Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

World of Extreme Bottlenecks

For 2024, 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)
Albania26211
Algeria85(3)383
Angola26(1)13(1)1
Antigua and Barbuda010
Argentina134[2]569
Armenia53(26)[3]25(17)[1]5(4)
Australia252(1)[2]58[1]3
Austria122[2]26[1]0
Azerbaijan55(27)[1]23(12)[1]1
Bahamas44[3]75[2]38
Bahrain36(10)22(6)5
Barbados7[2]52
Belgium150(1)[3]34(1)[1]1
Benin11[1]8[1]2
Bermuda5[2]7[1]21
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)30(1)21(1)4
Bosnia Herzegovina23(1)[1]91
Brazil342(3)[1]99(1)4
Brunei Darussalam14[1]103
Bulgaria56(4)[1]19(1)0
Burkina Faso1581
Cabo Verde5[1]43
Cambodia144797
Canada100220
Cayman Isds13[2]23[1]24
Central African Rep.331
Chile189[5]743
China279(30)[1]55(3)0
China, Hong Kong SAR310(3)[2]122[1]12
China, Macao SAR48[1]29[1]10
Colombia155(1)[4]61[2]3
Costa Rica54[3]25[2]2
Côte d'Ivoire44[2]21[2]2
Croatia4190
Cyprus17(2)[1]8(2)0
Czechia111(8)16(3)1(1)
Denmark72[1]24[1]0
Dominican Rep.104[3]48[1]4
Ecuador67(2)[3]33[1]2
Egypt135(16)[2]55(9)[1]3
El Salvador60(2)[5]28(2)[1]2
Estonia31(2)14(2)1
European Union457(7)[1]65(2)3
Finland69(1)[2]21(1)1(1)
France155[2]261
French Polynesia988
Gambia322
Georgia41(17)[2]25(11)2(1)
Germany179[3]31[1]1
Greece69(1)[1]17(1)1
Guatemala81(4)[3]36[2]2
Guyana29[1]10[1]1
Honduras52(2)[3]34(1)[2]4
Hungary56(5)[2]16(3)[1]0
Iceland10[1]20
India363(11)98(1)3
Indonesia387[1]1076
Ireland109[4]37[2]3
Israel77(1)[3]23[2]2
Italy119(1)131
Jamaica22[2]14[1]2
Japan409(1)892
Jordan65(14)[2]29(9)[2]2
Kazakhstan183(99)[2]77(50)[1]6(6)
Kenya66(3)30(1)5
Kuwait75(23)23(12)1
Kyrgyzstan60(15)[5]40(7)[2]6(1)
Latvia25(5)[2]10(2)2
Lebanon31(1)202
Lesotho22[1]25[2]27
Lithuania50(2)[3]12(2)2
Luxembourg39(1)[1]172
Madagascar22(1)[1]16(1)1
Malawi13(1)50
Malaysia277(4)[3]81(1)1
Maldives9(2)6(1)1
Malta17(2)[1]12(2)[1]0
Mauritania10(2)[1]8(1)[1]3
Mexico574(1)[5]176[2]6
Montenegro640
Morocco107(5)343
Mozambique35(1)222
Myanmar76(1)49(1)13
Namibia5452[1]18
Netherlands143[3]180
New Zealand73[1]30[1]2
Nicaragua31[3]21[2]5
Niger8[1]8[1]3
Nigeria124(1)[1]73(1)[1]12
North Macedonia29[1]12[1]2
Norway80270
Oman76(36)[2]37(23)[2]2(2)
Other Asia, nes228(4)641
Pakistan175(6)[1]103(2)13
Panama27(1)[3]18[1]4
Paraguay79[1]477
Peru173(1)[4]75[2]5
Philippines225(1)834
Poland168(12)[2]31(5)2
Portugal144(1)[2]53(1)3
Qatar53(3)22(2)3(1)
Rep. of Korea453(5)[2]1003
Rep. of Moldova14(6)[1]10(6)0
Romania70(2)[1]15[1]0
Samoa2[1]2[1]1
Saudi Arabia194(14)43(1)2
Senegal25[1]131
Serbia47(3)9(1)0
Seychelles3(1)[1]3(1)[1]1(1)
Singapore162(5)412
Slovakia49(5)[3]14(4)[2]3(1)
Slovenia45[2]101
South Africa162(3)[2]511
Spain134(3)[1]243
Sri Lanka59(4)[1]25(3)[1]2
Sweden138[3]313
Switzerland87[1]160
Thailand302(2)[1]85(1)2
Togo16(1)[2]12(1)[1]5(1)
Trinidad and Tobago22[1]124
Tunisia43(1)[2]23(1)[2]1
Türkiye164(21)56(4)3
Uganda35(1)[1]27(1)[1]4
Ukraine102351
United Kingdom224[2]385
United Rep. of Tanzania59(1)308
Uruguay44[1]15[1]2
USA465(1)[7]84[1]2
Uzbekistan127(29)[1]56(15)[1]5
Yemen13(4)[2]8(1)[1]5(1)
Zambia42(1)205
Zimbabwe32(3)[1]22(1)[1]5

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.