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]

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 butadiene202097.60%26,535,150
2USA271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane202095.76%2,455,063,628
3USA271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes202091.04%475,083,278
4Japan271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711202039.52%37,511,108
5Saudi Arabia270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude202032.76%14,563,068,245

Partner frequency summary:

Japan: 2 occurrences

USA: 2 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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

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:

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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.