Country Matrix

Importing country

Year

For 2003, 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: 2003(120 in Danger Zone)[7 Critical Goods]

6-digit HS codes 4-digit HS codes 2-digit HS codes

Value \ Share	>= 30%	>= 40%	>= 50%	>= 60%	>= 70%	>= 80%	>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD	2764(120)[7]	2000(86)[6]	1369(54)[3]	930(41)[2]	582(29)[2]	320(14)[1]	123(6)
>= 50 mln USD	1218(47)[7]	913(32)[6]	653(21)[3]	457(14)[2]	292(10)[2]	168(4)[1]	64(1)
>= 100 mln USD	703(29)[6]	539(21)[5]	390(12)[2]	278(7)[1]	180(4)[1]	100(1)	30
>= 200 mln USD	349(15)[4]	270(11)[4]	200(6)[1]	144(3)[1]	89(3)[1]	53(1)	16
>= 500 mln USD	116(4)[4]	91(3)[4]	66(1)[1]	49[1]	32[1]	20	5

Danger Zone Critical Goods Critical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (120 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#	Partner	HS Code	HS Description	Year	Share (%)	Value (USD)
1	Russian Federation	722592	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, n.e.c. in heading no. 7225, plated or coated with zinc (other than electrolytically)	2003	99.16%	25,507,978
2	Iran	091020	Spices; saffron	2003	98.34%	27,011,731
3	Russian Federation	722619	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, of silicon-electrical steel, other than grain-oriented	2003	98.18%	21,298,300
4	Russian Federation	722691	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, (excluding silicon-electrical or high speed steel), hot-rolled	2003	93.08%	35,968,604
5	Russian Federation	271410	Bituminous or oil shale and tar sands	2003	93.05%	11,815,262
6	Ukraine	250830	Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined	2003	90.88%	53,438,006
7	Russian Federation	720291	Ferro-alloys; ferro-titanium and ferro-silico-titanium	2003	89.72%	33,019,213
8	Russian Federation	480421	Kraft paper and paperboard; sack kraft paper, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803	2003	89.09%	21,948,477
9	Russian Federation	310551	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing nitrates and phosphates	2003	88.62%	67,656,896
10	Russian Federation	530921	Fabrics, woven; of flax, containing less than 85% flax, unbleached or bleached	2003	88.58%	21,101,765
11	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	2003	86.46%	450,945,011
12	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)	2003	84.12%	71,174,792
13	Ukraine	721810	Steel, stainless; ingots and other primary forms	2003	82.87%	21,042,359
14	Russian Federation	722550	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled	2003	82.69%	40,147,951
15	Ukraine	860610	Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; tank wagons and the like, not self-propelled	2003	79.30%	221,995,842
16	Ukraine	291712	Acids; acyclic polycarboxylic acids; adipic acid, its salts and esters	2003	78.99%	31,483,693
17	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	2003	78.86%	98,850,078
18	Ukraine	252390	Cement; hydraulic kinds n.e.c. in heading no. 2523	2003	78.06%	15,187,094
19	Saudi Arabia	290211	Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane	2003	76.26%	97,849,928
20	Russian Federation	400231	Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip	2003	75.67%	14,189,194
21	Russian Federation	440320	-Other, coniferous	2003	74.34%	454,890,741
22	Russian Federation	220860	Vodka	2003	74.11%	30,551,973
23	Russian Federation	840130	Fuel elements (cartridges); non-irradiated	2003	74.06%	180,779,118
24	Russian Federation	310559	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus, other than nitrates and phosphates	2003	73.91%	23,395,720
25	Ukraine	720450	Ferrous products; remelting scrap ingots	2003	73.26%	28,983,510
26	Russian Federation	720441	Ferrous waste and scrap; turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust, filings, trimmings and stampings, whether or not in bundles	2003	72.99%	61,672,461
27	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	2003	72.44%	23,928,342
28	Russian Federation	310390	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; phosphatic, n.e.c. in heading no. 3103	2003	70.90%	10,631,084
29	Russian Federation	740811	Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm	2003	70.17%	31,867,186
30	Russian Federation	811221	Chromium and articles thereof; unwrought chromium, powders	2003	69.13%	15,299,345
31	Russian Federation	100300	Barley.	2003	67.74%	59,988,129
32	Russian Federation	030360	- Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding Livers and roes	2003	67.56%	153,478,120
33	Ukraine	560110	- Sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles, of wadding	2003	67.48%	26,511,837
34	Russian Federation	530911	Fabrics, woven; of flax, containing 85% or more flax, unbleached or bleached	2003	66.62%	42,153,148
35	Iran	080250	- Pistachios	2003	64.97%	176,435,929
36	Russian Federation	290241	Cyclic hydrocarbons; o-xylene	2003	64.85%	38,602,299
37	Russian Federation	440121	Wood; for fuel, in chips or particles, coniferous, whether or not agglomerated	2003	62.76%	17,905,932
38	Russian Federation	310540	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)	2003	62.41%	110,015,254
39	Russian Federation	722519	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, of silicon-electrical steel, (other than grain-oriented)	2003	61.38%	25,674,522
40	Russian Federation	470311	Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), unbleached, of coniferous wood	2003	61.19%	18,288,746
41	Russian Federation	730210	Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material; rails	2003	60.58%	26,107,774
42	Russian Federation	722860	Steel, alloy; bars and rods n.e.c. in heading no. 7228	2003	59.77%	13,701,355
43	Ukraine	721119	Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, hot-rolled, of a width less than 600mm, less than 4.75mm thick, excluding those of item no. 7211.13	2003	57.76%	47,359,187
44	Russian Federation	750210	Nickel; unwrought, not alloyed	2003	56.58%	1,457,351,712
45	Russian Federation	400260	Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip	2003	56.37%	46,941,101
46	Russian Federation	271119	Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711	2003	55.92%	136,101,258
47	Ukraine	540331	Yarn, artificial; filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), of viscose rayon (not high tenacity), single, untwisted or twisted 120 turns per metre or less, not for retail sale, not sewing thread	2003	55.20%	17,504,029
48	Russian Federation	250300	Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur	2003	54.27%	17,882,806
49	Russian Federation	310430	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, potassium sulphate	2003	52.95%	11,600,452
50	Russian Federation	720110	Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms	2003	52.78%	262,687,486
51	Russian Federation	760511	Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm	2003	51.39%	158,664,515
52	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	2003	51.16%	276,986,930
53	Russian Federation	310230	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution	2003	50.97%	65,177,476
54	Russian Federation	880212	Helicopters, except unmanned; of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg	2003	50.30%	77,162,099
55	Russian Federation	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	2003	48.98%	30,470,991
56	Saudi Arabia	290941	Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)	2003	48.57%	31,644,640
57	Russian Federation	440710	-Coniferous	2003	48.40%	735,148,028
58	Russian Federation	310590	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; n.e.c. in heading no. 3105	2003	48.15%	14,442,025
59	Russian Federation	722840	Steel, alloy; bars and rods, forged	2003	47.31%	13,919,287
60	Russian Federation	310210	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution	2003	46.57%	214,931,552
61	Russian Federation	740610	Copper; powders of non-lamellar structure	2003	46.18%	11,269,274
62	Saudi Arabia	290531	Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)	2003	46.09%	92,477,389
63	Russian Federation	722611	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented	2003	45.54%	21,278,860
64	Russian Federation	271019	Petroleum 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 preparations	2003	45.40%	7,085,357,172
65	Russian Federation	720429	Ferrous waste and scrap; of alloy steel (excluding stainless)	2003	45.08%	13,345,331
66	Russian Federation	720421	Ferrous waste and scrap; of stainless steel	2003	44.93%	293,709,408
67	Russian Federation	251020	Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; ground	2003	44.58%	76,705,043
68	Ukraine	270710	Oils and products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; benzol (benzene)	2003	44.46%	14,995,421
69	Ukraine	721631	Iron or non-alloy steel; U sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more	2003	44.36%	10,619,187
70	Ukraine	720853	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 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm	2003	43.67%	19,309,546
71	Russian Federation	293040	Organo-sulphur compounds; methionine	2003	43.32%	29,583,804
72	Ukraine	250840	Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined	2003	42.92%	31,309,855
73	United Arab Emirates	010110	- Pure-bred breeding animals	2003	42.50%	152,652,691
74	Russian Federation	070959	Vegetables; truffles and mushrooms n.e.c. in heading 0709, fresh or chilled	2003	42.09%	32,326,617
75	Ukraine	440391	Wood; oak, in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated	2003	41.96%	17,684,325
76	Russian Federation	290250	Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene	2003	41.94%	134,892,540
77	Russian Federation	720292	Ferro-alloys; ferro-vanadium	2003	41.92%	24,482,100
78	Russian Federation	281410	Ammonia; anhydrous	2003	41.80%	181,022,563
79	Ukraine	730459	Steel, alloy (not stainless steel); (excluding cold-drawn or cold-rolled), tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of circular cross-section	2003	41.61%	17,045,050
80	Ukraine	720720	Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon	2003	41.45%	27,348,303
81	Ukraine	270600	Tar; distilled from coal, lignite or peat, and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled, including reconstituted tars	2003	41.23%	35,019,231
82	Russian Federation	720410	Ferrous waste and scrap; of cast iron	2003	41.05%	11,865,247
83	Russian Federation	550410	Fibres; artificial staple fibres, of viscose, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning	2003	40.95%	19,409,075
84	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	2003	40.84%	383,664,562
85	Iran	570110	Carpets and other textile floor coverings; knotted, of wool or fine animal hair, whether or not made up	2003	40.74%	197,729,796
86	Ukraine	950611	Skis; for snow	2003	40.62%	23,391,344
87	Russian Federation	720449	Ferrous waste and scrap; n.e.c. in heading no. 7204	2003	39.83%	198,832,596
88	Russian Federation	441214	-- Other, with at least one outer ply Of non-Coniferous wood	2003	39.48%	140,320,039
89	Russian Federation	280300	Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.	2003	39.12%	98,118,670
90	Saudi Arabia	290919	Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether	2003	38.05%	134,060,145
91	Ukraine	721710	Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, (not plated or coated), whether or not polished	2003	38.00%	36,513,620
92	Ukraine	722490	Steel, alloy; semi-finished products	2003	37.95%	17,566,838
93	Russian Federation	720310	Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms	2003	37.69%	55,065,228
94	Saudi Arabia	390120	Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more	2003	37.02%	215,096,797
95	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	2003	36.72%	24,223,728
96	Ukraine	151211	Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified	2003	36.64%	141,413,351
97	Russian Federation	100200	Rye.	2003	35.98%	10,845,375
98	Saudi Arabia	390110	Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94	2003	35.64%	237,615,282
99	Russian Federation	730439	Iron or non-alloy steel (excluding cast iron); seamless, (excluding cold-drawn or cold-rolled), tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of circular cross-section	2003	35.44%	32,544,775
100	Russian Federation	284390	Inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, n.e.c.; amalgams	2003	34.74%	37,092,167
101	Russian Federation	290243	Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene	2003	34.57%	48,685,234
102	Russian Federation	271320	Petroleum bitumen; obtained from bituminous minerals	2003	34.02%	16,258,399
103	Russian Federation	722850	Steel, alloy; bars and rods, cold-formed or cold-finished	2003	33.62%	18,504,869
104	Russian Federation	720839	Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm	2003	33.56%	212,217,678
105	Ukraine	350110	Casein	2003	33.41%	56,204,104
106	Russian Federation	760110	Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)	2003	33.01%	1,300,384,580
107	Russian Federation	760310	Aluminium; powders of non-lamellar structure	2003	32.02%	13,078,591
108	Russian Federation	290110	Acyclic hydrocarbons; saturated	2003	31.96%	73,990,909
109	Russian Federation	720249	Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon	2003	31.83%	32,963,472
110	Russian Federation	750300	Nickel; waste and scrap	2003	31.69%	15,890,410
111	Russian Federation	480591	Paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight 150g/m2 or less, in rolls or sheets, n.e.c. in heading no.4805	2003	31.56%	19,082,443
112	Russian Federation	480255	Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); printing, writing or graphic, 10% or less by weight of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibre, weighing 40g/m2 to 150g/m2, in rolls	2003	31.55%	35,520,041
113	Russian Federation	310520	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium	2003	31.31%	85,745,907
114	Iran	410221	Skins; raw, of sheep or lambs, pickled (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further preserved), without wool on	2003	31.31%	49,908,190
115	Syria	410510	Tanned or crust skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, in the wet state (including wet-blue)	2003	30.95%	45,005,883
116	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	2003	30.60%	19,033,544
117	Ukraine	230630	Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils	2003	30.58%	61,285,814
118	Syria	150910	Vegetable oils; olive oil and its fractions, virgin, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	2003	30.36%	42,182,947
119	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	2003	30.15%	70,079,603
120	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	2003	30.10%	33,450,056

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 81 occurrences

Ukraine: 26 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 6 occurrences

Iran: 4 occurrences

Syria: 2 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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

271119 - 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.

[n]

The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.