Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2024, 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: 2024(22 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2036(22)[4]1588(17)[3]1224(10)[2]941(7)[2]688(7)[2]453(5)[2]245(4)
>= 50 mln USD785(12)[4]613(10)[3]476(5)[2]370(4)[2]274(4)[2]175(3)[2]90(2)
>= 100 mln USD429(7)[3]323(5)[2]240(3)[2]188(3)[2]140(3)[2]87(3)[2]49(2)
>= 200 mln USD231(3)[3]167(2)[2]122(1)[2]95(1)[2]67(1)[2]39(1)[2]22(1)
>= 500 mln USD77(2)[3]57(1)[2]40[2]29[2]22[2]12[2]2

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (22 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 0303.99202498.53%137,019,137
2Russian Federation030633Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not202494.27%303,690,813
3Russian Federation030475Fish fillets; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)202491.10%46,040,972
4Russian Federation030351Fish; frozen, herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99202490.57%10,203,988
5Russian Federation030391Fish; frozen, livers, roes and milt202487.11%104,379,324
6Russian Federation030363Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99202474.81%27,074,914
7Russian Federation030553Fish; dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than cod202474.09%65,825,093
8Russian 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 0303.99202454.72%26,359,159
9Russian Federation290359Unsaturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons; n.e.c. in item no. 2903.5202452.37%21,494,663
10Russian Federation030614Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water202452.01%81,902,525
11Qatar280429Gases, rare; other than argon202448.96%152,411,338
12Russian 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 products202448.53%649,543,490
13Russian 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 walnut202448.35%93,357,687
14Russian 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 6mm202444.86%82,159,011
15Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms202444.86%34,522,515
16Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)202443.31%99,979,330
17Saudi Arabia290513Alcohols; saturated monohydric, butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol)202440.39%22,915,751
18Saudi Arabia281410Ammonia; anhydrous202438.57%188,503,729
19Saudi Arabia290516Alcohols; saturated monohydric, octanol (octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof202435.60%16,040,337
20Russian Federation030494Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, Alaska Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)202434.59%24,051,436
21Saudi Arabia270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude202434.55%29,479,657,426
22Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon202433.91%27,714,621

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 16 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 5 occurrences

Qatar: 1 occurrence

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.