Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2022, 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: 2022(8 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1932(8)[5]1222(7)[5]807(4)[2]514(2)[2]299[1]172[1]60
>= 50 mln USD763(4)[5]477(4)[5]318(2)[2]194(1)[2]102[1]60[1]23
>= 100 mln USD417(2)[5]273(2)[5]183(1)[2]107(1)[2]60[1]37[1]17
>= 200 mln USD209(1)[5]143(1)[5]102(1)[2]63(1)[2]32[1]23[1]12
>= 500 mln USD71[5]50[5]39[2]24[2]14[1]9[1]7

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (8 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian 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 products202266.23%380,103,995
2Lebanon850433Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 16kVA but not exceeding 500kVA202261.77%30,246,447
3Russian Federation030363Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99202258.91%18,321,098
4Qatar290129Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, n.e.c. in heading no. 2901202253.37%88,605,526
5Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated202249.70%84,522,511
6Russian Federation284590Isotopes other than those of heading no. 2844, 2845.20, 2845.30 or 2845.40; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined202241.64%10,102,496
7Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202241.46%154,818,582
8Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon202235.99%14,305,186

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 5 occurrences

Lebanon: 1 occurrence

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Ukraine: 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.