Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2025, 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: 2025(10 in Danger Zone)[10 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1441(10)[10]1122(7)[6]872(4)[4]665(4)[3]506(3)[3]336(2)[2]189(2)[2]
>= 50 mln USD451(7)[9]364(6)[5]298(3)[3]229(3)[2]184(3)[2]119(2)[1]69(2)[1]
>= 100 mln USD237(6)[9]197(5)[5]159(2)[3]127(2)[2]98(2)[2]62(1)[1]37(1)[1]
>= 200 mln USD127(5)[8]98(4)[4]81(1)[2]66(1)[1]51(1)[1]33(1)[1]16(1)[1]
>= 500 mln USD47(3)[6]37(2)[3]32[1]27[1]22[1]14[1]9[1]

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

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation284410Uranium; natural uranium and its compounds, alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds2025100.00%55,501,068
2Russian Federation310230Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution202594.28%332,061,089
3Saudi Arabia290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene202573.20%149,793,564
4Russian Federation284420Uranium; enriched in U235, plutonium, their compounds, alloys dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products202567.28%13,659,669
5Russian Federation310520Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium202549.21%303,436,237
6Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)202545.22%983,793,041
7Russian Federation310420Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, potassium chloride202544.76%2,050,853,995
8Russian Federation271019Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; not light oils and preparations202538.26%4,713,557,591
9Saudi Arabia310530Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)202535.86%35,822,159
10Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip202535.09%12,455,415

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 8 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences

Critical Goods in table:

271019 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

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.