Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2008, 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: 2008(12 in Danger Zone)[8 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1770(12)[8]1190(7)[7]778(4)[5]505(2)[3]290(1)[1]150(1)68
>= 50 mln USD642(5)[8]448(2)[7]297[5]201[3]111[1]6635
>= 100 mln USD341(4)[7]254(2)[7]163[5]110[3]59[1]3317
>= 200 mln USD164(3)[5]118(2)[5]78[4]52[2]301712
>= 500 mln USD63(3)[3]44(2)[3]30[2]21[2]1486

Critical Goods Bottlenecks (8 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Netherlands271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200870.73%129,001,083
2Norway271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas200868.49%7,899,413,835
3Norway270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude200866.72%25,461,413,044
4Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas200851.67%209,345,251
5Sweden271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes200850.73%207,353,177
6Netherlands271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200848.97%125,148,888
7France271011-- Light oils and preparations200840.13%1,669,929,061
8Norway271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200832.65%83,425,645

Partner frequency summary:

Norway: 3 occurrences

Netherlands: 2 occurrences

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 occurrence

Sweden: 1 occurrence

France: 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.

[n]

The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.