Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2007, the matrix below shows Brazil'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.

Brazil

Year: 2007(11 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD703(11)[5]524(9)[4]391(5)[3]302(3)[3]224(1)[2]144(1)[1]79(1)[1]
>= 50 mln USD192(5)[5]148(4)[4]109(2)[3]86(2)[3]69(1)[2]44(1)[1]25(1)[1]
>= 100 mln USD80(4)[5]64(3)[4]48(1)[3]36(1)[3]30[2]20[1]12[1]
>= 200 mln USD37(3)[4]29(2)[4]19[3]18[3]16[2]12[1]6[1]
>= 500 mln USD17[3]16[3]9[2]9[2]8[1]7[1]3[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (11 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation310551Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing nitrates and phosphates200791.30%65,515,362
2Russian Federation252490Asbestos; other than crocidolite (blue asbestos)200766.35%10,675,689
3Russian Federation310230Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution200762.45%127,144,050
4Ukraine270810Pitch; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars200756.99%28,353,006
5Russian Federation310520Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium200754.25%18,713,374
6Russian Federation400231Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip200749.50%12,745,537
7Russian Federation310210Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution200746.70%388,384,721
8Ukraine720839Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm200743.14%22,926,173
9Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)200743.07%312,097,920
10Ukraine720917Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of 0.5mm or more but not exceeding 1mm200731.39%21,609,849
11Ukraine310210Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution200730.43%253,082,204

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 7 occurrences

Ukraine: 4 occurrences

Legend:

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

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