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(43 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 899(43)[2] | 574(22) | 362(14) | 218(6) | 125(1) | 58(1) | 12 |
| >= 50 mln USD | 693(34)[2] | 437(17) | 272(11) | 161(5) | 96(1) | 48(1) | 10 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 554(27)[2] | 369(15) | 227(10) | 129(4) | 80(1) | 37(1) | 7 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 416(23)[2] | 282(12) | 174(7) | 102(3) | 62(1) | 31(1) | 6 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 242(16)[2] | 159(6) | 105(5) | 59(2) | 35(1) | 21(1) | 3 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (43 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 1205 | Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken | 2008 | 85.18% | 1,141,051,202 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 7406 | Copper; powders and flakes | 2008 | 68.68% | 80,907,694 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 2618 | Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel | 2008 | 67.99% | 19,613,080 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 2605 | Cobalt ores and concentrates | 2008 | 66.84% | 141,440,204 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 7215 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72 | 2008 | 65.19% | 409,353,898 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2008 | 60.14% | 1,576,152,618 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 8401 | Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation | 2008 | 57.55% | 196,451,434 |
| 8 | 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 | 2008 | 51.43% | 387,208,268 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 8605 | Railway or tramway coaches; passenger coaches, luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading no. 8604) | 2008 | 51.09% | 27,548,337 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 2814 | Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution | 2008 | 51.02% | 656,448,149 |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 4403 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared | 2008 | 51.01% | 1,060,840,843 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 7603 | Aluminium; powders and flakes | 2008 | 50.80% | 41,896,898 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 7502 | Nickel; unwrought | 2008 | 50.29% | 1,149,661,924 |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 7226 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width of less than 600mm | 2008 | 50.23% | 112,301,417 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 2803 | Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. | 2008 | 47.35% | 273,524,044 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2008 | 46.83% | 65,405,544 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2008 | 46.61% | 254,052,408 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2008 | 43.73% | 43,334,821 |
| 19 | Ukraine | 2708 | Pitch and pitch coke; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars | 2008 | 41.80% | 16,117,313 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 7211 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated | 2008 | 41.78% | 236,413,305 |
| 21 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2008 | 41.32% | 628,034,344 |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2008 | 40.19% | 397,134,641 |
| 23 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2008 | 38.55% | 2,663,250,463 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 2844 | Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes); and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products | 2008 | 38.45% | 1,623,198,042 |
| 25 | Ukraine | 1003 | Barley | 2008 | 38.45% | 66,803,353 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2008 | 38.37% | 1,591,012,653 |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2008 | 38.31% | 2,646,762,989 |
| 28 | 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 | 2008 | 37.94% | 64,450,873 |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 3104 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassic | 2008 | 37.69% | 571,693,905 |
| 30 | Ukraine | 2508 | Clays; (not including expanded clays of heading no. 6806), andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth | 2008 | 37.09% | 168,457,070 |
| 31 | Iran | 0910 | Ginger, saffron, tumeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices | 2008 | 36.19% | 82,657,730 |
| 32 | Ukraine | 8606 | Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; not self-propelled | 2008 | 36.06% | 66,377,427 |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 7204 | Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel | 2008 | 35.98% | 1,384,894,642 |
| 34 | Russian Federation | 3102 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenous | 2008 | 35.53% | 768,665,684 |
| 35 | 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 | 2008 | 35.21% | 29,953,875,673 |
| 36 | Ukraine | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2008 | 34.58% | 48,294,154 |
| 37 | 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 | 2008 | 33.91% | 773,014,070 |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 2611 | Tungsten ores and concentrates | 2008 | 33.72% | 17,696,400 |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 7225 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more | 2008 | 32.79% | 367,263,136 |
| 40 | Russian Federation | 2702 | Lignite; whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet | 2008 | 31.84% | 30,389,227 |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 2503 | Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | 2008 | 31.83% | 57,709,216 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 5404 | Synthetic monofilament of 67 decitex or more, of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm; strip and the like (e.g. artificial straw) of synthetic textile materials of an apparent width not exceeding 5mm | 2008 | 31.10% | 47,478,659 |
| 43 | Russian Federation | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2008 | 30.47% | 124,258,706,613 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 29 occurrences
Ukraine: 9 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences
Iran: 2 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 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.