Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2013, 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: 2013(14 in Danger Zone)[9 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1729(14)[9]1173(10)[6]775(9)[6]490(8)[4]309(6)[3]170(1)88(1)
>= 50 mln USD578(6)[7]401(4)[4]260(4)[4]171(4)[2]117(3)[2]5929
>= 100 mln USD299(3)[5]210(2)[2]128(2)[2]86(2)[1]61(1)[1]3719
>= 200 mln USD152(2)[5]108(1)[2]70(1)[2]54(1)[1]41[1]2414
>= 500 mln USD44[1]34[1]20[1]151384

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (14 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation750220Nickel; unwrought, alloys201393.35%14,007,685
2Russian Federation284420Uranium; enriched in U235, plutonium, their compounds, alloys dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products201376.58%66,565,841
3Russian Federation290110Acyclic hydrocarbons; saturated201375.56%142,589,219
4Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms201372.15%63,106,124
5Russian Federation811221Chromium and articles thereof; unwrought chromium, powders201372.07%37,044,480
6Russian Federation720450Ferrous products; remelting scrap ingots201371.69%24,916,630
7Russian Federation750210Nickel; unwrought, not alloyed201367.45%344,943,075
8United Arab Emirates540490Filament, synthetic; strip and the like (e.g.. artificial straw), of synthetic textile materials of an apparent width not exceeding 5mm201360.39%17,513,201
9Russian Federation721810Steel, stainless; ingots and other primary forms201356.58%17,845,026
10Russian Federation310280Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution201347.33%10,501,259
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 0303.99201338.39%21,202,669
12Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken201337.40%334,921,471
13Russian Federation720291Ferro-alloys; ferro-titanium and ferro-silico-titanium201335.72%14,460,364
14Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils201335.09%55,635,384

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 11 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 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.