Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2008, 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: 2008(17 in Danger Zone)[7 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD525(17)[7]357(13)[6]226(10)[6]148(8)[6]96(7)[5]53(6)[4]26(2)[3]
>= 50 mln USD88(6)[3]60(4)[2]41(3)[2]31(2)[2]28(2)[2]17(1)[1]9[1]
>= 100 mln USD36(3)[2]22(2)[1]15(1)[1]12(1)[1]12(1)[1]74
>= 200 mln USD14(2)[2]9(1)[1]7(1)[1]7(1)[1]7(1)[1]32
>= 500 mln USD4(2)[2]3(1)[1]2(1)[1]2(1)[1]2(1)[1]00

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (17 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine721123Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, cold-rolled, of a width less than 600mm, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon200897.89%11,460,840
2Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken200895.85%26,269,610
3Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)200883.13%24,990,124
4Saudi Arabia290919Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether200882.99%61,257,390
5Russian Federation430180Furskins; raw, of animals n.e.c. in heading no. 4301, whole, with or without head, tail or paws (excluding goods of heading no. 4101, 4102 and 4103)200881.55%10,019,939
6Syria251010Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; unground200880.85%33,877,663
7Russian Federation271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas200872.70%1,237,016,680
8Russian Federation760511Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm200864.55%39,035,000
9Ukraine100590Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed200859.94%95,019,477
10Russian Federation230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils200851.28%10,343,284
11Russian Federation760110Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)200846.52%172,357,328
12Russian Federation270112Coal; bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated200844.26%23,491,706
13Ukraine720852Iron or non-alloy steel; (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm200842.08%18,536,413
14Russian Federation760120Aluminium; unwrought, alloys200838.33%76,346,444
15Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified200837.38%24,003,135
16Ukraine720851Iron or non-alloy steel; (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm200833.02%38,073,922
17Russian 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 preparations200832.88%1,438,267,898

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 8 occurrences

Ukraine: 6 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences

Syria: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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.