Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2018, the matrix below shows Portugal'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.

Portugal

Year: 2018(7 in Danger Zone)[8 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD797(7)[8]609(5)[7]437(2)[5]312(1)[4]192[2]117[2]77[1]
>= 50 mln USD160(4)[6]131(3)[5]96(1)[3]73(1)[3]45[2]33[2]22[1]
>= 100 mln USD63(1)[5]54[5]42[3]32[3]23[2]14[2]9[1]
>= 200 mln USD23[3]19[3]12[1]10[1]9[1]5[1]4[1]
>= 500 mln USD4[2]4[2]2[1]1[1]1[1]1[1]1[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (7 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation292610Nitrile-function compounds; acrylonitrile201863.48%50,881,372
2Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken201852.43%37,325,195
3Russian Federation441233Plywood; with sheets of wood only; not bamboo; each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut201848.75%20,029,431
4Saudi Arabia290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene201844.31%82,626,646
5Russian Federation030363Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99201840.38%88,605,353
6Russian Federation720429Ferrous waste and scrap; of alloy steel (excluding stainless)201833.36%10,717,951
7Ukraine100590Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed201832.26%177,544,990

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 4 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

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.