Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2016, 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: 2016(34 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD286(34)[1]191(18)134(11)80(4)49(2)25(2)13(2)
>= 50 mln USD92(15)61(9)49(6)27(2)17(1)10(1)2(1)
>= 100 mln USD44(7)33(5)28(5)14(2)8(1)4(1)1(1)
>= 200 mln USD13(2)12(2)11(2)6(2)3(1)2(1)1(1)
>= 500 mln USD4(2)4(2)4(2)2(2)1(1)1(1)1(1)

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (34 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation8526Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus201698.03%895,443,186
2United Arab Emirates7801Lead; unwrought201693.80%21,979,892
3Iraq7601Aluminium; unwrought201667.10%41,426,021
4United Arab Emirates8703Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading no. 8702), including station wagons and racing cars201661.65%1,238,044,485
5United Arab Emirates8434Milking machines and dairy machinery201658.51%68,503,679
6United Arab Emirates5407Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from materials of heading no. 5404201658.50%119,829,424
7United Arab Emirates3307Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations; pre-shave, shaving, after-shave, bath preparations; personal deodorants and depilatories; room deodorisers, perfumed or not with disinfectant properties or not201654.10%23,873,705
8United 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 included201653.35%163,923,795
9United Arab Emirates8510Shavers, hair clippers and hair removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor201652.70%16,446,290
10United Arab Emirates0904Pepper of the genus piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta201652.32%10,606,159
11Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified201651.75%130,881,297
12United Arab Emirates8704Vehicles; for the transport of goods201648.30%60,600,301
13United 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 84.72201646.90%31,603,127
14Russian Federation4407Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm201644.13%61,271,534
15United Arab Emirates7206Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203)201643.03%23,351,845
16United Arab Emirates2930Organo-sulphur compounds201642.00%28,535,331
17United Arab Emirates2902Cyclic hydrocarbons201641.31%21,821,460
18United Arab Emirates0713Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried201641.15%92,684,375
19United Arab Emirates2403Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes n.e.c; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences201639.37%27,031,313
20United Arab Emirates8406Turbines; steam and other vapour turbines201638.03%100,141,868
21Russian Federation4801Newsprint, in rolls or sheets201637.42%10,370,403
22United 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 oils201636.25%37,414,633
23United Arab Emirates7208Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated201636.21%181,264,562
24United Arab Emirates3304Cosmetic and toilet preparations; beauty, make-up and skin care preparations (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations), manicure or pedicure preparations201635.23%33,491,242
25United Arab Emirates3811Anti-knock preparations, oxidation and gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and the like, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or other liquids used for the same purposes201633.89%34,390,310
26United Arab Emirates7209Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated201633.76%66,748,252
27United Arab Emirates5903Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, other than those of heading no. 5902201633.03%49,712,213
28United Arab Emirates0405Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads201632.96%60,792,731
29Russian Federation8606Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; not self-propelled201632.00%10,628,472
30United Arab Emirates8518Microphones and their stands; loudspeakers, mounted or not in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, combined or not with a microphone, and sets of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency and electric sound amplifiers and sets201631.68%18,923,341
31United Arab Emirates8509Electro-mechanical domestic appliances; with self-contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08.201631.62%16,660,511
32United Arab Emirates8502Electric generating sets and rotary converters201631.52%59,117,605
33United Arab Emirates8443Printing machinery; used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 84.42; other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined; parts and accessories thereof201631.42%49,113,780
34United Arab Emirates8429Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers, self-propelled201630.30%62,051,178

Partner frequency summary:

United Arab Emirates: 28 occurrences

Russian Federation: 4 occurrences

Iraq: 1 occurrence

Ukraine: 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.