Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2016, the matrix below shows Rep. of Korea'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.

Rep. of Korea

Year: 2016(21 in Danger Zone)[8 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1726(21)[8]1322(14)[3]968(11)[2]702(9)[1]497(7)[1]322(6)[1]161(2)[1]
>= 50 mln USD579(11)[7]465(7)[2]360(6)[1]270(6)195(5)129(4)62(1)
>= 100 mln USD310(8)[6]246(4)[1]184(3)[1]139(3)104(3)67(3)34(1)
>= 200 mln USD144(5)[6]112(2)[1]84(1)[1]63(1)49(1)33(1)16(1)
>= 500 mln USD55(2)[5]42[1]31[1]2318139

Critical Goods Bottlenecks (8 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Japan271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene201698.85%27,301,872
2USA271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane201655.73%912,006,557
3Japan271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711201647.44%52,374,263
4Qatar271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas201636.11%4,394,728,361
5USA271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes201632.83%308,362,628
6Malaysia271019Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; not light oils and preparations201631.02%826,933,016
7Saudi Arabia270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude201630.22%13,384,382,379
8Singapore271019Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; not light oils and preparations201630.05%801,190,054

Partner frequency summary:

Japan: 2 occurrences

USA: 2 occurrences

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Malaysia: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Singapore: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...

271019 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

271111 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271112 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271113 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271114 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271119 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

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.