Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2017, 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: 2017(12 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1728(12)[5]1119(8)[2]683(4)[1]447(3)[1]254[1]140[1]57
>= 50 mln USD640(7)[5]421(5)[2]270(4)[1]172(3)[1]91[1]50[1]21
>= 100 mln USD345(3)[5]234(2)[2]160(2)[1]107(2)[1]56[1]31[1]13
>= 200 mln USD160[5]113[2]87[1]58[1]35[1]19[1]9
>= 500 mln USD41[3]28[1]26[1]20[1]12[1]6[1]4

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (12 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 modified201769.06%114,133,473
2Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201766.44%136,400,152
3Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201760.71%52,921,237
4Russian Federation270799Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707201755.12%70,641,331
5Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms201749.07%27,033,292
6Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)201747.15%12,628,781
7Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201747.13%14,330,502
8Saudi Arabia290211Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane201740.98%70,997,709
9Russian Federation760511Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm201737.12%34,880,587
10Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201736.49%18,202,796
11Qatar290129Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, n.e.c. in heading no. 2901201736.30%65,860,819
12Russian Federation760110Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)201731.40%107,799,910

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 8 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Qatar: 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.