Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2004, the matrix below shows Greece'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.

Greece

Year: 2004(12 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD245(12)[4]146(7)[2]87(5)[1]45(2)[1]30(2)[1]11(1)5
>= 50 mln USD63(7)[4]36(4)[2]23(3)[1]10(2)[1]5(2)[1]3(1)2
>= 100 mln USD25(6)[4]14(3)[2]10(2)[1]5(1)[1]3(1)[1]22
>= 200 mln USD10(4)[4]6(2)[2]4(1)[1]4(1)[1]2(1)[1]11
>= 500 mln USD5(3)[3]3(1)[1]22111

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (12 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation7605Aluminium wire200484.04%57,274,823
2Russian Federation2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons200477.11%303,127,328
3Russian Federation7408Copper wire200459.23%45,417,547
4Russian Federation2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal200458.87%28,781,965
5Russian Federation7204Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel200454.17%149,653,507
6Russian Federation2710Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils200443.05%591,753,915
7Saudi Arabia2909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives200441.59%22,267,457
8Russian Federation7601Aluminium; unwrought200438.65%119,029,379
9Qatar2909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives200437.77%20,222,568
10Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200433.63%14,687,686
11Saudi Arabia2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude200432.43%1,508,227,600
12Iran2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude200430.55%1,420,938,807

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 7 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

Iran: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...

2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

2711 - 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.