Country Matrix

Importing country

Year

For 2006, 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: 2006(33 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]

6-digit HS codes 4-digit HS codes 2-digit HS codes

Value \ Share	>= 30%	>= 40%	>= 50%	>= 60%	>= 70%	>= 80%	>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD	1596(33)[3]	1020(19)[3]	632(10)[1]	394(6)[1]	215(4)[1]	111(2)[1]	40(1)[1]
>= 50 mln USD	448(10)[2]	304(7)[2]	190(3)	123(2)	57(1)	32	12
>= 100 mln USD	220(7)[2]	154(5)[2]	96(1)	65(1)	31(1)	15	5
>= 200 mln USD	95(5)[2]	66(4)[2]	44	29	12	8	3
>= 500 mln USD	21(1)[1]	16(1)[1]	11	5	2	1	1

Danger Zone Critical Goods Critical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (33 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#	Partner	HS Code	HS Description	Year	Share (%)	Value (USD)
1	Russian Federation	750120	Nickel; oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy	2006	96.20%	24,737,015
2	Ukraine	250830	Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined	2006	88.56%	46,114,553
3	Russian Federation	721410	Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling	2006	78.79%	21,341,374
4	Russian Federation	721123	Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, cold-rolled, of a width less than 600mm, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon	2006	77.97%	151,164,232
5	Russian Federation	230630	Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils	2006	60.62%	23,923,493
6	Ukraine	151211	Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified	2006	60.14%	70,492,507
7	Saudi Arabia	290121	Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, ethylene	2006	56.68%	37,848,418
8	Russian Federation	750220	Nickel; unwrought, alloys	2006	56.39%	41,467,698
9	Ukraine	250840	Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined	2006	54.55%	54,537,917
10	Russian Federation	430180	Furskins; raw, of animals n.e.c. in heading no. 4301, whole, with or without head, tail or paws (excluding goods of heading no. 4101, 4102 and 4103)	2006	50.99%	21,362,208
11	Iran	080250	- Pistachios	2006	47.56%	36,211,728
12	Ukraine	720110	Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms	2006	45.37%	238,601,501
13	Russian Federation	410792	Leather; further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, other than leather of heading 41.14, not whole hides and skins, but including sides, grain splits	2006	44.96%	27,121,019
14	Saudi Arabia	290941	Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)	2006	44.52%	32,347,795
15	Russian Federation	720110	Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms	2006	44.24%	232,642,188
16	Ukraine	720712	Iron 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-section	2006	42.33%	509,950,518
17	Ukraine	270111	Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated	2006	41.42%	14,024,139
18	Ukraine	720711	Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness	2006	40.46%	372,543,837
19	Qatar	290129	Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, n.e.c. in heading no. 2901	2006	40.27%	15,475,494
20	Iran	570110	Carpets and other textile floor coverings; knotted, of wool or fine animal hair, whether or not made up	2006	38.01%	28,590,445
21	Iran	410221	Skins; raw, of sheep or lambs, pickled (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further preserved), without wool on	2006	37.70%	40,821,290
22	Russian Federation	720249	Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon	2006	36.80%	14,633,994
23	Russian Federation	720712	Iron 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-section	2006	36.53%	440,055,783
24	Saudi Arabia	290919	Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether	2006	35.88%	177,743,534
25	Russian Federation	151211	Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified	2006	34.76%	40,742,469
26	Russian Federation	071310	Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried	2006	34.67%	12,470,298
27	Russian Federation	290124	Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, buta-1,3-diene and isoprene	2006	34.52%	22,020,099
28	Ukraine	282300	Titanium oxides	2006	33.73%	10,042,393
29	Bahrain	760692	Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, (not rectangular or square)	2006	33.66%	16,480,900
30	Russian Federation	846210	Machine-tools; forging or die-stamping machines (including presses) and hammers, for working metal	2006	33.12%	11,571,973
31	Russian Federation	441214	-- Other, with at least one outer ply Of non-Coniferous wood	2006	32.13%	35,412,531
32	Saudi Arabia	290531	Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)	2006	31.00%	66,643,127
33	Saudi Arabia	290250	Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene	2006	30.25%	24,067,818

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 15 occurrences

Ukraine: 8 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 5 occurrences

Iran: 3 occurrences

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Bahrain: 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.