Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2005, 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: 2005(9 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD232(9)[2]135(8)[2]73(6)[1]36(3)[1]23(2)[1]111
>= 50 mln USD54(5)[2]35(5)[2]21(3)[1]8(2)[1]4(2)[1]20
>= 100 mln USD26(4)[2]18(4)[2]10(2)[1]6(1)[1]3(1)[1]20
>= 200 mln USD10(3)[2]7(3)[2]5(2)[1]3(1)[1]2(1)[1]10
>= 500 mln USD4(1)[1]3(1)[1]21110

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (9 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons200579.16%457,279,673
2Russian Federation7408Copper wire200570.44%80,862,132
3Russian Federation7605Aluminium wire200561.92%37,695,407
4Russian Federation7601Aluminium; unwrought200556.40%220,589,316
5Qatar2909Ethers, 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 derivatives200554.16%15,527,617
6Russian Federation2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal200552.80%22,441,670
7Russian 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 oils200545.36%921,629,657
8Russian Federation7204Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel200544.16%157,312,595
9Russian Federation1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200539.59%18,674,114

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 8 occurrences

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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.