Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2025, 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: 2025(17 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1650(17)[5]1038(11)[5]677(8)[4]443(5)[3]274(2)[1]145(1)[1]64[1]
>= 50 mln USD527(6)[4]337(5)[4]219(3)[3]144(2)[2]91(2)[1]49(1)[1]21[1]
>= 100 mln USD277(1)[4]193(1)[4]127(1)[3]88(1)[2]55(1)[1]30[1]13[1]
>= 200 mln USD139(1)[3]93(1)[3]63(1)[2]43(1)[2]24(1)[1]10[1]5[1]
>= 500 mln USD49(1)[3]34(1)[3]23(1)[2]16(1)[2]9(1)[1]5[1]2[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (17 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Iran091020Spices; saffron202586.63%61,825,261
2Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202574.77%799,993,840
3Saudi Arabia292215Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, triethanolamine202569.50%16,443,302
4Ukraine250830Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined202560.90%12,618,349
5Ukraine040721Birds' eggs, in shell; fresh, not for incubation, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (domestic hens)202560.42%45,838,781
6Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)202554.51%16,983,246
7Saudi Arabia291614Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; esters of methacrylic acid202554.35%33,176,060
8Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)202551.62%74,979,269
9Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils202546.68%17,538,703
10Saudi Arabia290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene202542.38%58,937,385
11United Arab Emirates710812Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder)202541.28%78,059,125
12Saudi Arabia262019Slag, ash and residues; (not from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing mainly zinc, other than hard zinc spelter202539.51%42,828,597
13Ukraine151411Vegetable oils; low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude202537.21%79,249,799
14Iran080252Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, shelled202536.76%17,040,130
15Lebanon780110Lead; unwrought, refined202535.70%43,650,526
16Saudi Arabia291532Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate202531.78%17,046,998
17Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms202531.20%27,187,986

Partner frequency summary:

Saudi Arabia: 7 occurrences

Ukraine: 5 occurrences

Iran: 2 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Lebanon: 1 occurrence

Russian Federation: 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.