Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2018, 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: 2018(23 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1884(23)[5]1425(16)[3]1077(13)[3]778(11)[2]560(8)[2]362(6)[2]196(2)[1]
>= 50 mln USD681(12)[5]530(9)[3]422(7)[3]308(6)[2]231(5)[2]155(3)[2]82(2)[1]
>= 100 mln USD391(8)[3]301(6)[2]240(4)[2]181(3)[1]133(3)[1]92(3)[1]47(2)
>= 200 mln USD197(5)[3]154(4)[2]126(3)[2]90(2)[1]68(2)[1]42(2)[1]25(1)
>= 500 mln USD59(2)[2]41(1)[1]33[1]26[1]19[1]12[1]8

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 butadiene201898.78%50,899,519
2USA271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane201886.17%2,363,121,926
3USA271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes201853.84%497,001,439
4Qatar271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas201834.14%7,917,267,388
5Japan271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711201832.21%60,327,728

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.

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The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.