Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2021, 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: 2021(12 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1836(12)[6]1152(9)[2]733(7)[2]456(5)[2]266(3)[1]134(1)51(1)
>= 50 mln USD730(10)[6]449(7)[2]292(6)[2]168(4)[2]96(2)[1]4613
>= 100 mln USD412(6)[6]250(4)[2]165(3)[2]98(2)[2]53(1)[1]2611
>= 200 mln USD198(3)[6]125(1)[2]89(1)[2]53(1)[2]31(1)[1]188
>= 500 mln USD56(1)[3]36[1]24[1]16[1]9[1]63

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (12 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1United Arab Emirates890590Vessels; light, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function, floating docks202198.15%12,277,431
2Russian Federation270799Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707202174.50%266,970,789
3Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms202170.84%55,764,501
4Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated202166.48%62,149,227
5Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202166.02%124,394,802
6Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils202150.97%110,599,925
7Qatar290129Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, n.e.c. in heading no. 2901202150.76%72,055,770
8Lebanon850433Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 16kVA but not exceeding 500kVA202144.82%16,678,932
9Russian 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 products202140.55%104,493,961
10Russian Federation260112Iron ores and concentrates; agglomerated (excluding roasted iron pyrites)202139.18%338,024,327
11Russian Federation271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas202133.53%2,077,645,491
12Russian Federation270119Coal; (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated202132.23%50,259,083

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 7 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Lebanon: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

271111 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

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.