Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2025, 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: 2025(9 in Danger Zone)[8 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1850(9)[8]1212(4)[6]766(3)[5]501(2)[4]291(1)[2]164(1)[2]54[2]
>= 50 mln USD721(4)[7]475(2)[5]313(1)[4]204(1)[3]112(1)[1]63(1)[1]21[1]
>= 100 mln USD405(2)[7]272(1)[5]181(1)[4]119(1)[3]62(1)[1]35(1)[1]17[1]
>= 200 mln USD198(2)[6]142(1)[5]96(1)[4]63(1)[3]34(1)[1]22(1)[1]13[1]
>= 500 mln USD73[3]58[2]39[1]24[1]16[1]11[1]6[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (9 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202582.25%257,429,030
2Lebanon850433Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 16kVA but not exceeding 500kVA202563.73%29,207,633
3Russian Federation030311Fish; frozen, Pacific salmon, sockeye salmon (red salmon) (Oncorhynchus nerka), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99202554.90%17,796,012
4Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils202547.09%90,866,383
5Qatar290129Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, n.e.c. in heading no. 2901202537.67%42,375,548
6Russian Federation310559Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus, other than nitrates and phosphates202537.01%27,084,655
7Lebanon850434Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 500kVA202535.53%17,060,239
8Russian Federation030475Fish fillets; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)202531.76%60,890,211
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 products202530.20%218,236,038

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 4 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

Lebanon: 2 occurrences

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.