Country Matrix

Importing country

Year

For 2009, the matrix below shows Belgium's number of import bottlenecks for different combinations of minimum import share (%) and minimum import value (USD). Red parentheses show bottlenecks from Danger Zone countries, and lime square brackets show bottlenecks involving Critical Goods.

Belgium

Year: 2009(17 in Danger Zone)[12 Critical Goods]

6-digit HS codes 4-digit HS codes 2-digit HS codes

Value \ Share	>= 30%	>= 40%	>= 50%	>= 60%	>= 70%	>= 80%	>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD	1476(17)[12]	967(14)[7]	623(10)[6]	399(7)[5]	246(6)[4]	157(3)[3]	59(1)[1]
>= 50 mln USD	437(8)[11]	304(7)[6]	206(6)[5]	139(4)[4]	85(4)[3]	55(2)[2]	25(1)[1]
>= 100 mln USD	213(4)[11]	146(3)[6]	102(3)[5]	70(1)[4]	47(1)[3]	33(1)[2]	17(1)[1]
>= 200 mln USD	98(3)[6]	66(2)[4]	46(2)[3]	33(1)[2]	23(1)[2]	18(1)[2]	11(1)[1]
>= 500 mln USD	32(1)[6]	21(1)[4]	18(1)[3]	12(1)[2]	11(1)[2]	8(1)[2]	7(1)[1]

Danger Zone Critical Goods Critical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (17 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#	Partner	HS Code	HS Description	Year	Share (%)	Value (USD)
1	Qatar	271111	Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas	2009	97.31%	1,609,742,428
2	Russian Federation	722860	Steel, alloy; bars and rods n.e.c. in heading no. 7228	2009	80.36%	10,446,947
3	Russian Federation	290110	Acyclic hydrocarbons; saturated	2009	80.34%	53,155,357
4	Saudi Arabia	260300	Copper ores and concentrates	2009	78.89%	62,529,815
5	Russian Federation	251010	Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; unground	2009	78.73%	72,322,124
6	United Arab Emirates	540490	Filament, synthetic; strip and the like (e.g.. artificial straw), of synthetic textile materials of an apparent width not exceeding 5mm	2009	75.91%	38,359,423
7	Russian Federation	721550	Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72, cold-formed or cold-finished, (not free-cutting)	2009	64.15%	31,948,343
8	Saudi Arabia	290941	Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)	2009	57.30%	39,109,809
9	Russian Federation	720712	Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section	2009	56.81%	424,390,074
10	Russian Federation	281410	Ammonia; anhydrous	2009	55.57%	177,058,168
11	Russian Federation	310530	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)	2009	49.41%	24,866,851
12	Russian Federation	720110	Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms	2009	49.01%	53,591,227
13	Russian Federation	720249	Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon	2009	48.17%	19,335,215
14	Russian Federation	721499	Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, n.e.c. in heading no. 7214, other than of rectangular cross-section	2009	40.31%	22,465,287
15	Russian Federation	710221	Diamonds; industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set	2009	37.34%	14,325,538
16	Ukraine	230630	Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils	2009	33.19%	11,886,215
17	Saudi Arabia	390120	Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more	2009	30.96%	229,980,139

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 11 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences

Qatar: 1 occurrence

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

271111 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

Legend:

(n)

The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.

[n]

The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.