Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

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 USD1840(27)[5]1397(18)[3]1039(15)[3]737(11)[2]531(9)[1]336(6)[1]185(3)[1]
>= 50 mln USD627(15)[4]493(9)[2]382(8)[2]280(7)[1]201(7)133(4)67(1)
>= 100 mln USD349(9)[3]269(6)[2]209(5)[2]156(4)[1]114(4)76(3)40(1)
>= 200 mln USD175(6)[3]135(4)[2]104(3)[2]72(2)[1]53(2)35(1)19
>= 500 mln USD64(2)[2]48(1)[1]36(1)[1]28(1)[1]21(1)1611

Critical Goods Bottlenecks (5 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Japan271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene201798.28%34,856,670
2USA271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane201769.48%1,488,227,672
3USA271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes201750.76%414,453,205
4Japan271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711201736.69%67,444,315
5Qatar271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas201732.63%5,095,126,628

Partner frequency summary:

Japan: 2 occurrences

USA: 2 occurrences

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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.