Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2023, 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: 2023(16 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1508(16)[6]960(13)[4]625(10)[3]405(5)[2]244(3)[1]135(3)[1]58[1]
>= 50 mln USD461(6)[5]302(6)[3]200(4)[2]134(2)[2]73(1)[1]45(1)[1]18[1]
>= 100 mln USD248(5)[5]164(5)[3]115(3)[2]79(1)[2]45(1)[1]30(1)[1]13[1]
>= 200 mln USD117(3)[5]79(3)[3]56(1)[2]39[2]23[1]13[1]7[1]
>= 500 mln USD46(2)[3]35(2)[2]23[2]15[2]7[1]4[1]2[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (16 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1United Arab Emirates151491Vegetable oils; excluding low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude202389.67%12,694,846
2Iran091020Spices; saffron202387.44%39,536,249
3Russian Federation071310Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried202381.72%150,066,619
4Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)202364.01%71,187,597
5Russian Federation030363Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99202362.37%25,195,944
6Saudi Arabia290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene202357.43%101,733,207
7Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202356.65%443,305,934
8Saudi Arabia292215Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, triethanolamine202354.08%13,475,805
9Saudi Arabia291614Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; esters of methacrylic acid202352.14%27,751,033
10Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)202350.57%14,000,687
11Ukraine100199Cereals; wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed202344.86%1,131,090,771
12Russian Federation100290Cereals; rye, other than seed202343.95%18,503,163
13Ukraine100590Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed202341.52%1,067,906,892
14Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms202339.65%39,571,243
15Saudi Arabia291532Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate202333.76%21,239,833
16Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)202332.81%21,704,696

Partner frequency summary:

Saudi Arabia: 6 occurrences

Russian Federation: 5 occurrences

Ukraine: 3 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Iran: 1 occurrence

Legend:

(n)

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.