Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2009, 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: 2009(3 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD504(3)[2]301(2)[2]184[2]96[1]462611
>= 50 mln USD269(3)[2]162(2)[2]98[2]56[1]27166
>= 100 mln USD182(2)[2]118(1)[2]73[2]44[1]20125
>= 200 mln USD112(2)[2]71(1)[2]46[2]24[1]1385
>= 500 mln USD34(1)[2]23(1)[2]12[2]7[1]421

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (3 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine7207Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof200944.92%95,805,222
2Russian Federation2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal200941.87%1,759,143,809
3Russian Federation7601Aluminium; unwrought200938.72%247,550,968

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 2 occurrences

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

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.