Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2009, 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: 2009(8 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD410(8)[5]279(6)[3]173(5)[3]96(2)[2]67(2)[2]37(2)[1]16(1)
>= 50 mln USD69(3)[3]50(1)[1]35(1)[1]211293
>= 100 mln USD26(2)[3]19(1)[1]13(1)[1]8442
>= 200 mln USD11(2)[2]9(1)[1]6(1)[1]5221
>= 500 mln USD5(2)[2]4(1)[1]2(1)[1]1000

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (8 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Syria251010Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; unground200999.87%15,772,762
2Saudi Arabia290919Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether200980.53%29,606,878
3Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken200957.99%10,889,291
4Russian Federation271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas200956.19%572,775,282
5Russian Federation760120Aluminium; unwrought, alloys200953.10%32,204,303
6Russian Federation151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified200942.69%17,871,855
7Russian 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 preparations200938.45%1,157,198,603
8Russian Federation760110Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)200934.25%76,518,520

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 5 occurrences

Syria: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Ukraine: 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.