Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2020, 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: 2020(22 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1819(22)[5]1391(14)[3]1053(10)[3]784(7)[3]563(6)[3]362(5)[3]186(2)[3]
>= 50 mln USD642(10)[3]494(6)[2]389(4)[2]292(4)[2]218(4)[2]142(3)[2]80(2)[2]
>= 100 mln USD362(6)[3]279(3)[2]224(2)[2]167(2)[2]127(2)[2]84(2)[2]48(2)[2]
>= 200 mln USD181(4)[3]143(2)[2]115(1)[2]82(1)[2]67(1)[2]41(1)[2]26(1)[2]
>= 500 mln USD59(1)[2]45[1]34[1]26[1]21[1]11[1]7[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (22 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation030367Fish; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99202092.65%180,882,824
2Russian Federation030633Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not202090.94%373,513,936
3Russian Federation030475Fish fillets; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)202086.72%42,506,669
4Russian Federation030559Fish; dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.5202083.71%74,507,355
5Russian Federation030363Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99202082.76%47,365,370
6Russian Federation030391Fish; frozen, livers, roes and milt202079.65%72,743,471
7Russian Federation051000Animal products; ambergris, castoreum, civet, musk, cantharides, bile (dried or not) glands and other animal products, for pharmaceutical purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved202061.48%31,910,072
8Russian Federation400231Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip202058.19%11,558,696
9Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms202058.01%33,050,224
10Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon202051.18%25,476,768
11Russian Federation030339Fish; 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 0303.99202049.34%28,709,703
12Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated202046.78%285,795,998
13Russian Federation030353Fish; frozen, sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99202046.26%14,389,103
14Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)202043.65%86,524,184
15Ukraine151219Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202038.95%18,057,907
16Russian Federation441233Plywood; 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 walnut202037.64%50,736,896
17Russian Federation440712Wood; 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 6mm202036.38%44,580,866
18Saudi Arabia281410Ammonia; anhydrous202034.55%114,487,675
19Saudi Arabia270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude202032.76%14,563,068,245
20Russian Federation050790Animal 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 products202032.04%15,437,497
21Russian Federation284420Uranium; enriched in U235, plutonium, their compounds, alloys dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products202030.93%224,294,919
22Saudi Arabia290516Alcohols; saturated monohydric, octanol (octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof202030.25%20,837,245

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 17 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 4 occurrences

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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

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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.