Country Matrix
For 2017, 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: 2017(27 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 1840(27)[5] | 1397(18)[3] | 1039(15)[3] | 737(11)[2] | 531(9)[1] | 336(6)[1] | 185(3)[1] |
| >= 50 mln USD | 627(15)[4] | 493(9)[2] | 382(8)[2] | 280(7)[1] | 201(7) | 133(4) | 67(1) |
| >= 100 mln USD | 349(9)[3] | 269(6)[2] | 209(5)[2] | 156(4)[1] | 114(4) | 76(3) | 40(1) |
| >= 200 mln USD | 175(6)[3] | 135(4)[2] | 104(3)[2] | 72(2)[1] | 53(2) | 35(1) | 19 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 64(2)[2] | 48(1)[1] | 36(1)[1] | 28(1)[1] | 21(1) | 16 | 11 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (27 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 030367 | Fish; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2017 | 95.73% | 199,907,199 |
| 2 | Iran | 790112 | Zinc; unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight less than 99.99% of zinc | 2017 | 95.31% | 34,425,025 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 030475 | Fish fillets; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) | 2017 | 94.63% | 44,857,922 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 030633 | Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not | 2017 | 87.22% | 261,415,240 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 290531 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) | 2017 | 81.37% | 193,008,977 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 030391 | Fish; frozen, livers, roes and milt | 2017 | 80.52% | 92,836,002 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 030363 | Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2017 | 78.64% | 52,014,759 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 030559 | Fish; dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.5 | 2017 | 77.76% | 70,256,838 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 710813 | Metals; gold, semi-manufactured | 2017 | 76.96% | 751,926,745 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 400231 | Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | 2017 | 69.36% | 21,684,431 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 290513 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol) | 2017 | 67.17% | 40,673,370 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 030339 | Fish; frozen, flat fish, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.3, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2017 | 55.88% | 40,864,716 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 720249 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon | 2017 | 52.44% | 45,647,124 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 281410 | Ammonia; anhydrous | 2017 | 51.29% | 208,928,920 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 051000 | Animal products; ambergris, castoreum, civet, musk, cantharides, bile (dried or not) glands and other animal products, for pharmaceutical purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved | 2017 | 50.73% | 16,776,279 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2017 | 48.27% | 40,753,591 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 270111 | Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | 2017 | 41.70% | 389,056,017 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 440712 | Wood; coniferous species, of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | 2017 | 41.13% | 45,775,609 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 441233 | Plywood; with sheets of wood only; not bamboo; each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut | 2017 | 36.92% | 14,631,221 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 711021 | Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form | 2017 | 36.36% | 159,905,421 |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 050790 | Animal products; tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, waste and powder of these products | 2017 | 34.06% | 14,791,813 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2017 | 33.13% | 402,454,982 |
| 23 | Qatar | 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas | 2017 | 32.63% | 5,095,126,628 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 720221 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon | 2017 | 32.63% | 93,562,022 |
| 25 | Kuwait | 890120 | Tankers | 2017 | 32.31% | 90,554,480 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2017 | 31.10% | 70,514,455 |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 810820 | Titanium; unwrought, powders | 2017 | 30.73% | 17,457,302 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 18 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 4 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences
Iran: 1 occurrence
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Kuwait: 1 occurrence
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.