Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2008, the matrix below shows Georgia'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.

Georgia

Year: 2008(22 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD57(22)[4]44(18)[3]32(13)[2]22(11)[2]15(8)[1]12(7)[1]6(3)[1]
>= 50 mln USD7(5)[3]6(4)[2]4(3)[1]3(2)[1]2(2)2(2)0
>= 100 mln USD2[2]2[2]1[1]1[1]000
>= 200 mln USD1[1]1[1]00000
>= 500 mln USD0000000

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (22 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine7213Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils200899.24%16,636,353
2Ukraine2704Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon200892.06%26,609,323
3Russian Federation2716Electrical energy200890.26%20,164,905
4Ukraine2402Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes; of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes200887.66%52,638,488
5Ukraine8607Railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; parts thereof200885.33%18,614,251
6Russian Federation2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal200881.57%18,364,906
7Ukraine7214Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling200880.29%89,224,357
8Ukraine8702Vehicles; public transport passenger type200872.27%17,901,885
9Ukraine0402Milk and cream; concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter200868.71%10,227,541
10Ukraine2403Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes n.e.c; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences200866.98%11,041,599
11Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200860.62%27,721,213
12United Arab Emirates8528Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus200853.87%22,365,829
13Russian Federation1001Wheat and meslin200851.14%55,661,502
14United Arab Emirates8525Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders200847.68%70,658,515
15Ukraine1101Wheat or meslin flour200843.15%32,141,032
16Ukraine1905Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products200843.15%10,949,621
17Ukraine7306Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73200841.87%10,885,381
18Ukraine1806Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa200841.31%20,543,884
19Russian Federation2106Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included200839.68%11,198,792
20Ukraine2106Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included200838.12%10,757,210
21Russian Federation2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons200837.17%76,079,990
22Russian Federation1806Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa200831.01%15,424,973

Partner frequency summary:

Ukraine: 14 occurrences

Russian Federation: 6 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences

Critical Goods in table:

2711 - 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.