Country Matrix
For 2011, 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: 2011(43 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 881(43)[2] | 569(21) | 381(11) | 239(5) | 133(3) | 64(2) | 18(1) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 663(33)[2] | 427(14) | 284(6) | 182(3) | 102(1) | 47 | 12 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 539(29)[2] | 360(12) | 235(5) | 148(2) | 84(1) | 40 | 10 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 407(26)[2] | 277(11) | 182(4) | 116(2) | 63(1) | 30 | 7 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 239(17)[2] | 167(7) | 107(4) | 67(2) | 34(1) | 16 | 4 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (43 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 2605 | Cobalt ores and concentrates | 2011 | 98.59% | 49,230,691 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 1002 | Rye | 2011 | 84.83% | 19,858,393 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 8401 | Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation | 2011 | 79.41% | 539,104,922 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2011 | 61.84% | 642,913,788 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 7406 | Copper; powders and flakes | 2011 | 61.40% | 80,390,820 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 2814 | Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution | 2011 | 55.26% | 714,856,316 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 2843 | Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals | 2011 | 52.67% | 673,055,041 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2011 | 52.04% | 124,596,698 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 7603 | Aluminium; powders and flakes | 2011 | 51.89% | 45,400,021 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 2611 | Tungsten ores and concentrates | 2011 | 51.20% | 43,960,414 |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 2845 | Isotopes other than those of heading no. 2844; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined | 2011 | 50.49% | 46,860,900 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2011 | 49.96% | 55,220,702 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2011 | 48.95% | 770,574,806 |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 2803 | Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. | 2011 | 47.07% | 441,484,548 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 7215 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72 | 2011 | 46.99% | 227,286,068 |
| 16 | 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 | 2011 | 45.83% | 307,652,888 |
| 17 | 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 | 2011 | 45.41% | 371,682,388 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2011 | 44.11% | 601,135,915 |
| 19 | Ukraine | 2708 | Pitch and pitch coke; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars | 2011 | 42.81% | 15,247,983 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 7502 | Nickel; unwrought | 2011 | 41.27% | 815,419,482 |
| 21 | Ukraine | 2706 | Tar distilled from coal, from lignite, peat and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled; including reconstituted tars | 2011 | 41.25% | 14,115,833 |
| 22 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2011 | 39.68% | 2,370,842,563 |
| 23 | 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 | 2011 | 39.23% | 41,342,352,036 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2011 | 39.14% | 324,717,269 |
| 25 | 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 | 2011 | 38.45% | 728,386,360 |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 7226 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width of less than 600mm | 2011 | 37.63% | 70,409,352 |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2011 | 36.97% | 2,208,873,953 |
| 28 | 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 | 2011 | 36.74% | 1,341,103,636 |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 2503 | Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | 2011 | 36.37% | 28,390,655 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2011 | 34.19% | 1,651,895,411 |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 1204 | Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not broken | 2011 | 34.07% | 103,069,685 |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2011 | 33.72% | 139,641,626,857 |
| 33 | 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 | 2011 | 33.55% | 361,719,441 |
| 34 | Ukraine | 1005 | Maize (corn) | 2011 | 33.24% | 767,405,119 |
| 35 | Ukraine | 1205 | Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken | 2011 | 33.22% | 606,658,042 |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 7211 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated | 2011 | 33.00% | 105,414,972 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2011 | 32.90% | 602,264,213 |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 4413 | Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes | 2011 | 31.82% | 13,562,146 |
| 39 | Bahrain | 7614 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated) | 2011 | 31.57% | 26,306,677 |
| 40 | Ukraine | 7213 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2011 | 31.31% | 266,552,265 |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 7225 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more | 2011 | 30.88% | 244,631,237 |
| 42 | Russian Federation | 3104 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassic | 2011 | 30.48% | 344,157,759 |
| 43 | 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 | 2011 | 30.02% | 50,045,839 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 30 occurrences
Ukraine: 8 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
Bahrain: 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.