Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2015, the matrix below shows Romania'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.

Romania

Year: 2015(13 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD244(13)[5]146(10)[4]83(5)47(4)33(4)16(3)8(1)
>= 50 mln USD70(7)[4]49(6)[4]27(3)11(2)9(2)5(1)3
>= 100 mln USD32(2)[3]22(2)[3]133311
>= 200 mln USD13(2)[3]10(2)[3]61100
>= 500 mln USD5(2)[3]4(2)[3]10000

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (13 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation2510Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk201599.61%13,139,548
2Ukraine4401Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms; wood in chip or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms201589.52%13,963,558
3Ukraine4403Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared201586.79%99,092,648
4Russian Federation2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal201575.09%57,931,215
5Ukraine2601Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites201551.06%82,671,042
6Russian Federation2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons201549.59%63,560,076
7Russian Federation2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives201546.59%32,455,639
8Russian Federation2710Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils201546.36%560,944,258
9Russian Federation2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude201544.70%1,125,574,763
10Russian Federation7224Alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, semi-finished products of other alloy steel201542.50%40,464,252
11Ukraine7202Ferro-alloys201539.46%22,430,030
12Russian Federation4002Synthetic rubber and factice derived from oils, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip; mixtures of heading no. 4001 and 4002, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201537.96%66,982,551
13Ukraine4407Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm201536.25%15,825,891

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 8 occurrences

Ukraine: 5 occurrences

Critical Goods in table:

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

2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

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.