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(9 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD816(9)[1]563(5)402(3)277(1)1779744
>= 50 mln USD492(8)[1]346(4)246(2)169(1)1015523
>= 100 mln USD329(5)[1]238(2)168119694119
>= 200 mln USD214(4)[1]154(2)10578422712
>= 500 mln USD93(3)[1]69(2)433317124

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 process202268.30%70,111,758
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 preserved202259.30%31,921,198
3Russian Federation7201Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms202251.89%64,164,318
4Russian Federation0303Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304202247.00%741,621,384
5Saudi Arabia2814Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution202243.93%535,227,821
6Russian 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 brine202235.94%486,532,822
7Russian Federation2844Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes); and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products202235.81%187,904,778
8Saudi Arabia2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude202235.54%37,662,457,912
9Saudi Arabia2713Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals202230.24%57,861,282

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 6 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences

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.