Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2009, 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: 2009(20 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD491(20)[3]301(15)[2]163(13)[1]101(9)[1]53(7)[1]27(4)[1]11(2)[1]
>= 50 mln USD189(8)[3]120(6)[2]62(5)[1]31(3)[1]15(3)[1]9(2)[1]3(1)[1]
>= 100 mln USD87(5)[3]57(5)[2]32(4)[1]17(3)[1]11(3)[1]5(2)[1]1(1)[1]
>= 200 mln USD46(4)[3]32(4)[2]16(3)[1]10(2)[1]7(2)[1]4(2)[1]1(1)[1]
>= 500 mln USD18(3)[2]12(3)[1]8(3)[1]6(2)[1]5(2)[1]3(2)[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; crude200992.46%7,799,058,844
2Russian 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)200991.39%11,952,347
3Russian Federation4705Wood pulp obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping processes200980.82%20,807,151
4Russian Federation9999Commodities not specified according to kind200980.57%2,831,837,575
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 2305200973.41%47,544,692
6Ukraine4402Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated200971.85%15,547,217
7Ukraine2601Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites200970.63%186,294,396
8Ukraine1404Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included200969.87%13,870,980
9Russian Federation7201Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200968.42%35,115,670
10Ukraine7207Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof200956.83%38,279,340
11Russian Federation2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal200952.01%553,587,293
12Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200951.39%25,318,951
13Russian Federation2803Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.200950.37%53,845,956
14Russian Federation2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons200949.73%465,907,963
15Russian Federation2814Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution200941.20%11,022,489
16Ukraine1205Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken200938.40%53,289,370
17Russian 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 not200938.13%85,285,887
18Ukraine2814Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution200938.02%10,169,801
19Syria2510Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk200936.91%19,262,376
20Ukraine2707Oils 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 constituents200931.06%13,401,561

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 10 occurrences

Ukraine: 9 occurrences

Syria: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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

2711 - 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.