Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2008, the matrix below shows Norway'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.

Norway

Year: 2008(11 in Danger Zone)[4 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD534(11)[4]379(8)[2]268(8)[1]170(3)110(3)67(2)31(1)
>= 50 mln USD105(6)[4]79(5)[2]65(5)[1]41(1)29(1)20(1)11
>= 100 mln USD42(1)[4]35(1)[2]29(1)[1]19(1)13(1)9(1)4
>= 200 mln USD22(1)[3]20(1)[2]18(1)[1]11(1)10(1)6(1)3
>= 500 mln USD7(1)[1]6(1)6(1)3(1)3(1)2(1)1

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (11 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine120890Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits; excluding soya beans and mustard seeds200899.71%14,144,167
2Russian Federation760110Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)200884.20%865,299,440
3Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils200873.29%20,556,927
4Russian Federation030352-- Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)200859.69%80,948,660
5Russian Federation251020Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; ground200859.35%97,866,134
6Russian Federation720711Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness200858.96%71,335,729
7Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated200852.87%10,077,485
8Russian Federation760120Aluminium; unwrought, alloys200850.61%79,595,981
9Russian Federation720827Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, pickled, of a thickness of less than 3mm200835.33%10,738,873
10Russian Federation310420Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, potassium chloride200830.90%51,043,732
11Saudi Arabia290919Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether200830.10%47,507,095

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 8 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

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.