Country Matrix

Importing country

Year

For 2004, 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: 2004(138 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	2913(138)[7]	2069(102)[4]	1433(68)[2]	957(51)[1]	616(32)[1]	335(19)	138(8)
>= 50 mln USD	1322(67)[7]	977(54)[4]	713(32)[2]	487(22)[1]	326(13)[1]	188(7)	82(4)
>= 100 mln USD	826(42)[6]	619(33)[3]	459(19)[1]	319(14)	206(7)	121(3)	46
>= 200 mln USD	426(25)[5]	333(20)[2]	258(10)[1]	178(6)	114(3)	65(1)	23
>= 500 mln USD	148(10)[4]	118(9)[2]	93(5)[1]	66(3)	39(2)	25(1)	8

Danger Zone Critical Goods Critical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (138 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#	Partner	HS Code	HS Description	Year	Share (%)	Value (USD)
1	Iran	091020	Spices; saffron	2004	98.77%	26,882,120
2	Russian Federation	722619	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, of silicon-electrical steel, other than grain-oriented	2004	97.24%	25,614,729
3	Russian Federation	271410	Bituminous or oil shale and tar sands	2004	95.67%	13,180,170
4	Russian Federation	310551	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing nitrates and phosphates	2004	95.33%	61,281,307
5	Russian Federation	722691	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, (excluding silicon-electrical or high speed steel), hot-rolled	2004	94.96%	55,150,423
6	Russian Federation	722550	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled	2004	94.33%	54,831,505
7	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)	2004	91.37%	10,564,638
8	Ukraine	250830	Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined	2004	90.74%	73,211,858
9	Russian Federation	290723	Polyphenols; 4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts	2004	89.54%	25,394,344
10	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	2004	87.61%	24,180,429
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	2004	86.23%	830,353,441
12	Ukraine	252390	Cement; hydraulic kinds n.e.c. in heading no. 2523	2004	85.44%	23,084,113
13	Russian Federation	400231	Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip	2004	85.01%	17,609,136
14	Russian Federation	290315	Saturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons; ethylene dichloride (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane)	2004	84.64%	11,221,055
15	Saudi Arabia	290211	Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane	2004	83.26%	173,779,723
16	Russian Federation	530921	Fabrics, woven; of flax, containing less than 85% flax, unbleached or bleached	2004	83.03%	14,657,773
17	Russian Federation	283640	Carbonates; potassium carbonate	2004	82.99%	11,302,663
18	Ukraine	291712	Acids; acyclic polycarboxylic acids; adipic acid, its salts and esters	2004	82.98%	27,386,415
19	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)	2004	82.26%	141,693,752
20	Ukraine	721810	Steel, stainless; ingots and other primary forms	2004	79.02%	37,323,203
21	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	2004	78.65%	271,498,863
22	Russian Federation	720291	Ferro-alloys; ferro-titanium and ferro-silico-titanium	2004	77.80%	65,064,117
23	Russian Federation	480592	Paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight more than 150g/m2 but less than 225 g/m2, in rolls or sheets, n.e.c. in heading no. 4805	2004	77.56%	11,904,745
24	Russian Federation	720441	Ferrous waste and scrap; turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust, filings, trimmings and stampings, whether or not in bundles	2004	75.50%	165,069,137
25	Russian Federation	440320	-Other, coniferous	2004	75.25%	557,273,765
26	Ukraine	260120	Iron pyrites; roasted	2004	73.36%	24,859,480
27	Russian Federation	740811	Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm	2004	72.86%	123,102,627
28	Russian Federation	400260	Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip	2004	72.67%	68,225,991
29	Russian Federation	811221	Chromium and articles thereof; unwrought chromium, powders	2004	72.30%	19,097,385
30	Ukraine	720450	Ferrous products; remelting scrap ingots	2004	71.35%	41,585,161
31	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	2004	70.71%	30,907,004
32	Russian Federation	440121	Wood; for fuel, in chips or particles, coniferous, whether or not agglomerated	2004	70.37%	28,844,742
33	Russian Federation	310590	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; n.e.c. in heading no. 3105	2004	68.89%	32,371,934
34	Ukraine	860692	Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; open, with non-removable sides of a height exceeding 60cm, not self-propelled	2004	68.69%	18,976,304
35	Ukraine	560110	- Sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles, of wadding	2004	68.59%	28,729,730
36	Russian Federation	840130	Fuel elements (cartridges); non-irradiated	2004	67.28%	179,177,657
37	Russian Federation	310390	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; phosphatic, n.e.c. in heading no. 3103	2004	66.97%	12,176,977
38	Russian Federation	722611	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented	2004	66.05%	21,753,695
39	Iran	080250	- Pistachios	2004	65.73%	224,524,946
40	Russian Federation	030360	- Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding Livers and roes	2004	65.51%	156,041,274
41	Saudi Arabia	290941	Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)	2004	63.67%	53,414,305
42	Russian Federation	220860	Vodka	2004	63.38%	28,051,923
43	Russian Federation	310230	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution	2004	63.06%	75,870,382
44	Russian Federation	310559	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus, other than nitrates and phosphates	2004	63.05%	19,088,940
45	Russian Federation	310540	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)	2004	63.01%	130,371,439
46	Russian Federation	750210	Nickel; unwrought, not alloyed	2004	62.39%	1,502,348,263
47	Russian Federation	720410	Ferrous waste and scrap; of cast iron	2004	62.28%	24,201,783
48	Russian Federation	284390	Inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, n.e.c.; amalgams	2004	62.14%	107,003,603
49	Russian Federation	310210	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution	2004	62.01%	340,771,325
50	Russian Federation	730210	Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material; rails	2004	61.84%	20,837,781
51	Russian Federation	310221	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium sulphate	2004	60.91%	14,220,833
52	Saudi Arabia	290531	Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)	2004	59.56%	123,614,757
53	Russian Federation	530911	Fabrics, woven; of flax, containing 85% or more flax, unbleached or bleached	2004	59.53%	42,958,983
54	Russian Federation	283325	Sulphates; of copper	2004	57.16%	13,379,487
55	Russian Federation	470311	Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), unbleached, of coniferous wood	2004	56.74%	22,172,092
56	Russian Federation	722519	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, of silicon-electrical steel, (other than grain-oriented)	2004	56.73%	42,347,250
57	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	2004	56.57%	341,479,713
58	Russian Federation	290250	Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene	2004	55.31%	212,997,334
59	Russian Federation	720449	Ferrous waste and scrap; n.e.c. in heading no. 7204	2004	55.11%	701,967,070
60	Russian Federation	860610	Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; tank wagons and the like, not self-propelled	2004	55.10%	78,358,403
61	Russian Federation	290241	Cyclic hydrocarbons; o-xylene	2004	55.01%	56,210,798
62	Ukraine	270600	Tar; distilled from coal, lignite or peat, and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled, including reconstituted tars	2004	53.69%	35,334,067
63	Russian Federation	271320	Petroleum bitumen; obtained from bituminous minerals	2004	53.09%	23,000,516
64	Russian Federation	290243	Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene	2004	52.48%	72,254,418
65	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	2004	51.77%	52,804,861
66	Russian Federation	250300	Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur	2004	51.32%	20,050,720
67	Russian Federation	720249	Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon	2004	50.85%	77,315,090
68	Russian Federation	440710	-Coniferous	2004	50.36%	869,675,181
69	Russian Federation	720110	Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms	2004	49.64%	494,390,839
70	Russian Federation	760511	Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm	2004	49.60%	238,831,105
71	Russian Federation	722860	Steel, alloy; bars and rods n.e.c. in heading no. 7228	2004	48.75%	11,973,642
72	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	2004	47.90%	11,376,982
73	Ukraine	250840	Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined	2004	47.58%	40,670,167
74	Saudi Arabia	390110	Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94	2004	47.23%	444,684,364
75	Saudi Arabia	390120	Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more	2004	46.99%	328,084,195
76	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	2004	46.57%	682,871,937
77	Russian Federation	740610	Copper; powders of non-lamellar structure	2004	46.39%	16,638,017
78	Russian Federation	720292	Ferro-alloys; ferro-vanadium	2004	46.02%	67,242,758
79	United Arab Emirates	010110	- Pure-bred breeding animals	2004	45.98%	182,395,818
80	Saudi Arabia	290919	Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether	2004	45.35%	282,900,507
81	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	2004	45.23%	75,959,762
82	Russian Federation	720429	Ferrous waste and scrap; of alloy steel (excluding stainless)	2004	45.20%	36,134,509
83	Russian Federation	281410	Ammonia; anhydrous	2004	44.94%	209,905,589
84	Russian Federation	282530	Vanadium oxides and hydroxides	2004	44.68%	28,276,200
85	Ukraine	860610	Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; tank wagons and the like, not self-propelled	2004	43.92%	62,453,286
86	Ukraine	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	2004	43.76%	641,566,569
87	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	2004	43.44%	75,808,573
88	Russian Federation	722850	Steel, alloy; bars and rods, cold-formed or cold-finished	2004	43.25%	51,332,680
89	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	2004	43.19%	9,262,186,963
90	Ukraine	721710	Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, (not plated or coated), whether or not polished	2004	43.11%	76,901,059
91	Russian Federation	720421	Ferrous waste and scrap; of stainless steel	2004	42.25%	504,402,854
92	Russian Federation	290110	Acyclic hydrocarbons; saturated	2004	42.25%	82,402,538
93	Russian Federation	280300	Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.	2004	41.91%	117,035,579
94	Russian Federation	100300	Barley.	2004	41.91%	35,130,819
95	Russian Federation	721590	Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72, n.e.c. in heading no. 7215	2004	41.90%	10,897,883
96	Ukraine	151211	Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified	2004	41.60%	161,985,438
97	Ukraine	350110	Casein	2004	41.38%	87,473,942
98	Russian Federation	730459	Steel, alloy (not stainless steel); (excluding cold-drawn or cold-rolled), tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of circular cross-section	2004	40.58%	28,851,010
99	Ukraine	270710	Oils and products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; benzol (benzene)	2004	40.50%	16,777,453
100	Ukraine	440391	Wood; oak, in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated	2004	40.43%	27,005,215
101	Russian Federation	750300	Nickel; waste and scrap	2004	40.37%	33,558,663
102	Russian Federation	271119	Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711	2004	40.25%	166,985,993
103	Iran	570110	Carpets and other textile floor coverings; knotted, of wool or fine animal hair, whether or not made up	2004	38.17%	210,294,798
104	Ukraine	100300	Barley.	2004	38.16%	31,985,486
105	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	2004	37.98%	91,470,272
106	Russian Federation	550410	Fibres; artificial staple fibres, of viscose, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning	2004	37.56%	16,999,020
107	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)	2004	37.30%	14,634,542
108	Russian Federation	293040	Organo-sulphur compounds; methionine	2004	37.09%	19,659,086
109	Russian Federation	480591	Paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight 150g/m2 or less, in rolls or sheets, n.e.c. in heading no.4805	2004	36.85%	18,397,677
110	Russian Federation	120510	Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken	2004	36.78%	14,241,987
111	Russian Federation	760110	Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)	2004	36.50%	1,682,040,948
112	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	2004	36.36%	359,644,631
113	Russian Federation	730610	- Line pipe Of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines	2004	36.25%	22,803,151
114	Ukraine	950611	Skis; for snow	2004	36.24%	27,180,991
115	Russian Federation	290230	Cyclic hydrocarbons; toluene	2004	36.06%	10,845,514
116	Ukraine	720926	Iron or non-alloy steel; (not in coils), flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness exceeding 1mm but less than 3mm	2004	35.71%	15,295,572
117	Ukraine	722840	Steel, alloy; bars and rods, forged	2004	35.55%	14,604,682
118	Russian Federation	310520	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium	2004	35.40%	121,184,652
119	Russian Federation	251020	Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; ground	2004	35.33%	68,822,775
120	Russian Federation	441214	-- Other, with at least one outer ply Of non-Coniferous wood	2004	35.06%	190,293,451
121	Ukraine	721631	Iron or non-alloy steel; U sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more	2004	34.81%	16,490,720
122	Russian Federation	760310	Aluminium; powders of non-lamellar structure	2004	34.69%	15,883,489
123	Iran	410221	Skins; raw, of sheep or lambs, pickled (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further preserved), without wool on	2004	34.63%	46,961,307
124	Ukraine	720711	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 (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness	2004	34.58%	305,499,030
125	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)	2004	34.56%	43,439,760
126	Russian Federation	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	2004	33.75%	21,026,254
127	Russian Federation	720918	Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of less than 0.5mm	2004	33.29%	25,647,449
128	Russian Federation	721710	Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, (not plated or coated), whether or not polished	2004	33.25%	59,314,097
129	Russian Federation	810520	Cobalt; mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, powders	2004	33.05%	117,997,744
130	Ukraine	730459	Steel, alloy (not stainless steel); (excluding cold-drawn or cold-rolled), tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of circular cross-section	2004	32.80%	23,321,275
131	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	2004	32.71%	29,396,071
132	Russian Federation	290711	Monophenols; phenol (hydroxybenzene) and its salts	2004	32.12%	32,845,698
133	Russian Federation	270111	Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated	2004	31.67%	228,977,168
134	Russian Federation	390461	Halogenated olefin polymers; fluoro-polymers, polytetrafluoroethylene, in primary forms	2004	31.50%	28,303,038
135	Russian Federation	711021	Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form	2004	30.80%	116,402,990
136	Russian Federation	843141	Machinery parts; buckets, shovels, grabs and grips, for the machinery of heading no. 8426 and 8430	2004	30.76%	14,628,734
137	Qatar	381119	Anti-knock preparations; other than those based on lead compounds	2004	30.60%	12,234,781
138	Ukraine	290321	Unsaturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons; vinyl chloride (chloroethylene)	2004	30.04%	73,099,358

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 96 occurrences

Ukraine: 29 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 6 occurrences

Iran: 4 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Syria: 1 occurrence

Qatar: 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.

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