Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2017, 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: 2017(28 in Danger Zone)[7 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1319(28)[7]873(18)[5]572(13)[4]354(10)[3]217(6)[2]126(5)[1]54(3)
>= 50 mln USD362(7)[5]251(6)[4]174(6)[3]112(6)[2]70(4)[2]41(3)[1]19(1)
>= 100 mln USD162(4)[5]115(3)[4]81(3)[3]53(3)[2]34(2)[2]20(1)[1]9
>= 200 mln USD72(1)[3]52(1)[3]38(1)[2]24(1)[1]17(1)[1]9[1]2
>= 500 mln USD25[2]20[2]16[1]10[1]9[1]4[1]0

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (28 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201795.13%20,691,081
2Russian Federation271500Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (e.g. bituminous mastics, cut-backs)201794.76%29,044,352
3Iran091020Spices; saffron201794.20%51,249,303
4Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)201781.68%102,675,699
5Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201780.25%99,664,475
6Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified201773.79%440,237,398
7Ukraine250700Kaolin and other kaolinic clays; whether or not calcined201767.82%100,583,618
8Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201767.66%61,785,425
9Ukraine250840Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined201767.38%17,338,800
10Russian Federation230320Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture; whether or not in the form of pellets201764.79%24,116,066
11Russian Federation030363Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99201755.12%20,099,739
12Russian Federation170390Sugars; molasses, from sugar beet, resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar201753.86%13,450,085
13Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201752.69%26,468,067
14Ukraine100790Cereals; grain sorghum, other than seed201748.09%18,931,889
15Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201744.28%35,927,785
16Saudi Arabia291532Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate201741.73%24,164,435
17Ukraine151411Vegetable oils; low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude201740.69%12,332,458
18Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)201740.39%12,322,263
19Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms201739.45%47,610,726
20Russian Federation292610Nitrile-function compounds; acrylonitrile201738.72%24,992,632
21Saudi Arabia290250Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene201737.47%23,958,719
22Iran080620Fruit, edible; grapes, dried201736.35%11,184,467
23Kuwait290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)201736.08%11,006,263
24Saudi Arabia290220Cyclic hydrocarbons; benzene201735.59%116,102,672
25Ukraine720230Ferro-alloys; ferro-silico-manganese201734.90%17,105,935
26Iran080251Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, in shell201733.31%30,894,118
27Russian Federation441233Plywood; with sheets of wood only; not bamboo; each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut201732.21%10,676,998
28Saudi Arabia291531Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; ethyl acetate201730.54%11,457,495

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 11 occurrences

Ukraine: 7 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 6 occurrences

Iran: 3 occurrences

Kuwait: 1 occurrence

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.