Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2022, 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: 2022(29 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2095(29)[6]1625(26)[4]1232(17)[3]922(11)[3]675(7)[3]435(7)[2]247(6)[1]
>= 50 mln USD827(17)[4]649(14)[2]507(10)[2]382(9)[2]277(6)[2]179(6)[1]99(5)
>= 100 mln USD463(10)[4]362(8)[2]273(6)[2]209(6)[2]157(4)[2]112(4)[1]67(3)
>= 200 mln USD261(5)[4]207(3)[2]150(2)[2]112(2)[2]86(2)[2]59(2)[1]37(2)
>= 500 mln USD84(3)[4]67(1)[2]45[2]35[2]25[2]15[1]5

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (29 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 0303.99202297.48%343,760,428
2Russian Federation030351Fish; frozen, herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99202296.79%21,049,593
3Russian Federation030553Fish; dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than cod202294.58%66,426,986
4Russian Federation030633Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not202294.43%401,640,146
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 0303.99202293.68%113,558,605
6Russian Federation030475Fish fillets; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)202291.11%64,743,543
7Russian Federation030391Fish; frozen, livers, roes and milt202286.47%115,861,819
8Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)202269.34%137,412,115
9Russian Federation030312Fish; frozen, Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha/keta/tschawytscha/ kisutch/masou/rhodurus) other than sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99202268.87%71,700,194
10Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon202268.18%122,856,100
11Russian Federation030616Crustaceans; frozen, cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water202264.45%14,401,108
12Russian Federation400231Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip202259.38%16,875,171
13Russian 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 preserved202259.30%31,921,198
14Russian Federation030792Molluscs; n.e.c. in heading 0307, whether in shell or not, frozen202255.99%30,029,667
15Saudi Arabia290516Alcohols; saturated monohydric, octanol (octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof202253.40%33,827,745
16Russian 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 0303.99202252.62%29,144,933
17Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms202251.90%64,164,318
18Saudi Arabia290513Alcohols; saturated monohydric, butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol)202249.10%32,980,890
19Russian Federation290359Unsaturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons; n.e.c. in item no. 2903.5202248.31%39,548,647
20Russian Federation030614Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water202244.77%70,491,568
21Saudi Arabia281410Ammonia; anhydrous202243.95%535,227,821
22Russian 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 walnut202243.09%40,927,921
23Russian 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 6mm202242.91%95,161,119
24Russian Federation720291Ferro-alloys; ferro-titanium and ferro-silico-titanium202242.87%12,796,937
25Russian 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 products202240.89%184,401,025
26Russian 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 0303.99202240.49%10,527,712
27Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated202238.72%643,187,528
28Saudi Arabia270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude202235.54%37,662,457,912
29Saudi Arabia271311Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals202232.42%57,861,282

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 23 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 6 occurrences

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.