Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2003, the matrix below shows Italy'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.

Italy

Year: 2003(24 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1366(24)[2]865(16)[2]545(10)[1]324(4)183(3)109(2)44
>= 50 mln USD329(6)[2]217(5)[2]144(3)[1]88(2)46(1)32(1)11
>= 100 mln USD163(2)[2]102(1)[2]72(1)[1]4524166
>= 200 mln USD54(1)[2]37(1)[2]26(1)[1]17751
>= 500 mln USD1713118330

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (24 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified200385.37%70,879,019
2Ukraine250830Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined200382.60%42,699,403
3Russian Federation721410Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling200372.41%10,260,323
4Russian Federation721123Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, cold-rolled, of a width less than 600mm, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon200366.05%66,234,249
5Russian Federation530921Fabrics, woven; of flax, containing less than 85% flax, unbleached or bleached200357.91%11,761,095
6Russian Federation722550Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled200355.89%28,535,282
7Russian Federation722611Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented200354.97%15,133,732
8Russian Federation722691Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, (excluding silicon-electrical or high speed steel), hot-rolled200353.16%15,257,589
9Saudi Arabia290121Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, ethylene200352.89%29,250,132
10Ukraine720712Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section200351.25%200,931,579
11Saudi Arabia290250Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene200348.04%20,224,596
12Iran080250- Pistachios200346.78%22,170,941
13Ukraine720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200345.59%94,562,209
14Iran570110Carpets and other textile floor coverings; knotted, of wool or fine animal hair, whether or not made up200345.35%32,591,513
15Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200343.09%89,363,503
16Ukraine250840Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined200341.57%26,972,620
17Iran410221Skins; raw, of sheep or lambs, pickled (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further preserved), without wool on200337.91%49,466,394
18Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)200337.73%11,028,243
19Saudi Arabia290919Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether200337.61%33,928,406
20Russian Federation720712Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section200337.31%146,300,967
21Russian Federation530911Fabrics, woven; of flax, containing 85% or more flax, unbleached or bleached200332.12%15,989,680
22Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)200331.79%12,663,357
23Syria410510Tanned or crust skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, in the wet state (including wet-blue)200330.95%44,973,469
24Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils200330.07%11,087,304

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 10 occurrences

Ukraine: 6 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 4 occurrences

Iran: 3 occurrences

Syria: 1 occurrence

Legend:

(n)

The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.

[n]

The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.