Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2009, 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: 2009(113 in Danger Zone)[8 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2756(113)[8]1919(79)[4]1375(55)[1]935(34)[1]572(25)[1]330(16)[1]122(4)
>= 50 mln USD1308(60)[8]951(39)[4]708(27)[1]471(14)[1]292(10)[1]178(8)[1]66(2)
>= 100 mln USD827(42)[8]620(28)[4]469(17)[1]321(7)[1]212(6)[1]127(5)[1]47
>= 200 mln USD451(26)[7]340(16)[3]271(9)189(4)129(3)74(3)22
>= 500 mln USD179(10)[5]137(7)[2]112(4)76(2)54(1)30(1)11

Critical Goods Bottlenecks (8 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Norway271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200987.33%196,373,333
2Russian Federation271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200948.82%233,028,098
3Russian Federation271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas200942.88%17,983,191,868
4Russian Federation271011-- Light oils and preparations200942.74%3,601,618,536
5Russian 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 preparations200938.72%18,641,611,803
6Norway271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes200933.31%233,150,876
7Russian Federation270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude200931.88%74,752,755,740
8Norway271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200931.47%1,096,387,814

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 5 occurrences

Norway: 3 occurrences

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...

Legend:

This icon indicates that at least one HS chapter group (HS 0-9) has no records in the Results Database for the given country and year.

(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.