Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2021, 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: 2021(33 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1999(33)[6]1552(24)[4]1169(16)[3]849(11)[3]632(8)[3]425(8)[3]209(5)[3]
>= 50 mln USD772(17)[5]617(11)[3]472(8)[2]346(6)[2]272(6)[2]182(6)[2]87(4)[2]
>= 100 mln USD435(10)[3]342(5)[2]265(3)[2]190(2)[2]151(2)[2]103(2)[2]56(2)[2]
>= 200 mln USD236(6)[3]191(3)[2]144(2)[2]100(2)[2]83(2)[2]57(2)[2]33(2)[2]
>= 500 mln USD73(1)[3]55[2]44[2]30[2]24[2]18[2]9[2]

Critical Goods Bottlenecks (6 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Japan271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene202197.67%24,945,040
2USA271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes202192.74%1,066,502,221
3USA271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane202191.20%3,699,330,426
4Japan271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711202142.94%67,915,421
5Türkiye271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711202136.13%57,147,031
6Saudi Arabia270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude202131.82%21,320,549,564

Partner frequency summary:

Japan: 2 occurrences

USA: 2 occurrences

Türkiye: 1 occurrence

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:

(n)

The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.

[n]

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