Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2021, 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: 2021(86 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 USD306(86)[1]220(53)[1]149(35)[1]83(24)55(17)34(10)15(5)
>= 50 mln USD104(30)[1]79(18)[1]56(16)[1]35(10)22(5)13(2)4(1)
>= 100 mln USD53(18)41(11)32(10)21(8)13(4)7(2)2(1)
>= 200 mln USD21(8)16(5)13(5)10(3)7(2)5(2)1(1)
>= 500 mln USD7(5)5(3)5(3)4(2)3(2)3(2)1(1)
Danger ZoneCritical GoodsCritical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (86 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Syria2510Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk2021100.00%26,369,482
2Russian Federation7115Articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal2021100.00%10,246,312
3United Arab Emirates8517Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular/wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), excluding items of 8443, 8525, 8527, or 8528202194.71%4,236,022,536
4United Arab Emirates2821Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2o3202192.92%20,885,818
5United Arab Emirates1801Cocoa beans; whole or broken, raw or roasted202190.31%23,531,539
6Russian Federation8526Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus202189.94%42,484,485
7United Arab Emirates2926Nitrile-function compounds202187.13%46,038,796
8United Arab Emirates2925Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds202185.59%13,797,215
9United 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 included202184.50%539,741,638
10United 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 apparatus202184.38%25,233,059
11United Arab Emirates8434Milking machines and dairy machinery202177.53%30,601,930
12United Arab Emirates8411Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines202174.15%119,213,730
13United Arab Emirates8406Turbines; steam and other vapour turbines202173.92%106,061,406
14United Arab Emirates8309Stoppers, caps, lids (including crown corks, screw caps, pouring stoppers); capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packaging accessories, of base metal202173.34%17,539,043
15United 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 cars202171.26%20,466,874
16United Arab Emirates2902Cyclic hydrocarbons202171.04%56,804,727
17United Arab Emirates8426Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane202170.90%28,221,788
18United Arab Emirates4802Uncoated paper and paperboard, used for writing, printing or other graphics, non perforated punch-cards and punch tape paper, in rolls or rectangular sheets, of any size, other than paper of heading 4801 or 4803; hand-made paper and paperboard202169.89%148,136,646
19United Arab Emirates7606Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm202169.05%68,724,305
20Russian Federation4407Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm202165.95%102,776,196
21United Arab Emirates2615Niobium, tantalum, vanadium or zirconium ores and concentrates202164.27%12,751,335
22United Arab Emirates5407Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from materials of heading no. 5404202162.00%318,432,547
23United Arab Emirates0713Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried202160.66%138,390,525
24United Arab Emirates2602Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20% or more, calculated on the dry weight202160.44%25,793,634
25United Arab Emirates7202Ferro-alloys202159.01%208,296,000
26United Arab Emirates1005Maize (corn)202158.63%1,992,800,129
27United Arab Emirates2909Ethers, 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 derivatives202158.43%15,046,865
28United 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 oils202156.29%96,367,151
29United Arab Emirates2916Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic, cyclic monocarboxylic, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives202155.95%43,743,688
30United Arab Emirates1207Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, n.e.c. in chapter 12; whether or not broken202154.96%56,814,355
31United 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 84.72202154.31%77,234,477
32United Arab Emirates7502Nickel; unwrought202153.72%19,139,552
33Iraq4707Waste and scrap of paper and paperboard202153.41%19,670,373
34United Arab Emirates9022Apparatus based on the use of x-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, x-ray tubes and other x-ray generators, high tens202151.64%48,043,048
35United 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 purposes202150.15%80,865,161
36United Arab Emirates1513Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions; whether or not refined but not chemically modified202149.45%17,473,728
37United Arab Emirates2929Nitrogen-function compounds, n.e.c. in chapter 29202149.10%41,687,548
38United Arab Emirates8716Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof202148.34%22,545,208
39United Arab Emirates0904Pepper of the genus piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta202148.34%11,551,482
40United Arab Emirates2930Organo-sulphur compounds202148.02%37,096,781
41United Arab Emirates2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives202146.91%41,311,010
42United 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 sets202146.87%37,628,023
43United Arab Emirates1206Sunflower seeds; whether or not broken202146.03%33,896,504
44United 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 37202145.75%15,094,387
45United Arab Emirates0801Nuts, edible; coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled202145.73%10,972,984
46United Arab Emirates3907Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms202144.34%130,373,701
47United Arab Emirates8001Tin; unwrought202143.97%19,549,335
48United Arab Emirates2843Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals202143.40%41,779,472
49United Arab Emirates1202Ground-nuts; not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken202142.91%18,204,883
50United Arab Emirates4002Synthetic rubber and factice derived from oils, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip; mixtures of heading no. 4001 and 4002, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip202141.83%46,007,902
51United Arab Emirates4707Waste and scrap of paper and paperboard202141.81%15,397,257
52United Arab Emirates2519Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; magnesium oxide, pure or not202140.83%21,214,755
53United Arab Emirates4001Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar gums; in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip202140.69%59,030,786
54United Arab Emirates8704Vehicles; for the transport of goods202139.61%80,280,775
55United Arab Emirates5504Artificial staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning202138.76%38,511,877
56United Arab Emirates8408Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines)202138.32%24,816,182
57United Arab Emirates1201Soya beans, whether or not broken202137.38%542,623,236
58United Arab Emirates8429Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers, self-propelled202137.04%52,205,881
59United Arab Emirates0910Ginger, saffron, tumeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices202137.00%13,627,158
60United 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 defined202136.61%42,580,481
61Russian Federation1001Wheat and meslin202136.35%903,967,674
62United Arab Emirates8441Machines; for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard, including cutting machines of all kinds202136.34%14,947,895
63United Arab Emirates8431Machinery parts; used solely or principally with the machinery of heading no. 8425 to 8430202136.25%32,088,592
64United 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 thereof202135.83%35,127,601
65Russian Federation2843Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals202135.27%33,956,874
66United Arab Emirates3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms202134.81%27,423,894
67United Arab Emirates2921Amine-function compounds202134.58%11,823,713
68United Arab Emirates4011New pneumatic tyres, of rubber202134.55%153,172,974
69United Arab Emirates3823Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols202134.17%29,983,869
70United Arab Emirates6903Ceramic goods; (e.g. retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths, rods and slide gates) excluding those of siliceous fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths202134.10%20,367,608
71United Arab Emirates4010Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber202133.98%17,514,813
72United Arab Emirates4810Paper and paperboard, coated one or both sides with kaolin (china clay) or inorganic substances, with binder or not, no other coating, surface coloured or not, surface decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size202133.95%66,096,613
73United Arab Emirates2804Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals202133.93%10,067,841
74United 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 regulated202133.13%75,801,237
75United Arab Emirates0901Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion202132.83%23,082,248
76United Arab Emirates8439Machinery; for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material, or for making or finishing paper or paperboard202131.76%32,831,135
77United Arab Emirates8414Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan; gas-tight biological safety cabinets whether or not fitted with filters202131.71%153,378,855
78United Arab Emirates3822Reagents; diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 30.06; certified reference materials202131.25%47,011,477
79United Arab Emirates9021Orthopaedic appliances; including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other which are worn, carried or implanted in the body to compensate for a defect or disability202131.12%105,894,753
80United Arab Emirates2403Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes n.e.c; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences202131.12%33,567,436
81United Arab Emirates8503Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502202130.63%14,785,022
82United Arab Emirates1701Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form202130.49%166,176,361
83United Arab Emirates2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal202130.48%73,829,545
84United Arab Emirates1516Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared202130.34%20,680,766
85United Arab Emirates7601Aluminium; unwrought202130.22%43,369,074
86United Arab Emirates2304Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil202130.05%382,873,313

Partner frequency summary:

United Arab Emirates: 79 occurrences

Russian Federation: 5 occurrences

Syria: 1 occurrence

Iraq: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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

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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.