Country Matrix
For 2016, 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: 2016(38 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 901(38)[2] | 578(21) | 381(13) | 240(6) | 143(3) | 72(1) | 21 |
| >= 50 mln USD | 670(32)[2] | 428(16) | 285(9) | 176(4) | 99(1) | 48(1) | 11 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 528(27)[2] | 348(14) | 234(8) | 140(3) | 75(1) | 37(1) | 8 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 383(22)[2] | 262(11) | 175(6) | 108(3) | 55(1) | 25(1) | 6 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 211(12)[2] | 141(4) | 99(3) | 59(1) | 28(1) | 15(1) | 3 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (38 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2016 | 89.00% | 1,101,520,642 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 1003 | Barley | 2016 | 71.21% | 42,020,717 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 2619 | Slag, dross; (other than granulated slag), scalings and other waste from the manufacture of iron or steel | 2016 | 70.50% | 19,175,873 |
| 4 | 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 | 2016 | 69.95% | 259,089,874 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 8401 | Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation | 2016 | 66.66% | 371,721,826 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2016 | 63.22% | 63,827,078 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 8902 | Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels; for processing or preserving fishery products | 2016 | 59.65% | 149,155,846 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 1007 | Grain sorghum | 2016 | 59.59% | 13,705,695 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 7406 | Copper; powders and flakes | 2016 | 56.96% | 39,461,320 |
| 10 | 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 | 2016 | 54.29% | 826,018,145 |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 7224 | Alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, semi-finished products of other alloy steel | 2016 | 54.11% | 109,078,474 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 2803 | Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. | 2016 | 53.83% | 238,639,261 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 1005 | Maize (corn) | 2016 | 52.78% | 1,256,325,250 |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 2814 | Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution | 2016 | 49.38% | 366,301,813 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2016 | 48.08% | 63,189,128 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 7603 | Aluminium; powders and flakes | 2016 | 47.81% | 29,821,216 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2016 | 46.71% | 323,510,523 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 1204 | Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not broken | 2016 | 45.77% | 132,842,950 |
| 19 | 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 | 2016 | 45.55% | 476,827,269 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 2510 | Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk | 2016 | 41.35% | 265,181,435 |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2016 | 40.24% | 1,153,297,334 |
| 22 | 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 | 2016 | 39.60% | 21,052,255,547 |
| 23 | 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 | 2016 | 39.12% | 605,610,761 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 3104 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassic | 2016 | 38.49% | 264,814,155 |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 7215 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72 | 2016 | 35.23% | 68,354,935 |
| 26 | Ukraine | 2508 | Clays; (not including expanded clays of heading no. 6806), andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth | 2016 | 34.23% | 123,133,961 |
| 27 | 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 | 2016 | 33.59% | 60,162,418 |
| 28 | Russian Federation | 7115 | Articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2016 | 33.53% | 77,094,658 |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 7403 | Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwrought | 2016 | 32.01% | 1,749,587,524 |
| 30 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2016 | 31.96% | 915,902,390 |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2016 | 31.72% | 50,903,599,506 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2016 | 31.59% | 1,660,734,086 |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 2701 | Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal | 2016 | 31.13% | 3,545,201,764 |
| 34 | Russian Federation | 7502 | Nickel; unwrought | 2016 | 30.83% | 559,670,748 |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 4403 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared | 2016 | 30.71% | 275,955,969 |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 2503 | Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | 2016 | 30.43% | 16,004,652 |
| 37 | 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 | 2016 | 30.37% | 105,607,007 |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 4412 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood | 2016 | 30.04% | 479,844,564 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 28 occurrences
Ukraine: 8 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
Saudi Arabia: 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.