Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2018, 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: 2018(26 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1412(26)[6]926(16)[6]596(13)[4]383(9)[2]224(5)[2]130(3)[1]62(2)
>= 50 mln USD401(8)[5]263(8)[5]180(7)[3]115(5)[2]66(3)[2]39(1)[1]16
>= 100 mln USD185(2)[5]121(2)[5]83(2)[3]54(2)[2]32(1)[2]22[1]10
>= 200 mln USD82(1)[5]53(1)[5]41(1)[3]25(1)[2]14[2]10[1]4
>= 500 mln USD29[1]21[1]18[1]12[1]8[1]6[1]2

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (26 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Iran091020Spices; saffron201894.32%33,751,742
2Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201894.30%19,045,258
3Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201887.04%84,251,712
4Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)201875.02%147,697,825
5Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201870.39%79,650,696
6Russian Federation230320Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture; whether or not in the form of pellets201867.90%36,084,614
7Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified201865.01%256,389,757
8Russian Federation170390Sugars; molasses, from sugar beet, resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar201864.63%18,377,930
9Ukraine250700Kaolin and other kaolinic clays; whether or not calcined201863.40%94,016,718
10Russian Federation290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene201859.18%76,258,899
11Ukraine250840Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined201856.56%18,457,085
12Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms201851.89%78,055,291
13Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)201850.48%15,470,772
14Russian Federation030363Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99201847.89%17,183,550
15Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201845.52%11,678,610
16Russian Federation071310Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried201844.15%66,422,991
17Saudi Arabia292215Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, triethanolamine201837.42%13,392,196
18Iran080251Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, in shell201834.14%37,446,937
19Ukraine720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201834.01%37,079,355
20Russian 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 walnut201833.64%14,564,709
21Russian Federation400220Rubber; synthetic, butadiene rubber (BR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201833.07%32,616,246
22Saudi Arabia290250Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene201832.77%23,421,603
23Ukraine071310Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried201832.49%48,877,773
24Saudi Arabia291532Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate201831.81%21,665,683
25Ukraine720230Ferro-alloys; ferro-silico-manganese201831.41%16,033,843
26Russian Federation292610Nitrile-function compounds; acrylonitrile201830.87%22,992,575

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 12 occurrences

Ukraine: 7 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 5 occurrences

Iran: 2 occurrences

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.