Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2020, the matrix below shows Lebanon'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.

Lebanon

Year: 2020(9 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD51(9)[2]43(9)[2]35(7)27(5)21(3)13(2)9(1)
>= 50 mln USD11(3)[2]9(3)[2]6(2)6(2)6(2)3(2)2(1)
>= 100 mln USD6(3)[1]5(3)[1]3(2)3(2)3(2)2(2)1(1)
>= 200 mln USD2(1)[1]2(1)[1]00000
>= 500 mln USD0000000

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

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1United Arab Emirates710231Diamonds; non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set202097.22%184,799,057
2Ukraine100119Cereals; wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed202080.23%119,073,237
3United Arab Emirates300449Medicaments; containing alkaloids or their derivatives; other than ephedrine, pseudoephedrine (INN) or norephedrine or their salts; for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale202079.75%15,071,718
4Ukraine720839Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm202069.30%10,661,204
5Saudi Arabia390110Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94202062.35%25,424,814
6Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202054.12%29,896,225
7Ukraine151219Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202053.69%15,155,085
8United Arab Emirates710812Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder)202048.49%284,550,937
9Russian Federation151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202045.72%25,253,558

Partner frequency summary:

Ukraine: 4 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 3 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Russian Federation: 1 occurrence

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.