Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2011, 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: 2011(14 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1932(14)[3]1238(6)[2]782(5)[1]491(4)[1]297(3)[1]167(2)[1]63(1)
>= 50 mln USD702(10)[2]451(4)[1]287(3)[1]180(2)[1]111(2)[1]63(1)[1]23(1)
>= 100 mln USD398(6)[2]263(3)[1]179(2)[1]113(1)[1]71(1)[1]40(1)[1]14(1)
>= 200 mln USD180(1)[2]125[1]85[1]60[1]41[1]20[1]8
>= 500 mln USD54(1)[2]41[1]31[1]28[1]18[1]9[1]3

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (14 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation750610Nickel; plates, sheets, strip and foil, not alloyed201197.19%107,897,890
2Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms201181.53%30,149,073
3Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201176.13%95,692,061
4Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201169.67%47,198,897
5United Arab Emirates151411Vegetable oils; low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude201154.32%173,118,030
6Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201143.53%132,934,377
7Russian 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 products201138.73%505,458,926
8Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201138.46%39,099,226
9Russian Federation750210Nickel; unwrought, not alloyed201138.45%196,555,955
10Russian Federation270799Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707201135.62%63,112,453
11Russian Federation150790Vegetable oils; soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified201134.70%64,508,756
12Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken201132.95%133,525,523
13Saudi Arabia290211Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane201132.94%77,734,760
14Syria251010Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; unground201131.96%12,511,654

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 9 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Syria: 1 occurrence

Legend:

(n)

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.