Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2020, 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: 2020(13 in Danger Zone)[10 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1551(13)[10]1022(9)[6]673(7)[1]444(3)[1]284(1)[1]149(1)[1]70[1]
>= 50 mln USD551(8)[4]381(6)[3]254(5)[1]166(2)[1]107(1)[1]56(1)[1]29[1]
>= 100 mln USD305(6)[3]219(4)[2]145(4)[1]96(2)[1]65(1)[1]33(1)[1]17[1]
>= 200 mln USD144(4)[3]100(2)[2]67(2)[1]42(1)[1]28[1]18[1]10[1]
>= 500 mln USD49(2)[3]36(1)[2]27(1)[1]19(1)[1]10[1]8[1]3[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (13 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine720712Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section202088.49%103,701,306
2Russian Federation711029Metals; palladium, semi-manufactured202067.15%1,379,505,166
3United Arab Emirates853521Electrical apparatus; automatic circuit breakers, for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts but less than 72.5kV202064.96%10,335,956
4United Arab Emirates730820Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, towers and lattice masts202057.29%228,780,909
5Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202054.45%85,351,493
6Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken202053.83%114,616,260
7Russian Federation230320Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture; whether or not in the form of pellets202053.80%24,367,891
8Saudi Arabia760692Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, (not rectangular or square)202049.56%36,538,852
9Russian Federation220860Vodka202040.31%50,386,675
10Russian Federation720839Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm202037.95%15,996,275
11Qatar271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas202031.85%719,062,488
12Russian Federation230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils202030.70%27,762,142
13Russian Federation711019Metals; platinum, semi-manufactured202030.46%464,409,765

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 6 occurrences

Ukraine: 3 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

271111 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

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.