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(20 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD508(20)[2]308(16)[1]165(10)[1]105(7)[1]53(5)[1]24(2)[1]10(1)[1]
>= 50 mln USD222(11)[2]139(9)[1]71(6)[1]41(3)[1]19(2)[1]11(1)[1]6(1)[1]
>= 100 mln USD132(9)[2]83(7)[1]39(5)[1]26(3)[1]12(2)[1]6(1)[1]3(1)[1]
>= 200 mln USD65(6)[2]42(5)[1]23(4)[1]16(2)[1]6(2)[1]2(1)[1]1(1)[1]
>= 500 mln USD17(2)[2]11(2)[1]6(2)[1]4(1)[1]3(1)[1]1(1)[1]1(1)[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (20 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude200891.97%13,659,933,582
2Ukraine2306Oil-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 2305200881.73%35,685,056
3Russian Federation8605Railway 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
4Ukraine7207Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof200872.53%326,525,893
5Ukraine2814Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution200870.01%19,171,979
6Ukraine1205Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken200864.22%112,715,930
7Ukraine4402Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated200860.07%10,979,490
8Russian Federation7201Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200859.89%81,866,131
9Russian Federation9999Commodities not specified according to kind200856.82%3,222,712,833
10Russian Federation2601Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites200852.88%442,089,977
11Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200849.59%34,444,952
12Russian Federation2712Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, similar products obtained by synthesis, other processes; coloured or not200848.66%121,286,637
13Russian Federation7502Nickel; unwrought200844.94%34,483,124
14Russian Federation2803Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.200843.12%59,795,583
15Ukraine2601Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites200843.07%360,084,387
16Russian Federation3804Residual lyes 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
17Russian Federation3104Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassic200838.40%185,836,070
18Ukraine2707Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents200836.56%36,860,345
19Russian Federation2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal200831.66%492,830,157
20Ukraine7201Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200831.02%42,400,637

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 11 occurrences

Ukraine: 9 occurrences

Critical Goods in table:

2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...

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.