Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2012, 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: 2012(19 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1750(19)[6]1201(14)[5]782(12)[2]490(8)[1]309(5)172(4)78(2)
>= 50 mln USD568(5)[3]409(4)[3]274(4)[1]172(3)[1]121(3)68(3)30(1)
>= 100 mln USD292(3)[2]211(3)[2]138(3)[1]85(3)[1]64(3)38(3)17(1)
>= 200 mln USD136(1)[2]94(1)[2]65(1)[1]46(1)[1]33(1)20(1)11
>= 500 mln USD45(1)[1]31(1)[1]21(1)[1]19(1)[1]15(1)11(1)5

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

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms201299.97%161,992,145
2Russian Federation750220Nickel; unwrought, alloys201292.40%17,055,135
3Russian Federation750210Nickel; unwrought, not alloyed201287.12%519,847,051
4Russian Federation290110Acyclic hydrocarbons; saturated201283.48%164,319,006
5Russian Federation720450Ferrous products; remelting scrap ingots201273.80%48,931,114
6Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201267.59%31,226,612
7Russian Federation720690Iron or non-alloy steel; primary forms (excluding ingots and iron of heading no. 7203)201263.81%24,415,190
8Russian Federation721810Steel, stainless; ingots and other primary forms201262.31%17,277,028
9Russian Federation811221Chromium and articles thereof; unwrought chromium, powders201257.28%39,748,802
10Saudi Arabia290211Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane201254.68%78,743,399
11Russian Federation030363Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99201252.13%29,449,942
12Russian Federation720292Ferro-alloys; ferro-vanadium201250.72%15,566,939
13United Arab Emirates540490Filament, synthetic; strip and the like (e.g.. artificial straw), of synthetic textile materials of an apparent width not exceeding 5mm201248.34%10,357,350
14Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201240.96%22,799,730
15Russian Federation720291Ferro-alloys; ferro-titanium and ferro-silico-titanium201238.54%23,627,552
16Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201236.91%51,383,516
17Russian Federation071310Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried201235.45%14,882,218
18Saudi Arabia290539Alcohols; acyclic, diols, other than ethylene glycol (ethandiol) or propylene glycol (propane-1,2-diol)201232.25%40,139,089
19Russian Federation030471Fish fillets; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)201232.19%21,396,197

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 15 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

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.