Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2019, 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: 2019(10 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD749(10)[6]573(8)[6]437(4)[5]303(2)[5]201(2)[4]121[2]65[1]
>= 50 mln USD141(3)[5]111(3)[5]90[5]66[5]43[4]30[2]16[1]
>= 100 mln USD64(2)[5]48(2)[5]37[5]28[5]18[4]12[2]7[1]
>= 200 mln USD18[1]14[1]13[1]8[1]632
>= 500 mln USD5[1]5[1]4[1]3[1]200

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

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation292610Nitrile-function compounds; acrylonitrile201971.34%41,322,711
2Russian Federation270799Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707201970.48%35,228,603
3Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken201958.62%40,273,298
4Russian 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 walnut201955.30%20,414,377
5Saudi Arabia290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene201949.89%178,397,051
6Russian Federation030363Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99201949.25%96,085,576
7Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified201942.51%17,293,056
8Ukraine100590Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed201940.90%159,882,806
9Lebanon780110Lead; unwrought, refined201939.61%13,925,942
10Russian Federation720310Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms201935.30%20,358,413

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 5 occurrences

Ukraine: 3 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Lebanon: 1 occurrence

Legend:

(n)

The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.

[n]

The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.