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(9 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD770(9)[1]531(3)364(3)247(2)154(1)9134
>= 50 mln USD419(5)[1]291(1)195(1)133(1)77(1)4916
>= 100 mln USD277(4)[1]1981319249309
>= 200 mln USD161(3)[1]114785838256
>= 500 mln USD69(1)[1]51342817132

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (9 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation0305Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before, or during the smoking process202070.98%79,078,945
2Russian Federation0510Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, dried or not glands, other animal products used in preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved202061.48%31,910,072
3Russian Federation7201Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms202058.01%33,050,224
4Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202038.32%18,076,306
5Russian Federation0306Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, steamed or boiled, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine202035.07%398,774,564
6Saudi Arabia2814Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution202034.53%114,487,675
7Russian Federation0303Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304202032.77%389,607,849
8Saudi Arabia2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude202032.76%14,563,068,245
9Russian Federation0507Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks unworked or simply prepared, not cut to shape; waste and powder of these products202032.03%15,437,497

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 6 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...

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.