Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2013, 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: 2013(13 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1869(13)[4]1200(7)[2]769(5)[2]470(2)[2]285[1]15360
>= 50 mln USD664(8)[3]425(3)[2]281(2)[2]177(1)[2]100[1]5821
>= 100 mln USD351(3)[3]238(1)[2]171(1)[2]117(1)[2]68[1]3817
>= 200 mln USD170(2)[3]118[2]88[2]64[2]40[1]219
>= 500 mln USD50[2]40[2]34[2]29[2]19[1]95

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (13 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201364.15%179,662,921
2Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms201362.24%10,606,885
3Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified201354.16%65,985,490
4Russian Federation310559Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus, other than nitrates and phosphates201353.70%12,957,647
5Russian Federation150790Vegetable oils; soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified201350.51%14,691,118
6Russian Federation151411Vegetable oils; low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude201344.85%53,975,737
7Russian Federation282590Inorganic bases, metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides; n.e.c. in heading no. 2825201343.35%11,557,875
8Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken201339.01%259,999,669
9Russian Federation750610Nickel; plates, sheets, strip and foil, not alloyed201338.83%66,424,600
10Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201337.28%95,499,479
11Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201335.60%13,673,520
12Russian 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 products201333.45%332,633,095
13Saudi Arabia290211Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane201332.62%84,323,309

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 9 occurrences

Ukraine: 3 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 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.