Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2013, 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: 2013(13 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD530(13)[2]289(10)143(7)67(3)40(3)21(2)6(2)
>= 50 mln USD247(10)[2]133(8)64(5)33(2)21(2)11(2)3(2)
>= 100 mln USD166(8)[2]89(6)43(5)21(2)14(2)6(2)2(2)
>= 200 mln USD96(6)[2]48(4)26(4)13(2)10(2)4(2)2(2)
>= 500 mln USD43(5)[2]22(3)12(3)7(2)6(2)4(2)2(2)

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (13 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1United Arab Emirates8905Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, other vessels; the navigability of which is subsidiary to main function; floating docks, floating, submersible drilling, production platforms201399.98%763,630,904
2Russian Federation2843Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals201390.31%799,521,202
3Russian Federation1204Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not broken201376.88%13,092,300
4Ukraine7207Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof201358.35%909,219,542
5Russian Federation7203Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms201352.37%125,371,929
6Ukraine7201Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201350.94%323,927,494
7Ukraine2814Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution201350.21%13,689,226
8Ukraine2508Clays; (not including expanded clays of heading no. 6806), andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth201347.46%89,643,687
9Russian Federation2306Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305201343.56%110,370,065
10Russian Federation8802Aircraft n.e.c. in heading no. 8801, except unmanned aircraft of heading 8806, (e.g. helicopters, aeroplanes); spacecraft (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles201343.43%99,978,525
11Russian Federation2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons201335.12%10,209,075,765
12Russian Federation2710Petroleum 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 oils201333.54%4,635,354,883
13Iran4102Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split201331.37%43,899,216

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 7 occurrences

Ukraine: 4 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Iran: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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

2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons

Legend:

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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.