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(11 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD298(11)[2]164(9)[1]90(6)[1]53(5)[1]34(3)19(2)6(1)
>= 50 mln USD89(5)[2]48(4)[1]22(2)[1]14(2)[1]7(1)43
>= 100 mln USD41(3)[2]25(2)[1]11(1)[1]9(1)[1]432
>= 200 mln USD15(3)[2]9(2)[1]4(1)[1]4(1)[1]111
>= 500 mln USD5(2)[2]3(1)[1]2(1)[1]2(1)[1]111

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

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine1205Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken200895.77%26,269,610
2Syria2510Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk200880.78%33,877,663
3Saudi 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 derivatives200870.39%61,257,390
4Russian Federation2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons200867.38%1,237,016,680
5Ukraine7211Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated200866.98%11,460,840
6Russian Federation7605Aluminium wire200859.48%39,035,000
7Ukraine1005Maize (corn)200849.02%95,019,477
8Russian 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 2305200846.09%10,343,284
9Russian Federation7601Aluminium; unwrought200843.66%248,703,773
10Russian Federation2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal200839.26%25,084,080
11Russian 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 oils200830.28%1,447,861,418

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 6 occurrences

Ukraine: 3 occurrences

Syria: 1 occurrence

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.