Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2008, the matrix below shows Poland'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.

Poland

Year: 2008(43 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD1178(43)[5]824(37)[1]532(23)[1]347(19)[1]212(12)[1]97(4)[1]43(4)[1]
>= 50 mln USD316(18)[5]220(16)[1]128(10)[1]83(7)[1]50(5)[1]22(2)[1]9(2)[1]
>= 100 mln USD132(11)[4]93(9)[1]58(8)[1]40(6)[1]31(5)[1]11(2)[1]6(2)[1]
>= 200 mln USD54(8)[4]39(7)[1]29(6)[1]19(4)[1]13(3)[1]5(2)[1]3(2)[1]
>= 500 mln USD14(2)[1]10(2)[1]9(2)[1]4(1)[1]4(1)[1]1(1)[1]1(1)[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (43 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip200899.34%39,171,704
2Ukraine720712Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section200894.16%305,978,286
3Russian Federation270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude200891.97%13,659,933,582
4Ukraine230630Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils200891.49%34,290,249
5Russian Federation860500Railway or tramway coaches; passenger coaches, luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading no. 8604)200878.07%10,200,000
6Ukraine270799Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707200875.62%28,645,601
7Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken200872.92%112,370,640
8Ukraine291532Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate200872.17%16,756,433
9Russian Federation260112Iron ores and concentrates; agglomerated (excluding roasted iron pyrites)200870.71%200,764,825
10Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified200870.51%23,297,352
11Ukraine281410Ammonia; anhydrous200870.31%19,171,979
12Russian Federation271290Paraffin wax; containing by weight 0.75% or more of oil, obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured200870.05%100,398,928
13Russian Federation270119Coal; (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated200869.16%361,791,237
14Ukraine250830Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined200868.31%16,005,083
15Iran080250- Pistachios200860.91%10,391,166
16Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200860.75%81,866,131
17Ukraine440290Wood; charcoal of wood other than bamboo, nut or shell, whether or not agglomerated200860.64%10,979,490
18Russian Federation290110Acyclic hydrocarbons; saturated200860.32%17,174,072
19Ukraine441872-- Other, multilayer200860.04%19,790,280
20Ukraine720230Ferro-alloys; ferro-silico-manganese200858.22%61,380,535
21Russian Federation999999Commodities not specified according to kind200856.82%3,222,712,833
22Ukraine845530Metal-rolling mills; rolls thereof200850.45%17,792,153
23Ukraine260111Iron ores and concentrates; non-agglomerated200850.16%276,930,336
24Russian Federation030352-- Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)200849.39%25,585,613
25Russian Federation750210Nickel; unwrought, not alloyed200848.60%34,448,290
26Russian Federation310210Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution200846.33%52,292,748
27Ukraine270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated200844.38%51,333,452
28Russian Federation760110Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)200844.30%92,321,970
29Russian Federation260111Iron ores and concentrates; non-agglomerated200843.71%241,325,152
30Russian Federation280300Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.200843.12%59,795,583
31Russian Federation290511Alcohols; saturated monohydric, methanol (methyl alcohol)200842.71%80,980,470
32Russian Federation290723Polyphenols; 4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts200842.61%16,229,791
33Russian Federation283531Polyphosphates; sodium triphosphate (sodium tripolyphosphate), whether or not chemically defined200841.81%29,517,992
34Ukraine440791Wood; oak (Quercus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, thicker than 6mm200840.83%27,180,628
35Russian Federation380400Lyes, residual; from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates but excluding tall oil of heading no. 3803200840.54%10,737,794
36Ukraine721190Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, n.e.c. in heading no. 7211, width less than 600mm200840.28%14,483,010
37Ukraine730619Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (other than of stainless steel or seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73200840.04%11,052,696
38Russian Federation310420Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, potassium chloride200839.80%185,836,070
39Ukraine151411Vegetable oils; low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude200835.83%11,574,876
40Russian Federation441232-- Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood200834.70%22,169,282
41Russian Federation271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200833.77%307,632,406
42Ukraine720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200831.46%42,400,637
43Ukraine151219Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200830.78%11,147,600

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 22 occurrences

Ukraine: 20 occurrences

Iran: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...

271119 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

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.