Country Matrix
For 2006, 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: 2006(40 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 867(40)[3] | 562(25)[1] | 346(11) | 214(4) | 109 | 51 | 15 |
| >= 50 mln USD | 613(28)[3] | 405(17)[1] | 248(8) | 163(2) | 83 | 39 | 11 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 495(25)[3] | 332(15)[1] | 207(7) | 130(2) | 66 | 32 | 10 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 355(19)[3] | 247(13)[1] | 154(6) | 98(2) | 51 | 24 | 8 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 179(10)[3] | 120(6)[1] | 72(2) | 44(1) | 22 | 11 | 2 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (40 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 1003 | Barley | 2006 | 69.81% | 24,922,914 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 7215 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72 | 2006 | 67.58% | 297,506,399 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 2611 | Tungsten ores and concentrates | 2006 | 64.09% | 30,127,785 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 7502 | Nickel; unwrought | 2006 | 61.06% | 1,972,351,007 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 8401 | Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation | 2006 | 56.64% | 159,013,559 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 7225 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more | 2006 | 56.59% | 334,065,091 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 2706 | Tar distilled from coal, from lignite, peat and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled; including reconstituted tars | 2006 | 56.47% | 12,225,945 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 7211 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated | 2006 | 53.07% | 230,103,123 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 7226 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width of less than 600mm | 2006 | 52.64% | 77,120,000 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2006 | 52.54% | 432,402,195 |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2006 | 51.47% | 624,671,695 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 4403 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared | 2006 | 49.04% | 955,362,163 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 2503 | Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | 2006 | 48.25% | 16,973,650 |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 7406 | Copper; powders and flakes | 2006 | 47.77% | 47,403,654 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 3102 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenous | 2006 | 47.10% | 437,051,936 |
| 16 | Ukraine | 1205 | Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken | 2006 | 46.69% | 93,925,801 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 7603 | Aluminium; powders and flakes | 2006 | 45.76% | 24,760,668 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 2803 | Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. | 2006 | 45.19% | 175,044,409 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 7204 | Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel | 2006 | 44.26% | 1,555,633,725 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 2814 | Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution | 2006 | 43.47% | 343,062,317 |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2006 | 43.44% | 28,980,943 |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 2710 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils | 2006 | 43.26% | 23,420,353,183 |
| 23 | Ukraine | 6811 | Asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like | 2006 | 42.82% | 14,280,676 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2006 | 42.73% | 256,449,056 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2006 | 40.36% | 1,318,118,554 |
| 26 | Ukraine | 2508 | Clays; (not including expanded clays of heading no. 6806), andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth | 2006 | 39.54% | 129,081,977 |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 8606 | Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; not self-propelled | 2006 | 39.28% | 28,616,526 |
| 28 | Russian Federation | 7228 | Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel | 2006 | 37.15% | 296,751,460 |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 7503 | Nickel; waste and scrap | 2006 | 36.95% | 63,239,972 |
| 30 | Russian Federation | 2702 | Lignite; whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet | 2006 | 36.11% | 20,335,207 |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 3105 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, containing 2 or 3 of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium; other fertilisers; goods of chapter 31 in tablets or packages of gross weight not exceeding 10kg | 2006 | 35.66% | 339,074,965 |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2006 | 35.43% | 1,457,047,103 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 2909 | Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2006 | 35.20% | 702,705,814 |
| 34 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2006 | 34.41% | 1,415,131,946 |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 7504 | Nickel; powders and flakes | 2006 | 32.47% | 35,439,689 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 0101 | Horses, asses, mules and hinnies; live | 2006 | 31.37% | 195,391,400 |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 3104 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassic | 2006 | 30.59% | 149,402,498 |
| 38 | Iran | 5701 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings; knotted, whether or not made up | 2006 | 30.19% | 173,532,321 |
| 39 | Iran | 4102 | Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split | 2006 | 30.11% | 40,881,027 |
| 40 | Russian Federation | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2006 | 30.10% | 79,148,180,990 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 29 occurrences
Ukraine: 6 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences
Iran: 2 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...
2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...
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.