Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2019, 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: 2019(21 in Danger Zone)[8 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1357(21)[8]880(15)[5]580(10)[4]370(8)[2]213(5)[1]128(3)[1]54(3)
>= 50 mln USD384(8)[5]256(8)[3]174(6)[3]116(5)[2]73(3)[1]41(1)[1]13(1)
>= 100 mln USD177(4)[5]119(4)[3]81(3)[3]54(3)[2]38(3)[1]23(1)[1]8(1)
>= 200 mln USD78(2)[4]60(2)[2]41(1)[2]25(1)[1]19(1)[1]9[1]3
>= 500 mln USD34(1)[1]28(1)[1]19[1]12[1]8[1]6[1]2

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (21 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201995.01%105,625,273
2Iran091020Spices; saffron201992.59%30,208,137
3Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201991.05%18,178,413
4Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)201972.70%121,332,455
5Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified201971.32%323,222,719
6Ukraine250700Kaolin and other kaolinic clays; whether or not calcined201962.15%80,117,223
7Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms201962.05%90,230,254
8Russian Federation230320Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture; whether or not in the form of pellets201961.20%36,113,367
9Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201958.16%62,867,661
10Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)201957.21%15,249,467
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 0303.99201945.91%24,787,944
12Saudi Arabia292215Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, triethanolamine201945.18%14,511,737
13Saudi Arabia290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene201942.85%52,632,424
14Ukraine100590Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed201940.07%744,029,824
15Ukraine720230Ferro-alloys; ferro-silico-manganese201940.01%18,491,823
16Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201939.88%10,601,475
17Ukraine071310Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried201937.97%18,399,231
18Saudi Arabia291532Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate201936.89%22,020,806
19Ukraine720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201933.90%35,802,168
20Russian Federation170390Sugars; molasses, from sugar beet, resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar201931.80%10,819,587
21Russian 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 walnut201931.76%13,566,136

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 8 occurrences

Ukraine: 7 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 5 occurrences

Iran: 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.