Country Matrix
For 2025, 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: 2025(20 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 922(20)[1] | 592(10) | 368(7) | 247(5) | 141(2) | 68(2) | 27(1) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 707(15)[1] | 455(8) | 287(7) | 185(5) | 109(2) | 50(2) | 19(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 586(15)[1] | 373(8) | 238(7) | 150(5) | 83(2) | 36(2) | 16(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 448(13)[1] | 295(7) | 188(6) | 121(5) | 64(2) | 27(2) | 12(1) |
| >= 500 mln USD | 267(8)[1] | 184(6) | 116(5) | 76(4) | 41(2) | 18(2) | 8(1) |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (20 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 | 2025 | 91.96% | 2,825,874,886 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 7501 | Nickel mattes; nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy | 2025 | 88.59% | 724,923,895 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 1507 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 66.39% | 565,022,631 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 8401 | Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation | 2025 | 61.56% | 529,799,196 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 60.30% | 362,118,529 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 0407 | Birds' eggs, in shell; fresh, preserved or cooked | 2025 | 57.84% | 183,681,301 |
| 7 | 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 | 2025 | 50.75% | 516,267,855 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 1501 | Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503 | 2025 | 42.82% | 34,370,327 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 1005 | Maize (corn) | 2025 | 42.43% | 1,991,435,918 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 0408 | Birds' eggs, not in shell; egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2025 | 40.81% | 47,986,104 |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2025 | 39.93% | 1,838,595,743 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 4408 | Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, planed or not, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm | 2025 | 39.04% | 233,427,139 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 4404 | Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets, stakes of wood, pointed, not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed, not turned, bent, etc., suitable for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool handles, etc. | 2025 | 37.56% | 14,959,804 |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 2816 | Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides of strontium or barium | 2025 | 35.45% | 17,504,786 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 2902 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | 2025 | 33.63% | 737,322,439 |
| 16 | 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 | 2025 | 32.28% | 356,350,512 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 7406 | Copper; powders and flakes | 2025 | 32.16% | 38,202,379 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 2510 | Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk | 2025 | 30.65% | 231,667,217 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 2814 | Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution | 2025 | 30.24% | 471,935,089 |
| 20 | Ukraine | 0409 | Honey; natural | 2025 | 30.10% | 122,961,779 |
Partner frequency summary:
Ukraine: 12 occurrences
Russian Federation: 7 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence
Legend:
(n)
The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.
[n]
The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.