Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2019, 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: 2019(13 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1691(13)[6]1063(9)[3]662(7)[1]395(1)[1]238(1)[1]137[1]56
>= 50 mln USD651(9)[5]410(6)[2]261(4)[1]161(1)[1]83(1)[1]45[1]24
>= 100 mln USD356(3)[5]232(1)[2]148(1)[1]95[1]54[1]33[1]18
>= 200 mln USD167[5]105[2]71[1]48[1]27[1]17[1]10
>= 500 mln USD44[2]31[2]23[1]17[1]8[1]5[1]3

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (13 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201970.60%72,837,750
2Russian Federation270799Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707201956.78%95,078,221
3Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)201956.56%15,906,133
4Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified201953.90%96,379,929
5Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201952.51%128,467,265
6Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201951.61%10,333,879
7Lebanon850433Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 16kVA but not exceeding 500kVA201950.90%16,724,626
8Qatar290129Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, n.e.c. in heading no. 2901201946.64%68,025,885
9Saudi Arabia290211Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane201942.97%68,781,027
10Russian Federation760110Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)201934.31%92,814,480
11Saudi Arabia291411Ketones; acyclic, without other oxygen function, acetone201933.07%10,388,244
12Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken201931.83%181,422,576
13Russian Federation720839Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm201930.64%115,008,549

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 6 occurrences

Ukraine: 3 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences

Lebanon: 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.