Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2009, the matrix below shows Morocco'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.

Morocco

Year: 2009(19 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD241(19)[6]185(16)[4]131(12)[3]98(7)[3]71(5)[3]48(2)[3]31[3]
>= 50 mln USD45(5)[6]37(5)[4]25(2)[3]20[3]14[3]12[3]10[3]
>= 100 mln USD19(2)[4]17(2)[3]12(1)[2]10[2]8[2]8[2]7[2]
>= 200 mln USD8(1)[2]7(1)[1]66443
>= 500 mln USD1(1)[1]1(1)[1]00000

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (19 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Saudi Arabia481950Paper and paperboard; packing containers, including record sleeves, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or fibres, n.e.c. in heading no. 4819200987.19%49,329,689
2Ukraine120600Oil seeds; sunflower seeds, whether or not broken200984.64%14,546,431
3Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils200974.29%18,123,380
4Saudi Arabia481190Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of soft cellulose fibres; coated, impregnated, covered, surface-decorated or surface-coloured, n.e.c. in heading no. 4811, in rolls or sheets200971.62%10,296,443
5Russian Federation310230Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution200970.62%45,421,734
6United Arab Emirates690790-Other200966.03%19,127,057
7United Arab Emirates760120Aluminium; unwrought, alloys200964.09%20,624,170
8Saudi Arabia481159Paper and paperboard; coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives), other than bleached and weighing more than 150g/m2, other than goods of heading no. 4803, 4809, or 4810200959.81%14,203,603
9Russian Federation250300Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur200956.37%105,129,090
10Saudi Arabia390120Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more200955.90%72,283,204
11Ukraine100300Barley.200954.60%26,707,520
12Saudi Arabia390210Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms200954.53%42,883,876
13Russian Federation720839Iron 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 3mm200949.60%65,978,827
14Saudi Arabia270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude200949.07%1,045,469,068
15Saudi Arabia390110Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94200945.20%66,446,282
16Saudi Arabia320611Colouring matter; pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, containing 80% or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter200944.43%12,666,332
17Russian Federation720712Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section200935.49%15,865,206
18Ukraine230230Bran, sharps and other residues; of wheat, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof200934.83%12,109,488
19Saudi Arabia761290Aluminium; casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment200934.46%12,494,688

Partner frequency summary:

Saudi Arabia: 9 occurrences

Ukraine: 4 occurrences

Russian Federation: 4 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences

Critical Goods in table:

270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...

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.