Country Matrix
For 2019, 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: 2019(24 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 1871(24)[5] | 1436(16)[3] | 1074(12)[3] | 783(9)[3] | 560(8)[3] | 359(5)[3] | 176(3)[2] |
| >= 50 mln USD | 669(14)[4] | 530(10)[2] | 402(8)[2] | 304(7)[2] | 213(7)[2] | 143(4)[2] | 71(3)[1] |
| >= 100 mln USD | 377(8)[3] | 297(5)[2] | 229(4)[2] | 176(3)[2] | 123(3)[2] | 87(3)[2] | 43(3)[1] |
| >= 200 mln USD | 176(5)[3] | 144(3)[2] | 108(2)[2] | 81(2)[2] | 56(2)[2] | 39(2)[2] | 21(2)[1] |
| >= 500 mln USD | 56(1)[3] | 44[2] | 33[2] | 26[2] | 18[2] | 15[2] | 7[1] |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (24 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanon | 930320 | Firearms; sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles | 2019 | 99.70% | 416,497,241 |
| 2 | 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 | 2019 | 93.34% | 140,619,384 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 030633 | Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not | 2019 | 91.52% | 375,107,117 |
| 4 | 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 | 2019 | 88.88% | 57,349,915 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 030475 | Fish fillets; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) | 2019 | 87.71% | 47,366,005 |
| 6 | 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 | 2019 | 79.46% | 77,571,701 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 030391 | Fish; frozen, livers, roes and milt | 2019 | 77.52% | 84,511,036 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2019 | 73.25% | 50,902,489 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 400231 | Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | 2019 | 63.56% | 15,634,218 |
| 10 | 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 | 2019 | 53.40% | 43,565,289 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 290531 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) | 2019 | 52.87% | 107,562,049 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 720249 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon | 2019 | 51.66% | 39,165,692 |
| 13 | 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 | 2019 | 44.96% | 53,621,093 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 290513 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol) | 2019 | 43.69% | 25,139,479 |
| 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 | 2019 | 41.13% | 18,527,197 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 270111 | Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | 2019 | 40.84% | 378,727,491 |
| 17 | Bahrain | 722870 | Steel, alloy; angles, shapes and sections | 2019 | 39.34% | 15,437,966 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 711021 | Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form | 2019 | 38.24% | 312,795,127 |
| 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 | 2019 | 34.90% | 36,540,703 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2019 | 34.70% | 89,197,220 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 290516 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, octanol (octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof | 2019 | 33.76% | 29,873,852 |
| 22 | Qatar | 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas | 2019 | 32.98% | 6,782,901,482 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 281410 | Ammonia; anhydrous | 2019 | 30.36% | 120,865,357 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 151219 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2019 | 30.05% | 12,761,699 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 15 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 5 occurrences
Lebanon: 1 occurrence
Bahrain: 1 occurrence
Qatar: 1 occurrence
Ukraine: 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.