Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2020, 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: 2020(10 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1738(10)[4]1072(6)[3]683(4)[1]421(3)[1]252(1)[1]138(1)[1]56
>= 50 mln USD667(5)[4]423(4)[3]272(3)[1]176(3)[1]94(1)[1]51(1)[1]24
>= 100 mln USD357(3)[4]239(3)[3]161(2)[1]104(2)[1]55(1)[1]32(1)[1]18
>= 200 mln USD165(1)[3]120(1)[2]87(1)[1]58(1)[1]34(1)[1]20(1)[1]13
>= 500 mln USD43[1]36[1]31[1]24[1]14[1]10[1]8

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (10 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. 2707202086.67%316,530,171
2Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202064.61%113,933,295
3Qatar290129Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, n.e.c. in heading no. 2901202061.82%65,298,735
4Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated202053.99%33,417,549
5Saudi Arabia290211Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane202048.06%42,615,949
6Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils202043.06%108,051,140
7Iran080252Nuts, edible; pistachios, fresh or dried, shelled202036.10%10,007,129
8Russian 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 3mm202034.15%84,341,394
9Russian Federation810294Molybdenum; unwrought, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering202032.24%10,714,956
10Lebanon850433Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 16kVA but not exceeding 500kVA202030.56%13,421,638

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 4 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Iran: 1 occurrence

Lebanon: 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.