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(7 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD509(7)[2]300(6)[2]179(1)[2]99[1]52[1]3013
>= 50 mln USD298(6)[2]177(5)[2]103[2]56[1]29[1]158
>= 100 mln USD202(5)[2]123(4)[2]71[2]41[1]19[1]73
>= 200 mln USD128(5)[2]86(4)[2]47[2]29[1]16[1]63
>= 500 mln USD46(2)[2]31(2)[2]16[2]12[1]8[1]32

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (7 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation7201Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200750.29%18,086,458
2Russian Federation2843Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals200749.88%75,903,635
3Russian Federation2707Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents200748.68%3,508,748,833
4Russian Federation2844Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes); and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products200745.82%351,463,425
5Russian Federation2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal200742.35%1,662,886,554
6Russian Federation9705Collections and collectors' pieces; of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, palaeontological or numismatic interest200742.05%246,519,539
7Russian Federation7502Nickel; unwrought200731.92%317,666,399

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 7 occurrences

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.