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(12 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD275(12)[2]152(8)[1]80(3)[1]49(2)[1]29(2)[1]146
>= 50 mln USD72(5)[2]39(3)[1]21(1)[1]13(1)[1]8(1)[1]63
>= 100 mln USD33(4)[2]18(2)[1]12(1)[1]8(1)[1]4(1)[1]32
>= 200 mln USD16(3)[2]9(2)[1]6(1)[1]5(1)[1]3(1)[1]22
>= 500 mln USD4(2)[2]2(1)[1]2(1)[1]1(1)[1]1(1)[1]00

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

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons200773.79%844,068,935
2Russian Federation2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal200773.68%28,174,735
3Russian Federation2306Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305200758.55%11,191,932
4Ukraine7211Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated200749.40%10,792,321
5Saudi 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 derivatives200748.99%22,315,654
6Ukraine2903Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons200746.23%27,077,606
7Russian Federation7605Aluminium wire200744.07%58,422,942
8Russian Federation7601Aluminium; unwrought200742.44%241,347,411
9Russian Federation7408Copper wire200738.83%43,424,586
10Russian Federation7602Aluminium; waste and scrap200737.95%48,988,394
11Iran2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude200732.50%2,706,218,083
12Russian Federation1001Wheat and meslin200731.05%111,025,346

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 8 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Iran: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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

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.