Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2021, 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: 2021(28 in Danger Zone)[9 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1497(28)[9]971(20)[5]618(15)[4]391(10)[2]236(7)[2]130(5)[2]54(2)[1]
>= 50 mln USD445(8)[7]293(7)[3]204(6)[3]145(6)[1]89(3)[1]52(2)[1]21[1]
>= 100 mln USD217(5)[7]149(4)[3]111(4)[3]80(4)[1]53(1)[1]29(1)[1]11[1]
>= 200 mln USD96(2)[6]65(1)[3]48(1)[3]34(1)[1]19[1]14[1]8[1]
>= 500 mln USD34(1)[3]27[1]23[1]17[1]11[1]8[1]5[1]

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 strip202191.85%25,455,329
2Russian Federation720712Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section202190.77%24,657,404
3Iran091020Spices; saffron202188.25%26,630,430
4Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms202184.12%159,729,572
5Russian Federation230320Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture; whether or not in the form of pellets202180.16%56,282,441
6Saudi Arabia290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene202177.11%89,415,525
7Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated202171.36%38,708,848
8Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202168.14%499,172,002
9Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)202167.97%144,031,288
10Ukraine250700Kaolin and other kaolinic clays; whether or not calcined202165.07%112,395,237
11Russian Federation071310Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried202159.57%27,490,093
12Russian Federation030363Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99202155.17%24,308,774
13Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)202154.63%24,559,530
14Russian Federation270119Coal; (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated202154.15%46,629,048
15Russian Federation170390Sugars; molasses, from sugar beet, resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar202152.34%16,120,876
16Ukraine250840Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined202149.82%16,058,080
17Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon202147.78%16,247,734
18Ukraine720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms202147.47%56,414,777
19Saudi Arabia292215Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, triethanolamine202145.63%14,474,962
20Saudi Arabia291532Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate202142.05%45,005,795
21Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils202139.90%21,544,504
22Saudi Arabia290943Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; monobutyl ethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol202136.70%11,558,293
23Ukraine720230Ferro-alloys; ferro-silico-manganese202133.56%26,972,400
24Saudi Arabia390610Acrylic polymers; poly(methyl methacrylate), in primary forms202132.50%12,651,111
25Russian Federation271019Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; not light oils and preparations202132.08%2,409,441,499
26Russian 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 walnut202130.95%19,371,290
27Saudi Arabia291531Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; ethyl acetate202130.76%18,858,889
28Ukraine720852Iron or non-alloy steel; (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm202130.34%34,373,529

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 12 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 8 occurrences

Ukraine: 7 occurrences

Iran: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

271019 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

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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.