Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2009, the matrix below shows Spain'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.

Spain

Year: 2009(12 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1275(12)[3]823(11)[3]529(4)[2]322(3)[1]186(3)[1]100(2)44(1)
>= 50 mln USD316(3)[3]225(3)[3]134(1)[2]81(1)[1]52(1)[1]31(1)13(1)
>= 100 mln USD117(1)[3]92(1)[3]61[2]42[1]28[1]186
>= 200 mln USD63[3]49[3]34[2]25[1]18[1]104
>= 500 mln USD16[1]13[1]7[1]6[1]4[1]11

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (12 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Iran091020Spices; saffron200991.19%60,781,639
2Russian Federation722691Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, (excluding silicon-electrical or high speed steel), hot-rolled200982.10%14,598,336
3Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip200972.51%19,091,832
4Russian Federation270400Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon200958.08%12,061,356
5Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms200949.75%37,437,914
6Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200949.62%61,294,650
7Russian Federation721550Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72, cold-formed or cold-finished, (not free-cutting)200949.54%10,162,920
8Ukraine250700Kaolin and other kaolinic clays; whether or not calcined200945.75%34,695,664
9Russian Federation230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils200945.20%25,874,335
10Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified200943.09%101,962,539
11Iran080250- Pistachios200941.23%34,987,536
12Kuwait290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)200936.81%26,649,218

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 7 occurrences

Iran: 2 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

Kuwait: 1 occurrence

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.