Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2022, the matrix below shows Egypt'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.

Egypt

Year: 2022(39 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD355(39)[4]254(28)[3]192(22)[2]140(12)94(9)57(3)28
>= 50 mln USD139(23)[4]106(19)[3]79(14)[2]53(8)35(6)24(3)7
>= 100 mln USD84(16)[4]63(13)[3]48(10)[2]35(7)24(6)15(3)5
>= 200 mln USD37(10)[4]32(8)[3]28(7)[2]20(4)16(3)10(1)3
>= 500 mln USD17(6)[4]15(5)[3]12(4)[2]6(1)430

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (39 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation4911Printed matter, n.e.c., including printed pictures and photographs202289.30%121,696,621
2United Arab Emirates0306Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, steamed or boiled, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine202288.70%150,474,761
3Russian Federation1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202286.29%287,909,048
4United Arab Emirates7407Copper; bars, rods and profiles202279.47%49,166,534
5United Arab Emirates7108Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form202276.74%243,276,092
6United Arab Emirates4803Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar; for household or sanitary uses, cellulose wadding, webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls over 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side exceeding 36cm when unfolded202275.51%12,269,128
7Russian Federation3804Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading no. 3803202275.26%20,342,243
8United Arab Emirates7408Copper wire202274.13%196,226,839
9Russian Federation4412Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood202273.35%202,726,370
10Bahrain7605Aluminium wire202265.39%54,666,143
11Saudi Arabia3902Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms202261.11%656,974,730
12Bahrain7614Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated)202260.19%11,357,453
13Saudi Arabia4819Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and the like, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or fibres; box files, letter trays and the like, of paper or paperboard, of a kind used in offices, shops or the like202257.70%75,492,954
14Bahrain7601Aluminium; unwrought202257.06%50,289,851
15Saudi Arabia3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms202256.40%948,657,273
16Saudi Arabia2902Cyclic hydrocarbons202255.11%31,312,017
17Russian Federation2904Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons; whether or not halogenated202252.01%14,426,811
18Ukraine2306Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305202251.23%21,632,771
19Russian Federation1001Wheat and meslin202250.75%2,167,436,054
20Syria2007Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked preparations; whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter202250.74%10,398,436
21Saudi Arabia2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude202250.64%2,343,390,000
22Saudi Arabia8309Stoppers, caps, lids (including crown corks, screw caps, pouring stoppers); capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packaging accessories, of base metal202250.02%54,915,466
23Russian Federation8523Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, smart cards and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, excluding products of Chapter 37202247.81%112,052,359
24Russian Federation1507Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202247.39%155,278,625
25United Arab Emirates3401Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent202247.20%17,848,184
26Kuwait2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude202246.31%2,143,290,000
27Saudi Arabia7606Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm202241.10%79,409,640
28Bahrain7604Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles202241.10%64,301,764
29Lebanon0809Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh202239.15%15,164,722
30Saudi Arabia3305Hair preparations; for use on the hair202237.64%10,784,921
31Russian Federation7207Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof202236.21%239,350,529
32Russian Federation7213Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils202236.05%23,146,512
33Saudi Arabia2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives202236.04%114,424,235
34Saudi Arabia2710Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils202236.03%2,091,565,942
35United Arab Emirates1905Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products202234.34%13,843,864
36Russian Federation2704Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon202233.59%85,203,203
37Saudi Arabia2909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives202231.60%18,029,673
38United Arab Emirates7604Aluminium; bars, rods and profiles202231.52%49,312,255
39Saudi Arabia7610Aluminium; structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts (e.g. bridges and sections, towers, lattice masts, etc) plates, rods, profiles and tubes for structures202231.39%18,875,750

Partner frequency summary:

Saudi Arabia: 12 occurrences

Russian Federation: 11 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 8 occurrences

Bahrain: 4 occurrences

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

Syria: 1 occurrence

Kuwait: 1 occurrence

Lebanon: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...

2710 - 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.