Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2007, 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: 2007(25 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1683(25)[3]1103(12)[2]684(7)[1]400(4)[1]223(2)114(1)45
>= 50 mln USD524(12)[3]360(6)[2]215(4)[1]126(2)[1]69(2)36(1)11
>= 100 mln USD265(7)[3]180(3)[2]110(1)[1]70(1)[1]39(1)175
>= 200 mln USD121(5)[3]83(2)[2]53[1]34[1]1874
>= 500 mln USD29(2)[2]24(1)[1]15[1]8[1]420

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (25 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine250830Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined200788.07%56,801,534
2Russian Federation721123Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, cold-rolled, of a width less than 600mm, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon200777.40%153,033,027
3Ukraine270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated200763.56%27,331,703
4Russian Federation230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils200761.54%37,419,328
5Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified200758.04%96,219,630
6Russian Federation410792Leather; 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 splits200757.66%38,522,899
7Ukraine250840Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined200752.82%63,848,106
8Ukraine720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200749.55%401,715,249
9Ukraine720712Iron 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-section200747.25%728,683,736
10Russian Federation430180Furskins; 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)200746.01%16,802,423
11Saudi Arabia290250Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene200741.58%44,790,231
12Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)200741.37%38,907,921
13Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200739.77%322,447,580
14Iran410221Skins; raw, of sheep or lambs, pickled (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further preserved), without wool on200739.11%60,404,456
15Russian Federation721410Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling200739.04%35,206,102
16Iran290121Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, ethylene200738.80%37,479,975
17Ukraine720711Iron 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 thickness200737.39%413,920,585
18Russian Federation151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified200737.14%61,581,311
19Saudi Arabia290919Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether200735.40%181,051,008
20Russian Federation441232-- Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood200735.28%46,047,077
21Russian 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-section200735.13%541,758,968
22Iran570110Carpets and other textile floor coverings; knotted, of wool or fine animal hair, whether or not made up200735.06%26,389,727
23Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon200733.68%17,754,784
24Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated200731.29%13,453,221
25United Arab Emirates880212Helicopters, except unmanned; of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg200730.90%19,186,692

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 11 occurrences

Ukraine: 7 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences

Iran: 3 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 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.