322(6)[1]742
Romania48(9)[1]15(3)[1]0
Serbia29(10)[1]11(6)[1]2(1)
Singapore136(6)[2]35(2)3
Slovakia40(6)[2]8(3)[2]1
Slovenia19100
South Africa104(2)[1]45(1)[1]1
Spain114(3)[1]220
Sweden104(2)[2]322
Switzerland75160
Türkiye112(10)39(3)4
Ukraine52(18)[2]26(11)[1]1(1)
United Kingdom130(1)[3]221
USA421(2)[7]86[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.

(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.