Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2024, 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: 2024(19 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]
6-digit HS codes4-digit HS codes2-digit HS codes
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1513(19)[4]964(13)[3]620(10)[3]385(4)[2]241(3)[1]134(3)[1]58(1)[1]
>= 50 mln USD454(7)[4]312(6)[3]213(6)[3]129(3)[2]79(2)[1]39(2)[1]21(1)[1]
>= 100 mln USD235(5)[4]164(4)[3]116(4)[3]73(2)[2]50(1)[1]25(1)[1]13[1]
>= 200 mln USD114(4)[4]80(3)[3]60(3)[3]38(2)[2]24(1)[1]9(1)[1]4[1]
>= 500 mln USD43(4)[3]34(3)[2]24(3)[2]13(2)[2]10(1)[1]5(1)[1]2[1]
Danger ZoneCritical GoodsCritical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (19 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Iran091020Spices; saffron202490.06%50,738,677
2Ukraine250830Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined202489.74%12,343,314
3Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202480.84%734,224,173
4Ukraine100199Cereals; wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed202460.21%1,040,897,545
5Saudi Arabia290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene202455.43%100,406,394
6Ukraine100590Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed202453.75%1,097,302,576
7Saudi Arabia262019Slag, ash and residues; (not from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing mainly zinc, other than hard zinc spelter202452.87%41,738,784
8Saudi Arabia292215Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, triethanolamine202452.60%16,421,657
9Saudi Arabia291614Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; esters of methacrylic acid202451.08%29,984,289
10Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)202450.59%73,046,342
11Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)202448.85%17,690,854
12Iran080252Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, shelled202446.39%11,928,213
13Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms202441.62%39,112,272
14Saudi Arabia291532Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate202439.57%23,260,397
15United Arab Emirates151411Vegetable oils; low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude202438.11%46,583,781
16Russian Federation271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas202435.33%2,106,916,967
17Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils202434.33%14,947,670
18Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)202432.83%29,248,822
19United Arab Emirates710812Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder)202431.70%47,419,776

Partner frequency summary:

Saudi Arabia: 7 occurrences

Ukraine: 5 occurrences

Russian Federation: 3 occurrences

Iran: 2 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences

Critical Goods in table:

271111 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

Legend:

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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.