Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2018, 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: 2018(15 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1787(15)[3]1126(11)[3]698(6)[1]442(5)[1]253(1)[1]150(1)55
>= 50 mln USD670(8)[3]420(5)[3]267(4)[1]166(4)[1]92(1)[1]56(1)25
>= 100 mln USD367(4)[3]237(2)[3]160(2)[1]101(2)[1]58(1)[1]39(1)19
>= 200 mln USD171(1)[3]111(1)[3]79(1)[1]53(1)[1]29(1)[1]19(1)11
>= 500 mln USD43[1]33[1]28[1]20[1]11[1]55

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (15 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. 2707201880.53%200,726,687
2Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201869.55%84,691,947
3Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified201865.48%82,571,009
4Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201864.49%126,887,772
5United Arab Emirates130212Vegetable saps and extracts; of liquorice201860.88%11,963,177
6Russian Federation750610Nickel; plates, sheets, strip and foil, not alloyed201855.44%40,114,541
7Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201848.01%16,727,886
8Lebanon850433Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 16kVA but not exceeding 500kVA201846.10%10,903,071
9Iran080252Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, shelled201845.55%14,093,892
10Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)201840.98%11,718,796
11Saudi Arabia290211Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane201840.43%74,441,670
12Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201839.21%27,073,219
13Qatar290129Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, n.e.c. in heading no. 2901201833.15%54,622,041
14Russian Federation760110Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)201831.35%112,876,993
15Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken201830.86%137,978,762

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 7 occurrences

Ukraine: 3 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Lebanon: 1 occurrence

Iran: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Qatar: 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.