Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2021, 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: 2021(14 in Danger Zone)[10 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD864(14)[10]671(9)[6]493(5)[4]338(4)[4]238(3)[2]153(3)[2]87(1)[2]
>= 50 mln USD170(5)[8]137(3)[5]99(2)[4]73(2)[4]50(2)[2]32(2)[2]21(1)[2]
>= 100 mln USD81(3)[8]61(2)[5]42(1)[4]34(1)[4]25(1)[2]17(1)[2]13(1)[2]
>= 200 mln USD27[6]20[3]16[2]12[2]9[1]7[1]5[1]
>= 500 mln USD7[4]4[1]32111

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (14 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation270799Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707202194.45%169,409,870
2Russian Federation292610Nitrile-function compounds; acrylonitrile202184.09%51,784,428
3Russian Federation281610Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium202183.76%10,360,398
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 walnut202164.48%32,819,674
5Russian Federation720429Ferrous waste and scrap; of alloy steel (excluding stainless)202159.01%14,471,605
6Ukraine720230Ferro-alloys; ferro-silico-manganese202148.51%15,612,901
7Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202145.93%38,664,458
8Lebanon780110Lead; unwrought, refined202144.71%17,797,291
9Saudi Arabia290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene202143.93%162,592,678
10Ukraine100590Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed202136.77%179,414,169
11Russian Federation720441Ferrous waste and scrap; turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust, filings, trimmings and stampings, whether or not in bundles202136.57%14,143,181
12Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken202134.38%30,751,461
13Russian Federation030363Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99202134.36%50,459,517
14Russian Federation280300Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.202131.63%13,838,411

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 8 occurrences

Ukraine: 4 occurrences

Lebanon: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 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.