Country Matrix

Importing country

Year

For 2012, 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: 2012(44 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]

6-digit HS codes 4-digit HS codes 2-digit HS codes

Value \ Share	>= 30%	>= 40%	>= 50%	>= 60%	>= 70%	>= 80%	>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD	905(44)[2]	593(23)	373(16)	244(6)	136(4)	69(3)	18(2)
>= 50 mln USD	667(38)[2]	445(19)	282(13)	182(5)	102(3)	51(2)	12(1)
>= 100 mln USD	537(31)[2]	369(16)	233(10)	149(4)	84(2)	41(1)	10
>= 200 mln USD	401(25)[2]	279(12)	179(8)	118(4)	62(2)	29(1)	5
>= 500 mln USD	230(20)[2]	162(9)	106(5)	63(2)	29(1)	13(1)	2

Danger Zone Critical Goods Critical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (44 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#	Partner	HS Code	HS Description	Year	Share (%)	Value (USD)
1	Russian Federation	2605	Cobalt ores and concentrates	2012	99.15%	37,111,046
2	Russian Federation	1002	Rye	2012	94.11%	64,296,863
3	Russian Federation	8401	Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation	2012	83.99%	537,009,265
4	Ukraine	8606	Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; not self-propelled	2012	70.51%	238,000,276
5	Ukraine	1005	Maize (corn)	2012	63.71%	1,621,665,951
6	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	2012	60.98%	427,328,189
7	Ukraine	1512	Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	2012	59.13%	769,131,699
8	Ukraine	2706	Tar distilled from coal, from lignite, peat and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled; including reconstituted tars	2012	58.69%	45,227,764
9	Russian Federation	7406	Copper; powders and flakes	2012	58.47%	64,747,270
10	Russian Federation	2843	Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals	2012	56.60%	825,947,555
11	Russian Federation	2803	Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.	2012	54.40%	473,159,177
12	Russian Federation	6807	Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch)	2012	53.34%	58,881,672
13	Russian Federation	7408	Copper wire	2012	53.23%	604,288,204
14	Russian Federation	7215	Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72	2012	52.98%	156,236,312
15	Russian Federation	1204	Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not broken	2012	51.40%	160,701,256
16	Russian Federation	7603	Aluminium; powders and flakes	2012	50.93%	33,853,608
17	Russian Federation	7224	Alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, semi-finished products of other alloy steel	2012	48.53%	116,569,881
18	Russian Federation	7201	Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms	2012	48.18%	575,511,253
19	Russian Federation	2814	Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution	2012	48.16%	620,184,486
20	Russian Federation	7502	Nickel; unwrought	2012	44.89%	1,614,338,807
21	Russian Federation	1514	Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	2012	42.58%	172,775,296
22	Ukraine	7207	Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof	2012	42.27%	1,771,507,769
23	Russian Federation	2611	Tungsten ores and concentrates	2012	40.63%	40,746,255
24	Russian Federation	2303	Residues of starch manufacture, similar residues; beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets	2012	39.85%	97,481,948
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	2012	37.60%	744,834,044
26	Saudi Arabia	3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	2012	37.04%	1,683,706,834
27	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	2012	36.88%	586,983,776
28	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	2012	36.66%	38,594,396,968
29	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	2012	35.73%	1,132,076,645
30	Saudi Arabia	3902	Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms	2012	35.44%	647,505,061
31	Russian Federation	2503	Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur	2012	35.40%	23,612,542
32	Russian Federation	7207	Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof	2012	35.16%	1,473,739,131
33	Russian Federation	7209	Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated	2012	34.24%	295,592,974
34	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	2012	33.32%	1,574,918,419
35	Russian Federation	7211	Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated	2012	32.63%	77,577,311
36	Russian Federation	2709	Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude	2012	32.49%	142,044,317,137
37	Russian Federation	1507	Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	2012	32.24%	145,020,277
38	Ukraine	1205	Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken	2012	31.44%	684,159,283
39	Russian Federation	2901	Acyclic hydrocarbons	2012	31.15%	895,262,200
40	Russian Federation	7226	Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width of less than 600mm	2012	31.15%	49,471,181
41	Ukraine	2508	Clays; (not including expanded clays of heading no. 6806), andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth	2012	30.62%	116,202,555
42	Russian Federation	4403	Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared	2012	30.42%	309,241,169
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	2012	30.25%	50,939,235
44	Ukraine	1404	Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included	2012	30.23%	62,166,490

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 32 occurrences

Ukraine: 9 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences

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.