Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2008, the matrix below shows Japan'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.

Japan

Year: 2008(15 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2094(15)[3]1626(10)1302(7)988(2)725(2)503(2)258(2)
>= 50 mln USD851(9)[1]700(6)581(5)461(1)353(1)244(1)126(1)
>= 100 mln USD492(9)[1]402(6)335(5)271(1)212(1)141(1)64(1)
>= 200 mln USD259(6)[1]220(4)183(3)1421127531
>= 500 mln USD105(1)[1]937657473217

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (15 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation030624-- Crabs200895.78%147,102,004
2Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)200891.40%20,621,791
3Russian Federation030614Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water200859.26%306,714,376
4Russian Federation720291Ferro-alloys; ferro-titanium and ferro-silico-titanium200858.06%17,621,741
5Russian Federation030311Fish; frozen, Pacific salmon, sockeye salmon (red salmon) (Oncorhynchus nerka), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99200854.21%113,783,962
6Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon200852.19%209,803,014
7Saudi Arabia290511Alcohols; saturated monohydric, methanol (methyl alcohol)200851.51%472,622,300
8Russian Federation440391Wood; oak, in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated200845.48%10,018,233
9Syria140420Vegetable products; cotton linters200842.03%10,682,134
10Russian Federation030380- Livers and roes200840.79%262,677,692
11Russian Federation711029Metals; palladium, semi-manufactured200837.19%20,261,041
12Russian Federation281000Oxides of boron; boric acids200836.42%33,907,800
13Russian Federation711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form200835.54%302,602,455
14Saudi Arabia271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200834.76%2,802,163,487
15Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200832.78%169,772,653

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 11 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences

Syria: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

271112 - 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.