Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2025, 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: 2025(14 in Danger Zone)[10 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1833(14)[10]1155(8)[7]725(4)[4]449(3)[2]261(1)13658
>= 50 mln USD604(8)[6]389(3)[5]238(1)[3]143[2]824314
>= 100 mln USD307(7)[5]206(2)[4]119[2]68[2]39229
>= 200 mln USD142(5)[5]99(2)[4]62[2]38[2]1892
>= 500 mln USD42(2)[4]29[3]15[1]10[1]520

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (14 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation720150Iron; alloy pig iron; spiegeleisen, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms202573.72%10,898,649
2Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)202568.64%41,210,828
3Ukraine040891Eggs; birds' eggs (not in shell, excluding yolks only), dried, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter202568.17%15,241,104
4Saudi Arabia290250Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene202555.15%73,840,210
5Ukraine071310Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried202544.98%17,026,916
6Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)202544.31%29,825,995
7Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202543.82%414,646,699
8Russian Federation711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form202541.09%346,994,937
9Qatar293361Heterocyclic compounds; containing an unfused triazine ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure, melamine202539.38%24,202,950
10Ukraine100590Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed202532.69%568,952,282
11Qatar271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas202532.65%2,852,234,993
12Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms202531.36%199,039,830
13Russian 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-section202531.22%433,344,781
14Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms202531.18%103,411,138

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 5 occurrences

Ukraine: 4 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences

Qatar: 2 occurrences

Critical Goods in table:

271111 - 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.