Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2025, 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: 2025(23 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]
6-digit HS codes4-digit HS codes2-digit HS codes
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD629(23)[4]478(15)[4]339(9)[3]250(5)[2]181(4)[2]134(3)[1]62(2)
>= 50 mln USD161(9)[4]133(6)[4]94(4)[3]65(1)[2]49(1)[2]39[1]21
>= 100 mln USD88(4)[4]70(2)[4]54(1)[3]39[2]27[2]22[1]13
>= 200 mln USD38(2)[3]30[3]23[2]16[1]10[1]76
>= 500 mln USD18(1)[1]14[1]11[1]8[1]5[1]32
Danger ZoneCritical GoodsCritical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (23 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation300214Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products; immunological products, mixed, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale202599.98%22,034,059
2Bahrain760521Aluminium; alloys, wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 7mm202596.44%16,706,845
3United Arab Emirates841940Distilling or rectifying plant; not used for domestic purposes202585.55%14,179,511
4Russian Federation230320Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture; whether or not in the form of pellets202578.30%81,234,804
5Russian Federation310210Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution202564.82%26,860,269
6Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202559.67%44,198,394
7Russian Federation310230Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution202559.62%56,345,845
8Bahrain760511Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm202557.70%79,601,466
9Saudi Arabia390110Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94202551.50%125,209,552
10Russian Federation230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils202549.67%66,311,462
11Saudi Arabia761490Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), other than steel core202548.56%22,657,136
12Saudi Arabia481950Paper and paperboard; packing containers, including record sleeves, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or fibres, n.e.c. in heading no. 4819202543.90%12,359,390
13Saudi Arabia390210Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms202543.44%135,127,412
14Bahrain761490Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), other than steel core202542.58%19,866,409
15United Arab Emirates841990Machinery, plant and laboratory equipment; parts of equipment for treating materials by a process involving a change of temperature202542.28%12,303,389
16United Arab Emirates151790Edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, n.e.c. in heading 1517, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16202539.29%24,923,033
17Saudi Arabia381700Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902202536.62%16,072,545
18United Arab Emirates760720Aluminium; foil, backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials, of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.2mm202535.10%15,683,652
19United Arab Emirates710812Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder)202534.12%68,862,290
20United Arab Emirates250300Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur202534.03%1,115,286,559
21United Arab Emirates721720Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, plated or coated with zinc202532.87%14,696,361
22Saudi Arabia392020Plastics; of polymers of propylene, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials202531.92%24,198,448
23United Arab Emirates760120Aluminium; unwrought, alloys202531.88%283,060,512

Partner frequency summary:

United Arab Emirates: 8 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 6 occurrences

Russian Federation: 5 occurrences

Bahrain: 3 occurrences

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

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.