Country Matrix
For 2007, 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: 2007(45 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 907(45)[3] | 570(22)[1] | 349(9) | 223(5) | 121(3) | 57(1) | 14(1) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 671(31)[3] | 422(16)[1] | 253(6) | 165(3) | 93(1) | 45 | 9 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 536(26)[3] | 348(13)[1] | 211(5) | 135(3) | 78(1) | 35 | 5 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 395(20)[3] | 262(10)[1] | 162(3) | 106(2) | 58 | 26 | 5 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 219(11)[3] | 144(5)[1] | 88(2) | 56(1) | 28 | 13 | 2 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (45 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 1002 | Rye | 2007 | 90.90% | 20,835,482 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 1205 | Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken | 2007 | 77.60% | 182,743,168 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 2618 | Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel | 2007 | 76.28% | 17,650,462 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2007 | 65.81% | 668,339,108 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 7215 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72 | 2007 | 62.86% | 403,551,818 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 7502 | Nickel; unwrought | 2007 | 51.48% | 2,071,784,455 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 8401 | Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation | 2007 | 50.79% | 167,836,899 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 7406 | Copper; powders and flakes | 2007 | 50.36% | 65,419,843 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 7603 | Aluminium; powders and flakes | 2007 | 50.09% | 38,381,988 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 7226 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width of less than 600mm | 2007 | 49.18% | 96,968,064 |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 2605 | Cobalt ores and concentrates | 2007 | 48.95% | 55,772,835 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 2814 | Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution | 2007 | 47.99% | 349,551,359 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2007 | 47.79% | 831,303,194 |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 4403 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared | 2007 | 46.59% | 1,092,104,331 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 1003 | Barley | 2007 | 46.23% | 15,132,089 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 7211 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated | 2007 | 45.05% | 265,718,972 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2007 | 44.89% | 43,895,363 |
| 18 | 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 | 2007 | 43.99% | 26,767,137,904 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 7225 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more | 2007 | 43.38% | 341,444,127 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 3102 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenous | 2007 | 41.61% | 496,119,894 |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 2503 | Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | 2007 | 41.25% | 12,531,302 |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 2803 | Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. | 2007 | 40.79% | 179,748,827 |
| 23 | Ukraine | 2706 | Tar distilled from coal, from lignite, peat and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled; including reconstituted tars | 2007 | 39.80% | 11,661,162 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2007 | 39.28% | 2,117,854,461 |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 7203 | Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2007 | 39.24% | 181,361,576 |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2007 | 39.22% | 456,439,482 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 2508 | Clays; (not including expanded clays of heading no. 6806), andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth | 2007 | 38.05% | 159,424,413 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2007 | 37.97% | 1,537,803,781 |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 3803 | Tall oil, whether or not refined | 2007 | 37.08% | 12,197,464 |
| 30 | Russian Federation | 7503 | Nickel; waste and scrap | 2007 | 37.05% | 102,677,770 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 2708 | Pitch and pitch coke; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars | 2007 | 36.07% | 15,431,498 |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 7204 | Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel | 2007 | 35.52% | 1,492,251,594 |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 3104 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassic | 2007 | 35.31% | 227,240,547 |
| 34 | Ukraine | 8606 | Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; not self-propelled | 2007 | 35.18% | 36,340,351 |
| 35 | 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 | 2007 | 34.75% | 492,887,054 |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 2702 | Lignite; whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet | 2007 | 34.15% | 20,845,966 |
| 37 | Ukraine | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2007 | 33.62% | 36,257,855 |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 7504 | Nickel; powders and flakes | 2007 | 33.44% | 62,395,149 |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 8902 | Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels; for processing or preserving fishery products | 2007 | 33.42% | 21,217,085 |
| 40 | 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 | 2007 | 33.18% | 60,648,379 |
| 41 | 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 | 2007 | 33.09% | 696,598,559 |
| 42 | Russian Federation | 7228 | Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel | 2007 | 32.86% | 460,703,583 |
| 43 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2007 | 31.22% | 1,683,098,852 |
| 44 | Russian Federation | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2007 | 31.22% | 33,673,836 |
| 45 | Russian Federation | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2007 | 31.10% | 90,475,383,282 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 33 occurrences
Ukraine: 9 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences
Iran: 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.