Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2015, 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: 2015(8 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1715(8)[3]1110(6)[3]711(4)[2]463(3)[2]269(2)[1]135(1)[1]61
>= 50 mln USD591(5)[3]398(4)[3]257(3)[2]169(2)[2]93(1)[1]50(1)[1]25
>= 100 mln USD310(3)[3]210(3)[3]149(2)[2]106(2)[2]56(1)[1]28(1)[1]14
>= 200 mln USD141(1)[3]103(1)[3]73[2]55[2]33[1]15[1]10
>= 500 mln USD41[2]33[2]29[2]26[2]16[1]9[1]5

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

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation270799Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707201580.18%179,512,866
2Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms201574.90%13,750,597
3Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201569.98%178,117,798
4Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201551.36%67,982,975
5Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201548.37%14,578,772
6Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken201544.91%216,244,416
7Russian Federation310530Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)201531.47%66,891,910
8Saudi Arabia290211Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane201530.45%47,354,721

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 5 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 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.