Country Matrix
For 2010, 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: 2010(41 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 877(41)[2] | 573(22)[1] | 372(9) | 246(5) | 129(2) | 57(1) | 15(1) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 652(31)[2] | 428(18)[1] | 279(9) | 184(5) | 100(2) | 45(1) | 10(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 520(27)[2] | 351(15)[1] | 229(7) | 146(3) | 77(1) | 34 | 7 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 381(24)[2] | 266(13)[1] | 171(6) | 111(3) | 57(1) | 26 | 6 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 218(15)[2] | 154(9)[1] | 104(5) | 63(3) | 32(1) | 15 | 3 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (41 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 2605 | Cobalt ores and concentrates | 2010 | 98.17% | 59,178,920 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 8401 | Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation | 2010 | 76.50% | 512,414,207 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2010 | 69.86% | 644,531,320 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1205 | Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken | 2010 | 68.44% | 608,009,485 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 7406 | Copper; powders and flakes | 2010 | 65.59% | 61,876,369 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 7215 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72 | 2010 | 55.00% | 158,995,482 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2010 | 54.08% | 576,292,874 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 2814 | Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution | 2010 | 53.79% | 501,552,015 |
| 9 | 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 | 2010 | 50.21% | 267,240,841 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 2803 | Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. | 2010 | 49.92% | 275,392,517 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2010 | 46.80% | 183,750,924 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 2843 | Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals | 2010 | 46.30% | 376,045,206 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 7603 | Aluminium; powders and flakes | 2010 | 46.15% | 32,321,760 |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2010 | 44.46% | 47,384,186 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 2611 | Tungsten ores and concentrates | 2010 | 44.19% | 15,462,328 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2010 | 44.12% | 40,836,295 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2010 | 43.60% | 1,753,846,884 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2010 | 43.22% | 1,738,805,939 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 7502 | Nickel; unwrought | 2010 | 43.09% | 761,971,816 |
| 20 | 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 | 2010 | 41.41% | 30,410,383,441 |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 7211 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated | 2010 | 40.45% | 90,539,656 |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 7305 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (e.g. welded, riveted or similarly closed), having circular cross-sections, external diameter of which exceeds 406.4mm, not seamless | 2010 | 40.30% | 261,891,347 |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 7503 | Nickel; waste and scrap | 2010 | 39.81% | 49,293,847 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2010 | 37.98% | 1,520,203,650 |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 7209 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated | 2010 | 37.66% | 325,863,387 |
| 26 | 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 | 2010 | 37.55% | 47,265,031 |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 7228 | Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel | 2010 | 36.25% | 244,695,632 |
| 28 | 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 | 2010 | 36.11% | 1,750,096,080 |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 9301 | Military weapons; other than revolvers, pistols and arms of heading no. 9307 | 2010 | 35.70% | 10,829,041 |
| 30 | Russian Federation | 7504 | Nickel; powders and flakes | 2010 | 35.17% | 42,512,697 |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2010 | 33.93% | 103,852,210,911 |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 3104 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassic | 2010 | 33.38% | 349,800,249 |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 7226 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width of less than 600mm | 2010 | 33.08% | 56,371,205 |
| 34 | 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 | 2010 | 32.95% | 512,250,093 |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 7106 | Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum); unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form | 2010 | 32.76% | 979,910,803 |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 7225 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more | 2010 | 32.66% | 201,838,115 |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 4002 | Synthetic rubber and factice derived from oils, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip; mixtures of heading no. 4001 and 4002, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | 2010 | 32.38% | 798,164,348 |
| 38 | Ukraine | 2306 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305 | 2010 | 31.99% | 226,395,144 |
| 39 | Ukraine | 2508 | Clays; (not including expanded clays of heading no. 6806), andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth | 2010 | 31.21% | 107,920,119 |
| 40 | Ukraine | 8606 | Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; not self-propelled | 2010 | 30.62% | 32,512,007 |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 7302 | Railway or tramway track constructions of iron or steel; rails, check and track rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods, sleepers, fish-plates, chair wedges, sole plates, bedplates, ties and the like | 2010 | 30.13% | 28,141,249 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 32 occurrences
Ukraine: 6 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence
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.