Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2010, the matrix below shows Lithuania'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.

Lithuania

Year: 2010(15 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD111(15)[3]83(14)[2]61(10)[2]46(8)[2]29(5)[2]20(5)[2]12(5)[2]
>= 50 mln USD21(7)[3]20(6)[2]18(5)[2]12(4)[2]9(3)[2]4(3)[2]4(3)[2]
>= 100 mln USD10(5)[3]9(4)[2]9(4)[2]7(4)[2]4(3)[2]4(3)[2]4(3)[2]
>= 200 mln USD4(3)[2]4(3)[2]4(3)[2]3(3)[2]2(2)[2]2(2)[2]2(2)[2]
>= 500 mln USD2(2)[2]2(2)[2]2(2)[2]2(2)[2]2(2)[2]2(2)[2]2(2)[2]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (15 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude201099.05%5,513,260,661
2Russian Federation2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal201098.65%29,228,260
3Russian Federation2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons201096.66%1,012,480,817
4Russian Federation2814Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution201096.58%101,068,064
5Russian Federation2909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives201090.13%19,600,083
6Russian Federation7302Railway or tramway track constructions of iron or steel; rails, check and track rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods, sleepers, fish-plates, chair wedges, sole plates, bedplates, ties and the like201069.76%14,606,388
7Russian Federation2716Electrical energy201066.55%235,508,487
8Russian Federation7213Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils201063.84%34,421,420
9Russian Federation3105Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, containing 2 or 3 of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium; other fertilisers; goods of chapter 31 in tablets or packages of gross weight not exceeding 10kg201055.65%70,828,573
10Russian Federation2503Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur201051.79%11,222,327
11Russian Federation2510Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk201047.64%88,012,247
12Ukraine7208Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated201044.83%24,564,680
13Ukraine1205Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken201044.41%17,088,988
14Russian Federation3102Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenous201044.16%27,243,825
15Russian Federation2710Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils201037.79%167,216,558

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 13 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

Critical Goods in table:

2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...

2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons

Legend:

(n)

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.