Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2007, the matrix below shows France'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.

France

Year: 2007(8 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1883(8)[3]1172(7)[2]741(3)[2]463(2)[2]271(2)[2]152[1]61
>= 50 mln USD648(4)[2]405(4)[2]280(3)[2]163(2)[2]94(2)[2]55[1]25
>= 100 mln USD339(3)[2]217(3)[2]158(2)[2]95(2)[2]60(2)[2]36[1]13
>= 200 mln USD143(2)[2]101(2)[2]76(1)[2]50(1)[2]35(1)[2]18[1]5
>= 500 mln USD52(1)[2]40(1)[2]32(1)[2]25(1)[2]17(1)[2]9[1]2

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (8 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation284420Uranium; enriched in U235, plutonium, their compounds, alloys dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products200779.99%566,917,420
2Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified200774.14%152,427,160
3Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken200755.02%70,090,745
4Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip200749.35%10,742,755
5Russian Federation750210Nickel; unwrought, not alloyed200745.82%427,662,385
6Russian Federation722511Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented200744.31%13,640,156
7Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200743.26%36,455,642
8Russian Federation740610Copper; powders of non-lamellar structure200733.39%12,517,430

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 6 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

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.