Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2024, 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: 2024(8 in Danger Zone)[9 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1724(8)[9]1106(3)[6]713(2)[5]453(1)[3]260[2]155[2]61[2]
>= 50 mln USD658(5)[8]419(2)[5]281(1)[4]180[2]101[1]60[1]22[1]
>= 100 mln USD368(4)[8]242(2)[5]160(1)[4]97[2]59[1]36[1]17[1]
>= 200 mln USD179(1)[8]124[5]80[4]50[2]29[1]19[1]10[1]
>= 500 mln USD61(1)[5]46[2]32[2]23[2]14[1]9[1]5[1]

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

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Lebanon850433Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 16kVA but not exceeding 500kVA202465.82%31,469,135
2Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202454.43%149,540,482
3Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils202449.23%123,413,978
4Qatar290129Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, n.e.c. in heading no. 2901202438.00%44,098,170
5Russian Federation310559Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus, other than nitrates and phosphates202435.41%22,870,677
6Russian Federation030475Fish fillets; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)202435.21%61,207,581
7Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken202431.31%184,264,225
8Russian Federation271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas202430.66%3,346,621,882

Partner frequency summary:

Ukraine: 3 occurrences

Russian Federation: 3 occurrences

Lebanon: 1 occurrence

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

271111 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

Legend:

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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.