Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2008, 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: 2008(130 in Danger Zone)[10 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD3322(130)[10]2342(90)[4]1629(64)[2]1068(43)[2]633(25)[2]378(18)[2]139(5)[1]
>= 50 mln USD1761(82)[9]1273(53)[3]926(40)[1]598(26)[1]375(17)[1]227(12)[1]80(3)
>= 100 mln USD1154(59)[9]854(37)[3]620(26)[1]411(15)[1]269(10)[1]169(6)[1]66(1)
>= 200 mln USD703(49)[8]528(31)[2]392(21)264(11)177(9)113(6)37(1)
>= 500 mln USD286(22)[6]222(13)[2]164(7)112(4)76(3)47(2)18(1)

Critical Goods Bottlenecks (10 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Other Europe, nes271129Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, other than natural gas200895.24%10,672,104
2Norway271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200886.26%157,241,263
3Russian Federation271011-- Light oils and preparations200842.02%4,855,814,806
4Russian Federation271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas200841.27%17,261,927,573
5Russian Federation271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200837.05%368,385,129
6Norway271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes200835.89%457,232,619
7Russian Federation271019Petroleum 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 preparations200834.14%25,098,001,964
8Norway271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas200832.31%13,513,909,566
9Norway271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200830.50%1,632,965,846
10Russian Federation270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude200830.47%124,258,706,613

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 5 occurrences

Norway: 4 occurrences

Other Europe, nes: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...

271011 - -- Light oils and preparations

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

271112 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271113 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271114 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271119 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271121 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271129 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

Legend:

(n)

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.