Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2016, 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: 2016(9 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1668(9)[6]1077(6)[4]692(5)[3]435(3)[3]245(2)[2]124[2]52[1]
>= 50 mln USD583(5)[5]392(3)[3]260(3)[2]164(3)[2]86(2)[1]46[1]20
>= 100 mln USD309(4)[5]214(3)[3]148(3)[2]98(3)[2]50(2)[1]26[1]10
>= 200 mln USD132(1)[3]95[2]71[2]50[2]26[1]13[1]7
>= 500 mln USD38[2]30[2]28[2]23[2]11[1]5[1]3

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (9 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified201679.96%147,738,464
2Russian Federation270799Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707201676.26%143,899,513
3Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201661.70%126,757,562
4Russian Federation282590Inorganic bases, metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides; n.e.c. in heading no. 2825201659.75%10,605,043
5United Arab Emirates130212Vegetable saps and extracts; of liquorice201657.53%12,933,576
6Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201643.77%32,904,312
7Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201635.69%14,545,430
8Russian 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 products201633.99%219,820,603
9Saudi Arabia290211Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane201633.90%55,263,549

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 5 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Legend:

(n)

The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.

[n]

The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.