Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2007, the matrix below shows United Kingdom'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.

United Kingdom

Year: 2007(19 in Danger Zone)[9 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1720(19)[9]1087(12)[5]700(7)[4]447(4)[3]263(1)[2]128(1)56(1)
>= 50 mln USD633(10)[9]415(7)[5]270(2)[4]171(1)[3]106[2]5733
>= 100 mln USD356(8)[6]238(5)[4]155(1)[3]100[3]57[2]3019
>= 200 mln USD177(7)[5]122(5)[3]75(1)[3]49[3]31[2]1814
>= 500 mln USD54(4)[4]36(3)[2]24(1)[2]17[2]15[1]76

Critical Goods Bottlenecks (9 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Norway270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude200778.24%18,386,259,361
2Norway271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes200770.94%233,115,102
3Norway271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas200765.98%3,571,898,012
4Netherlands271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200753.07%86,608,601
5Algeria271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas200748.26%175,941,282
6Netherlands271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200736.37%94,781,065
7France271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200734.58%56,436,018
8Netherlands271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas200731.28%1,693,519,158
9France271011-- Light oils and preparations200731.16%1,333,496,953

Partner frequency summary:

Norway: 3 occurrences

Netherlands: 3 occurrences

France: 2 occurrences

Algeria: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...

271011 - -- Light oils and preparations

271111 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271112 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271113 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271114 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271121 - 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.