Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2014, 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: 2014(12 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1894(12)[4]1183(9)[3]744(6)[3]459(3)[3]279(2)[2]157(1)[2]59[1]
>= 50 mln USD655(7)[3]425(5)[2]282(5)[2]173(2)[2]99(1)[1]50[1]22
>= 100 mln USD354(4)[3]238(3)[2]169(3)[2]113(2)[2]60(1)[1]30[1]15
>= 200 mln USD163(2)[3]119(2)[2]91(2)[2]62(1)[2]39(1)[1]19[1]11
>= 500 mln USD50(1)[2]41(1)[2]35(1)[2]28[2]17[1]8[1]5

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (12 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms201489.41%11,841,852
2Russian Federation270799Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707201479.38%315,888,718
3Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201466.40%191,408,043
4Russian 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 products201457.74%529,119,796
5Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201452.80%85,089,102
6Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified201450.33%61,102,804
7Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201449.08%18,609,047
8Russian Federation270119Coal; (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated201442.94%29,724,790
9Russian Federation282590Inorganic bases, metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides; n.e.c. in heading no. 2825201442.89%10,551,993
10Russian Federation750610Nickel; plates, sheets, strip and foil, not alloyed201439.31%35,872,454
11Saudi Arabia290211Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane201433.51%86,650,913
12Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken201432.39%152,669,420

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 8 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.