Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2023, 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: 2023(16 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD446(16)[5]344(10)[3]251(5)[3]185(2)[3]130(1)[3]89(1)55(1)
>= 50 mln USD90(7)[5]71(5)[3]49(2)[3]37(1)[3]31[3]2415
>= 100 mln USD57(5)[5]43(3)[3]32(2)[3]25(1)[3]20[3]1412
>= 200 mln USD31(1)[4]24[2]16[2]13[2]10[2]66
>= 500 mln USD6[1]6[1]5[1]4[1]3[1]22

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (16 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Bahrain760521Aluminium; alloys, wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 7mm202396.60%16,316,616
2Russian Federation230320Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture; whether or not in the form of pellets202369.10%111,958,085
3Russian Federation310210Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution202358.95%28,852,988
4Saudi Arabia390210Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms202356.58%104,794,051
5Bahrain760511Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm202350.24%42,300,211
6Russian Federation310230Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution202348.99%58,124,743
7Saudi Arabia390110Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94202344.99%87,164,228
8Saudi Arabia481950Paper and paperboard; packing containers, including record sleeves, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or fibres, n.e.c. in heading no. 4819202343.12%11,297,597
9United Arab Emirates760120Aluminium; unwrought, alloys202340.75%160,944,955
10United Arab Emirates760720Aluminium; foil, backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials, of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.2mm202340.31%14,939,178
11United Arab Emirates250300Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur202339.64%313,466,949
12Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils202333.30%47,510,983
13Saudi Arabia390690Acrylic polymers; (other than polymethyl methacrylate), in primary forms202333.00%18,747,501
14Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202330.26%30,335,922
15Bahrain760120Aluminium; unwrought, alloys202330.13%119,005,353
16Saudi Arabia320611Colouring matter; pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, containing 80% or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter202330.09%11,747,220

Partner frequency summary:

Saudi Arabia: 5 occurrences

Bahrain: 3 occurrences

Russian Federation: 3 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 3 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

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.