Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2007, 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: 2007(18 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD455(18)[4]313(11)[2]210(7)[1]123(6)[1]78(4)[1]41(2)22
>= 50 mln USD75(7)[4]56(3)[2]34(1)[1]20(1)[1]17(1)[1]115
>= 100 mln USD32(5)[4]23(2)[2]13(1)[1]9(1)[1]7(1)[1]43
>= 200 mln USD13(3)[3]8(1)[1]5(1)[1]5(1)[1]4(1)[1]22
>= 500 mln USD6(3)[3]3(1)[1]2(1)[1]2(1)[1]1(1)[1]00

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (18 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation270112Coal; bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated200787.70%19,985,503
2Ukraine721123Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, cold-rolled, of a width less than 600mm, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon200787.33%10,792,321
3Russian Federation271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas200775.25%844,068,935
4Saudi Arabia290919Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether200774.16%22,315,654
5Ukraine290321Unsaturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons; vinyl chloride (chloroethylene)200765.15%27,077,606
6Russian Federation230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils200761.33%11,191,932
7Ukraine720230Ferro-alloys; ferro-silico-manganese200750.01%18,701,485
8Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)200747.65%21,743,113
9Russian Federation760110Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)200745.55%158,829,569
10Russian Federation760511Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm200745.51%58,422,942
11Russian Federation740811Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm200743.53%43,424,586
12Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified200739.65%20,953,993
13Russian Federation760200Aluminium; waste and scrap200737.95%48,988,394
14Russian Federation760120Aluminium; unwrought, alloys200737.51%82,517,842
15Russian Federation271019Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; not light oils and preparations200735.00%530,451,051
16Russian Federation100190- Other200734.65%111,023,245
17Russian Federation151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified200734.20%18,071,628
18Iran270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude200732.50%2,706,218,083

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 11 occurrences

Ukraine: 4 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences

Iran: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...

271019 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

271121 - 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.