Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2009, 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: 2009(6 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD275(6)[2]167(5)106(3)66(3)41(2)17(1)6
>= 50 mln USD71(3)[2]44(3)34(3)25(3)16(2)6(1)2
>= 100 mln USD39(1)[2]26(1)18(1)13(1)8(1)42
>= 200 mln USD17(1)[1]12(1)10(1)6(1)3(1)10
>= 500 mln USD6[1]431100

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (6 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation2510Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk200985.86%75,903,293
2Russian Federation7601Aluminium; unwrought200974.76%454,723,969
3Russian Federation0303Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304200964.57%52,291,381
4Russian Federation7207Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof200942.17%19,080,966
5Ukraine2306Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305200941.60%21,499,004
6Ukraine2814Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution200937.73%18,555,808

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 4 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

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.