Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2004, the matrix below shows Iran'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.

Iran

Year: 2004(50 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]
6-digit HS codes4-digit HS codes2-digit HS codes
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD163(50)[1]113(37)[1]76(26)53(22)36(13)19(10)8(4)
>= 50 mln USD48(15)[1]38(12)[1]27(10)20(8)11(3)5(2)3(2)
>= 100 mln USD17(4)[1]17(4)[1]11(2)9(1)621
>= 200 mln USD5(1)[1]5(1)[1]33300
>= 500 mln USD4(1)[1]4(1)[1]22200
Danger ZoneCritical GoodsCritical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (50 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1United Arab Emirates7108Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form200499.92%17,452,931
2United Arab Emirates9108Watch movements; complete and assembled200499.60%26,700,609
3United Arab Emirates5407Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from materials of heading no. 5404200495.31%75,501,413
4Russian Federation8401Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation200493.26%51,956,403
5United Arab Emirates8521Video recording or reproducing apparatus200488.97%28,725,753
6United Arab Emirates4803Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar; for household or sanitary uses, cellulose wadding, webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls over 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side exceeding 36cm when unfolded200483.96%11,930,798
7Russian Federation4407Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm200483.13%47,775,539
8Ukraine8606Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; not self-propelled200482.56%12,678,915
9United Arab Emirates8523Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, smart cards and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, excluding products of Chapter 37200481.63%21,796,042
10United Arab Emirates8527Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock.200481.22%40,973,787
11United Arab Emirates0803Bananas, including plantains; fresh or dried200479.38%66,928,688
12United Arab Emirates2914Ketones and quinones; whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrostated derivatives200475.13%10,640,380
13Russian Federation4801Newsprint, in rolls or sheets200472.00%23,314,797
14United Arab Emirates8705Special purpose motor vehicles; not those for the transport of persons or goods (e.g. breakdown lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units etc)200469.08%41,686,921
15United Arab Emirates7013Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (other than of heading no. 7010 or 7018)200468.68%41,876,384
16United Arab Emirates8473Machinery; parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines of headings 84.70 to 84.72200467.69%71,465,072
17United Arab Emirates8509Electro-mechanical domestic appliances; with self-contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08.200466.90%29,547,847
18United Arab Emirates8528Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus200464.10%68,511,003
19Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200463.79%99,965,758
20United Arab Emirates8516Electric water, space, soil heaters; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus; hand dryers, irons; electro-thermic appliances for domestic purposes; electro heating resistors, not of heading no. 8545200463.65%20,167,251
21Russian Federation2704Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon200462.24%82,734,039
22United Arab Emirates8471Automatic data processing machines and units thereof, magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included200460.89%182,175,286
23United Arab Emirates9102Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches, other than those of heading no. 9101200456.75%14,252,112
24Bahrain2713Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals200451.60%11,059,914
25United Arab Emirates2402Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes; of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes200450.71%144,758,416
26United Arab Emirates7601Aluminium; unwrought200450.64%61,060,905
27United Arab Emirates9009Photocopying apparatus incorporating an optical system or of the contact type and thermo-copying apparatus.200448.59%21,315,290
28United Arab Emirates8449Machinery; for manufacture or finishing felt or non-wovens in the piece or in shapes, including machinery for making felt hats, blocks for making hats200448.58%14,306,792
29United Arab Emirates8426Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane200446.88%37,644,078
30United Arab Emirates8429Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers, self-propelled200445.89%136,075,145
31United Arab Emirates8463Machine-tools; n.e.c. for working metal, sintered metal carbides or cermets without removing material200444.61%26,718,215
32United Arab Emirates8427Fork-lift and other works trucks; fitted with lifting or handling equipment200444.44%12,169,344
33United Arab Emirates0902Tea200443.34%13,954,693
34United Arab Emirates8418Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading no. 8415200442.58%36,827,335
35United Arab Emirates2710Petroleum 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 oils200442.36%997,210,416
36United Arab Emirates4011New pneumatic tyres, of rubber200441.17%45,286,690
37Russian Federation1001Wheat and meslin200440.65%13,769,905
38United Arab Emirates1701Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form200438.16%13,788,309
39Qatar2909Ethers, 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 derivatives200437.39%14,320,927
40United Arab Emirates8482Ball or roller bearings200434.41%29,710,481
41United Arab Emirates8450Household or laundry-type washing machines; including machines which both wash and dry200433.33%16,628,801
42Saudi Arabia2902Cyclic hydrocarbons200432.75%11,550,124
43Russian Federation4804Uncoated kraft paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803200432.42%16,648,854
44United Arab Emirates3206Colouring matter and preparations thereof n.e.c. in heading no. 3203, 3204, 3205; inorganic products, kind used as luminophores whether or not chemically defined200431.49%19,322,456
45United Arab Emirates2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives200431.38%10,068,985
46United Arab Emirates2304Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil200431.34%99,626,116
47United Arab Emirates8415Air conditioning machines; comprising a motor driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated200431.21%59,323,165
48Saudi Arabia3902Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms200430.82%75,202,541
49United Arab Emirates8511Ignition or starting equipment; used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines; generators and cut outs used in conjunction with such engines200430.70%16,302,255
50United Arab Emirates3907Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms200430.41%49,592,436

Partner frequency summary:

United Arab Emirates: 38 occurrences

Russian Federation: 6 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences

Bahrain: 1 occurrence

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

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.