Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2009, 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: 2009(11 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1721(11)[3]1110(9)[2]721(7)[2]440(4)[1]255(3)[1]143(2)[1]53(1)
>= 50 mln USD567(5)[3]369(4)[2]250(3)[2]149(1)[1]83[1]46[1]15
>= 100 mln USD297(3)[3]200(3)[2]148(2)[2]93(1)[1]55[1]31[1]11
>= 200 mln USD130(1)[3]90(1)[2]72(1)[2]46[1]30[1]16[1]4
>= 500 mln USD43(1)[2]37(1)[2]29(1)[2]23[1]16[1]9[1]2

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (11 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation260400Nickel ores and concentrates200996.17%18,630,544
2Russian Federation750610Nickel; plates, sheets, strip and foil, not alloyed200989.64%45,302,910
3Ukraine120590Oil seeds; rape or colza seeds, other than low erucic, whether or not broken200970.46%11,099,491
4United Arab Emirates151411Vegetable oils; low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude200963.49%133,111,997
5Russian 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 products200958.92%787,761,253
6Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified200958.86%99,315,249
7Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils200951.40%49,416,814
8Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200947.19%26,462,784
9Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken200946.63%140,563,937
10Russian Federation722511Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented200937.32%13,153,667
11Ukraine120600Oil seeds; sunflower seeds, whether or not broken200935.07%54,030,382

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 5 occurrences

Ukraine: 5 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

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.