Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2006, the matrix below shows Netherlands'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.

Netherlands

Year: 2006(5 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD579(5)[1]346(2)[1]200(2)[1]101(1)[1]50318
>= 50 mln USD272(1)[1]163[1]90[1]50[1]25145
>= 100 mln USD157(1)[1]98[1]57[1]34[1]14103
>= 200 mln USD89(1)[1]61[1]36[1]21[1]1060
>= 500 mln USD22[1]16[1]13[1]10[1]640

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (5 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation7203Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms200660.65%40,510,597
2Russian Federation7503Nickel; waste and scrap200651.19%43,177,718
3Russian Federation7605Aluminium wire200636.77%23,286,746
4Syria2510Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk200632.96%16,329,366
5Saudi Arabia2909Ethers, 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 derivatives200631.39%317,089,704

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 3 occurrences

Syria: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 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.