Country Matrix
For 2017, 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: 2017(39 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 901(39)[2] | 587(22) | 377(15) | 242(9) | 141(4) | 71(3) | 21(1) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 673(30)[2] | 433(17) | 282(12) | 181(8) | 105(4) | 52(3) | 13(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 526(25)[2] | 351(14) | 230(9) | 143(5) | 80(3) | 39(2) | 12(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 397(20)[2] | 273(11) | 184(8) | 116(4) | 64(3) | 30(2) | 10(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 230(13)[2] | 157(7) | 107(5) | 71(2) | 36(2) | 17(2) | 6(1) |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (39 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 | 2017 | 91.93% | 1,440,480,818 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 2619 | Slag, dross; (other than granulated slag), scalings and other waste from the manufacture of iron or steel | 2017 | 83.84% | 81,158,865 |
| 3 | 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 | 2017 | 81.98% | 1,028,495,819 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 8401 | Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation | 2017 | 71.94% | 330,654,788 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 2715 | Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt; on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (e.g. bituminous mastics, cut-backs) | 2017 | 66.37% | 30,869,135 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 1003 | Barley | 2017 | 64.00% | 50,515,828 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 7224 | Alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, semi-finished products of other alloy steel | 2017 | 63.68% | 171,641,835 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2017 | 62.28% | 76,339,362 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 2803 | Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. | 2017 | 61.43% | 411,180,894 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 7501 | Nickel mattes; nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy | 2017 | 58.48% | 615,112,404 |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 7406 | Copper; powders and flakes | 2017 | 55.31% | 44,728,179 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 7603 | Aluminium; powders and flakes | 2017 | 52.77% | 37,001,106 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 1005 | Maize (corn) | 2017 | 51.27% | 1,624,757,950 |
| 14 | 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 | 2017 | 50.16% | 539,659,739 |
| 15 | 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 | 2017 | 50.15% | 383,569,955 |
| 16 | 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 | 2017 | 48.00% | 1,035,117,038 |
| 17 | Ukraine | 1007 | Grain sorghum | 2017 | 47.85% | 21,093,339 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 1204 | Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not broken | 2017 | 45.80% | 119,708,096 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2017 | 43.39% | 1,651,021,034 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 2510 | Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk | 2017 | 42.26% | 246,234,639 |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 8402 | Boilers; steam or other vapour generating (other than central heating hot water boilers, capable also of producing low pressure steam), super heated water boilers | 2017 | 40.73% | 121,631,662 |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 2503 | Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | 2017 | 40.17% | 21,719,920 |
| 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 | 2017 | 39.65% | 25,494,715,399 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 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 | 2017 | 39.17% | 56,723,785 |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2017 | 38.47% | 46,854,042 |
| 26 | 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 | 2017 | 38.21% | 723,711,102 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 2508 | Clays; (not including expanded clays of heading no. 6806), andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth | 2017 | 36.47% | 152,325,878 |
| 28 | 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 | 2017 | 34.29% | 55,402,309 |
| 29 | Ukraine | 0207 | Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozen | 2017 | 34.02% | 123,907,173 |
| 30 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2017 | 33.91% | 331,903,677 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2017 | 33.86% | 41,241,569 |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 2701 | Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal | 2017 | 33.16% | 6,146,174,476 |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 8902 | Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels; for processing or preserving fishery products | 2017 | 32.57% | 19,217,439 |
| 34 | Ukraine | 1205 | Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken | 2017 | 32.00% | 716,168,289 |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 2814 | Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution | 2017 | 31.57% | 238,989,838 |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 4403 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared | 2017 | 31.44% | 243,292,456 |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 4412 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood | 2017 | 31.31% | 551,354,344 |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 7218 | Stainless steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of stainless steel | 2017 | 30.82% | 24,862,666 |
| 39 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2017 | 30.29% | 1,152,657,924 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 28 occurrences
Ukraine: 10 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
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.