Country Matrix

Importing country

Year

For 2014, 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: 2014(44 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]

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

Value \ Share	>= 30%	>= 40%	>= 50%	>= 60%	>= 70%	>= 80%	>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD	898(44)[1]	569(24)[1]	363(14)	240(9)	141(2)	71(1)	21(1)
>= 50 mln USD	683(39)[1]	433(20)[1]	272(10)	178(7)	102(1)	48	12
>= 100 mln USD	546(33)[1]	360(17)[1]	232(8)	149(6)	85(1)	43	12
>= 200 mln USD	418(28)[1]	279(13)[1]	179(7)	116(5)	61(1)	33	9
>= 500 mln USD	233(19)[1]	158(9)[1]	104(5)	65(4)	29(1)	18	4

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	2014	99.66%	11,790,419
2	Russian Federation	8401	Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation	2014	77.95%	517,330,275
3	Russian Federation	8902	Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels; for processing or preserving fishery products	2014	69.70%	171,727,033
4	Ukraine	1512	Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	2014	69.18%	695,154,791
5	Russian Federation	2843	Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals	2014	66.73%	1,003,095,728
6	Ukraine	1007	Grain sorghum	2014	66.72%	28,362,768
7	Russian Federation	2707	Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents	2014	64.61%	1,706,219,977
8	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	2014	60.51%	336,214,594
9	Russian Federation	6807	Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch)	2014	60.23%	70,507,589
10	Russian Federation	2803	Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.	2014	54.88%	473,241,402
11	Ukraine	1002	Rye	2014	54.23%	10,723,781
12	Ukraine	1005	Maize (corn)	2014	53.45%	1,894,285,520
13	Russian Federation	7406	Copper; powders and flakes	2014	53.21%	51,271,034
14	Russian Federation	7603	Aluminium; powders and flakes	2014	52.58%	40,462,636
15	Russian Federation	7224	Alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, semi-finished products of other alloy steel	2014	48.00%	150,968,665
16	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	2014	46.68%	47,754,498,186
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	2014	46.57%	283,210,086
18	Ukraine	7207	Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof	2014	46.40%	1,686,032,136
19	Russian Federation	7215	Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72	2014	46.30%	134,100,559
20	Ukraine	1404	Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included	2014	46.29%	103,522,965
21	Russian Federation	2814	Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution	2014	46.05%	628,430,005
22	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	2014	42.07%	664,720,906
23	Russian Federation	7226	Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width of less than 600mm	2014	40.95%	59,290,678
24	Russian Federation	3104	Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassic	2014	40.12%	360,157,939
25	Russian Federation	7211	Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated	2014	39.46%	84,383,606
26	Russian Federation	7207	Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof	2014	39.03%	1,418,311,038
27	Saudi Arabia	3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	2014	38.77%	1,838,935,166
28	United Arab Emirates	7309	Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers; for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, capacity exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat insulated	2014	38.30%	79,030,957
29	Ukraine	1205	Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken	2014	37.98%	590,605,588
30	Russian Federation	7201	Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms	2014	37.93%	484,387,093
31	Russian Federation	1514	Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	2014	37.83%	86,932,993
32	Russian Federation	2901	Acyclic hydrocarbons	2014	35.74%	1,003,396,504
33	Russian Federation	4403	Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared	2014	34.94%	415,312,344
34	Russian Federation	7209	Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated	2014	34.29%	410,957,605
35	Russian Federation	2510	Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk	2014	34.16%	246,991,371
36	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	2014	33.90%	1,272,561,960
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	2014	33.87%	702,377,027
38	Russian Federation	7204	Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel	2014	32.06%	592,293,439
39	Russian Federation	1204	Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not broken	2014	32.05%	125,045,601
40	Ukraine	7201	Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms	2014	31.14%	397,758,154
41	Saudi Arabia	3902	Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms	2014	30.60%	622,975,015
42	Russian Federation	3102	Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenous	2014	30.38%	725,256,356
43	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	2014	30.19%	48,981,434
44	Russian Federation	7502	Nickel; unwrought	2014	30.06%	1,034,809,988

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 31 occurrences

Ukraine: 9 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences

Critical Goods in table:

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.