Country Matrix
For 2008, 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: 2008(24 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 1775(24)[3] | 1130(16)[1] | 689(11)[1] | 444(4)[1] | 258(2) | 128(1) | 48 |
| >= 50 mln USD | 581(11)[3] | 377(7)[1] | 234(6)[1] | 153(3)[1] | 90(1) | 42 | 18 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 296(7)[3] | 199(4)[1] | 128(4)[1] | 87(2)[1] | 49(1) | 19 | 9 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 139(4)[3] | 96(2)[1] | 65(2)[1] | 45(1)[1] | 23 | 9 | 6 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 39(2)[2] | 30(2)[1] | 20(2)[1] | 13(1)[1] | 7 | 2 | 1 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (24 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 250830 | Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined | 2008 | 88.96% | 49,535,640 |
| 2 | 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 | 2008 | 77.47% | 151,593,653 |
| 3 | 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 | 2008 | 64.70% | 64,762,026 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2008 | 63.51% | 786,782,355 |
| 5 | 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 | 2008 | 57.51% | 1,240,256,397 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 250840 | Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined | 2008 | 54.42% | 79,401,934 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 391610 | Ethylene polymers; monofilament, of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked | 2008 | 53.87% | 10,270,929 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 270111 | Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | 2008 | 52.70% | 47,087,154 |
| 9 | Iran | 091020 | Spices; saffron | 2008 | 52.29% | 13,818,361 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2008 | 51.94% | 130,831,598 |
| 11 | 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 | 2008 | 51.86% | 35,474,159 |
| 12 | 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) | 2008 | 47.39% | 22,425,471 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 290941 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol) | 2008 | 44.17% | 43,355,060 |
| 14 | Iran | 410221 | Skins; raw, of sheep or lambs, pickled (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further preserved), without wool on | 2008 | 43.82% | 64,322,545 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 270111 | Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | 2008 | 43.41% | 38,783,628 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 846210 | Machine-tools; forging or die-stamping machines (including presses) and hammers, for working metal | 2008 | 41.77% | 17,438,738 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 290250 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene | 2008 | 38.65% | 48,289,320 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 441232 | -- Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood | 2008 | 37.38% | 51,791,781 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 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 | 2008 | 36.90% | 398,804,283 |
| 20 | Ukraine | 720260 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-nickel | 2008 | 35.83% | 201,473,002 |
| 21 | Qatar | 290129 | Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, n.e.c. in heading no. 2901 | 2008 | 33.83% | 20,003,726 |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 151419 | Vegetable oils; low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, other than crude, but not chemically modified | 2008 | 32.35% | 18,783,850 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 290919 | Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether | 2008 | 31.31% | 170,159,916 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 283620 | Carbonates; disodium carbonate | 2008 | 31.25% | 29,117,096 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 10 occurrences
Ukraine: 7 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences
Iran: 2 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
Qatar: 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.