Country Matrix
For 2001, the matrix below shows European Union'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.
European Union
Year: 2001(95 in Danger Zone)[7 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 2634(95)[7] | 1872(63)[5] | 1269(41)[2] | 830(29)[2] | 534(17)[2] | 301(10)[1] | 121(2) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 1054(37)[7] | 780(22)[5] | 550(13)[2] | 377(9)[2] | 254(6)[2] | 145(2)[1] | 52(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 615(22)[6] | 476(14)[4] | 342(8)[1] | 236(5)[1] | 155(3)[1] | 89 | 28 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 287(9)[5] | 225(6)[3] | 170(3)[1] | 123(2)[1] | 81(1)[1] | 46 | 14 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 91(3)[4] | 72(1)[3] | 54(1)[1] | 35[1] | 21[1] | 8 | 1 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (95 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 091020 | Spices; saffron | 2001 | 98.61% | 22,526,809 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 722691 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, (excluding silicon-electrical or high speed steel), hot-rolled | 2001 | 97.59% | 85,968,449 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 250830 | Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined | 2001 | 89.47% | 40,587,838 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 720291 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-titanium and ferro-silico-titanium | 2001 | 89.26% | 19,877,720 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 722619 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, of silicon-electrical steel, other than grain-oriented | 2001 | 87.90% | 12,108,088 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 722550 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled | 2001 | 87.00% | 34,499,908 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 310551 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing nitrates and phosphates | 2001 | 82.72% | 22,187,511 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 290211 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane | 2001 | 80.98% | 74,244,084 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 310390 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; phosphatic, n.e.c. in heading no. 3103 | 2001 | 80.25% | 13,258,094 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 381111 | Anti-knock preparations; based on lead compounds | 2001 | 80.01% | 12,642,820 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 720450 | Ferrous products; remelting scrap ingots | 2001 | 78.59% | 29,419,205 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 721123 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, cold-rolled, of a width less than 600mm, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon | 2001 | 76.24% | 70,997,166 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 293371 | Heterocyclic compounds; lactams; 6-hexanelactam (epsilon-caprolactam) | 2001 | 74.89% | 23,663,337 |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 030360 | - Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding Livers and roes | 2001 | 74.21% | 135,306,147 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | 2001 | 73.27% | 101,786,295 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 284420 | Uranium; enriched in U235, plutonium, their compounds, alloys dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products | 2001 | 73.03% | 348,620,152 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 220860 | Vodka | 2001 | 73.01% | 29,700,528 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 440320 | -Other, coniferous | 2001 | 68.75% | 368,866,301 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 310590 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; n.e.c. in heading no. 3105 | 2001 | 67.93% | 22,686,289 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 721550 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72, cold-formed or cold-finished, (not free-cutting) | 2001 | 67.87% | 39,994,576 |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 282530 | Vanadium oxides and hydroxides | 2001 | 67.38% | 21,199,269 |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 310540 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | 2001 | 66.65% | 79,064,267 |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 720441 | Ferrous waste and scrap; turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust, filings, trimmings and stampings, whether or not in bundles | 2001 | 66.43% | 22,472,622 |
| 24 | Iran | 080250 | - Pistachios | 2001 | 65.56% | 132,355,883 |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 470311 | Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), unbleached, of coniferous wood | 2001 | 64.16% | 20,225,839 |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 290241 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; o-xylene | 2001 | 63.44% | 31,127,173 |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 400260 | Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | 2001 | 63.24% | 27,031,282 |
| 28 | Russian Federation | 291030 | Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers; with a three-membered ring and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, 1-chloro-2,3-epoxypropane (epichlorohydrin) | 2001 | 60.72% | 15,371,760 |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 722519 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, of silicon-electrical steel, (other than grain-oriented) | 2001 | 60.22% | 18,621,642 |
| 30 | Ukraine | 720890 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, hot-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, n.e.c. in heading no. 7208 | 2001 | 59.79% | 11,339,253 |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 840130 | Fuel elements (cartridges); non-irradiated | 2001 | 58.31% | 149,106,844 |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 720410 | Ferrous waste and scrap; of cast iron | 2001 | 57.40% | 10,782,913 |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 722611 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented | 2001 | 54.22% | 16,211,304 |
| 34 | Ukraine | 040210 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | 2001 | 53.49% | 40,098,007 |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2001 | 53.19% | 191,404,826 |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 750210 | Nickel; unwrought, not alloyed | 2001 | 52.13% | 871,365,795 |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 290250 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene | 2001 | 52.03% | 88,292,657 |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 290941 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol) | 2001 | 51.93% | 26,642,275 |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 440121 | Wood; for fuel, in chips or particles, coniferous, whether or not agglomerated | 2001 | 51.50% | 13,237,560 |
| 40 | Russian Federation | 811220 | Chromium | 2001 | 51.22% | 13,916,021 |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 430180 | Furskins; raw, of animals n.e.c. in heading no. 4301, whole, with or without head, tail or paws (excluding goods of heading no. 4101, 4102 and 4103) | 2001 | 50.48% | 10,273,067 |
| 42 | Russian Federation | 720720 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon | 2001 | 49.28% | 24,708,050 |
| 43 | Russian Federation | 760200 | Aluminium; waste and scrap | 2001 | 49.12% | 277,654,490 |
| 44 | Russian Federation | 293040 | Organo-sulphur compounds; methionine | 2001 | 48.40% | 31,156,608 |
| 45 | Russian Federation | 721410 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling | 2001 | 47.04% | 13,794,402 |
| 46 | Russian Federation | 530911 | Fabrics, woven; of flax, containing 85% or more flax, unbleached or bleached | 2001 | 46.00% | 14,891,009 |
| 47 | Russian Federation | 720429 | Ferrous waste and scrap; of alloy steel (excluding stainless) | 2001 | 45.98% | 19,709,563 |
| 48 | Russian Federation | 720421 | Ferrous waste and scrap; of stainless steel | 2001 | 45.78% | 144,349,669 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 290919 | Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether | 2001 | 45.61% | 127,146,316 |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 290531 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) | 2001 | 45.24% | 69,542,206 |
| 51 | Ukraine | 270600 | Tar; distilled from coal, lignite or peat, and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled, including reconstituted tars | 2001 | 44.69% | 24,709,724 |
| 52 | Russian Federation | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap; n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | 2001 | 44.46% | 116,491,962 |
| 53 | Russian Federation | 251020 | Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; ground | 2001 | 44.28% | 39,521,974 |
| 54 | Iran | 410221 | Skins; raw, of sheep or lambs, pickled (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further preserved), without wool on | 2001 | 44.13% | 91,084,650 |
| 55 | Russian Federation | 440710 | -Coniferous | 2001 | 43.98% | 439,864,578 |
| 56 | Russian Federation | 030372 | -- Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) | 2001 | 43.41% | 12,418,577 |
| 57 | Ukraine | 720719 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, other than rectangular or square cross-section | 2001 | 43.32% | 33,471,978 |
| 58 | Ukraine | 350110 | Casein | 2001 | 42.57% | 76,109,140 |
| 59 | Ukraine | 250840 | Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined | 2001 | 41.46% | 28,162,814 |
| 60 | Ukraine | 100300 | Barley. | 2001 | 41.22% | 33,677,487 |
| 61 | Ukraine | 722490 | Steel, alloy; semi-finished products | 2001 | 40.31% | 22,998,264 |
| 62 | Ukraine | 721710 | Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, (not plated or coated), whether or not polished | 2001 | 40.26% | 19,973,566 |
| 63 | Russian Federation | 440399 | Wood; in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated, n.e.c. in heading no. 4403 | 2001 | 40.04% | 216,583,651 |
| 64 | Russian Federation | 390461 | Halogenated olefin polymers; fluoro-polymers, polytetrafluoroethylene, in primary forms | 2001 | 39.86% | 40,034,023 |
| 65 | Iran | 570110 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings; knotted, of wool or fine animal hair, whether or not made up | 2001 | 38.50% | 224,773,086 |
| 66 | Russian Federation | 722840 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods, forged | 2001 | 38.01% | 12,864,099 |
| 67 | Russian Federation | 100300 | Barley. | 2001 | 37.70% | 30,798,711 |
| 68 | Ukraine | 120600 | Oil seeds; sunflower seeds, whether or not broken | 2001 | 37.28% | 131,432,842 |
| 69 | Russian Federation | 722490 | Steel, alloy; semi-finished products | 2001 | 37.27% | 21,263,459 |
| 70 | Russian Federation | 271000 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils b | 2001 | 36.50% | 5,554,014,778 |
| 71 | Syria | 410519 | Tanned or retanned but not further prepared, whether or not split :-- Other | 2001 | 35.96% | 14,041,928 |
| 72 | Ukraine | 270710 | Oils and products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; benzol (benzene) | 2001 | 34.84% | 11,243,282 |
| 73 | Russian Federation | 880212 | Helicopters, except unmanned; of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg | 2001 | 34.78% | 41,543,332 |
| 74 | Russian Federation | 281410 | Ammonia; anhydrous | 2001 | 34.59% | 73,914,279 |
| 75 | Russian Federation | 720827 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, pickled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | 2001 | 34.32% | 15,289,535 |
| 76 | Iran | 160430 | - Caviar and caviar substitutes | 2001 | 34.08% | 19,251,181 |
| 77 | Russian Federation | 720292 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-vanadium | 2001 | 33.59% | 10,260,915 |
| 78 | Ukraine | 720851 | Iron or non-alloy steel; (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm | 2001 | 33.45% | 77,090,514 |
| 79 | Ukraine | 722840 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods, forged | 2001 | 33.32% | 11,277,437 |
| 80 | Russian Federation | 441214 | -- Other, with at least one outer ply Of non-Coniferous wood | 2001 | 33.08% | 98,841,745 |
| 81 | Russian Federation | 290243 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene | 2001 | 32.86% | 29,935,956 |
| 82 | Russian Federation | 760110 | Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed) | 2001 | 32.73% | 1,081,480,345 |
| 83 | Russian Federation | 720712 | Iron 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-section | 2001 | 32.54% | 174,748,743 |
| 84 | United Arab Emirates | 010111 | Horses :-- Pure-bred breeding animals | 2001 | 32.48% | 116,280,677 |
| 85 | Ukraine | 950611 | Skis; for snow | 2001 | 32.31% | 16,690,345 |
| 86 | Ukraine | 281410 | Ammonia; anhydrous | 2001 | 32.16% | 68,724,476 |
| 87 | Russian Federation | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen; obtained from bituminous minerals | 2001 | 32.13% | 11,002,186 |
| 88 | Russian Federation | 290110 | Acyclic hydrocarbons; saturated | 2001 | 32.12% | 51,537,861 |
| 89 | Russian Federation | 284410 | Uranium; natural uranium and its compounds, alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds | 2001 | 32.07% | 148,874,031 |
| 90 | Ukraine | 720852 | Iron 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 10mm | 2001 | 31.84% | 25,163,386 |
| 91 | Russian Federation | 760310 | Aluminium; powders of non-lamellar structure | 2001 | 31.44% | 12,636,740 |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 390120 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | 2001 | 31.01% | 136,563,488 |
| 93 | Russian Federation | 721710 | Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, (not plated or coated), whether or not polished | 2001 | 30.70% | 15,231,050 |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 290121 | Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, ethylene | 2001 | 30.37% | 69,442,446 |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 390190 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, n.e.c. in heading no. 3901 | 2001 | 30.31% | 77,133,230 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 63 occurrences
Ukraine: 18 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 7 occurrences
Iran: 5 occurrences
Syria: 1 occurrence
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
271000 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...
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.