Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2006, 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: 2006(11 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD239(11)[2]138(7)[1]77(5)[1]42(3)[1]26(1)[1]105
>= 50 mln USD60(4)[2]37(3)[1]23(3)[1]13(2)[1]5(1)[1]32
>= 100 mln USD25(4)[2]17(3)[1]13(3)[1]8(2)[1]4(1)[1]22
>= 200 mln USD9(3)[2]6(2)[1]5(2)[1]3(1)[1]1(1)[1]00
>= 500 mln USD3(2)[2]2(1)[1]2(1)[1]2(1)[1]1(1)[1]00

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (11 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons200678.74%711,503,470
2Saudi 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 derivatives200661.20%35,350,997
3Russian Federation7408Copper wire200660.55%109,111,405
4Russian Federation7605Aluminium wire200656.51%40,846,402
5Russian Federation7601Aluminium; unwrought200652.13%271,729,574
6Ukraine7202Ferro-alloys200648.69%13,906,168
7Russian Federation2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal200646.31%16,896,172
8Ukraine2903Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons200638.64%19,218,796
9Russian Federation1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200635.41%19,928,724
10Russian 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 oils200634.56%890,383,733
11Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200633.99%19,132,739

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 7 occurrences

Ukraine: 3 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 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.