Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2005, the matrix below shows Syria'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.

Syria

Year: 2005(18 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD76(18)[1]55(17)[1]40(13)32(9)22(6)18(6)8(2)
>= 50 mln USD18(9)14(9)11(7)9(5)7(4)6(4)2(1)
>= 100 mln USD5(4)5(4)5(4)5(4)4(4)4(4)1(1)
>= 200 mln USD0000000
>= 500 mln USD0000000

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (18 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine7207Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof200591.32%164,277,707
2United Arab Emirates7601Aluminium; unwrought200590.08%40,619,500
3Ukraine7214Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling200588.99%135,623,865
4Ukraine7217Wire of iron or non-alloy steel200588.85%130,694,936
5Ukraine7208Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated200583.71%153,104,560
6Russian Federation8430Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals, or ores; pile drivers and extractors; snow ploughs and snow blowers200580.44%35,712,993
7Saudi Arabia3902Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms200569.55%68,868,773
8Ukraine7213Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils200562.40%26,163,571
9Russian Federation1001Wheat and meslin200560.65%18,565,363
10Ukraine7216Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections200559.86%32,412,092
11Russian Federation4407Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm200559.18%78,340,160
12Lebanon2523Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers200555.97%61,392,599
13Russian Federation7306Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73200553.38%11,095,437
14Ukraine1003Barley200547.60%51,929,860
15United Arab Emirates1517Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16200546.75%13,528,604
16Saudi Arabia3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms200544.77%96,946,324
17Ukraine7209Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated200543.05%21,324,525
18Ukraine3102Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenous200531.47%28,616,955

Partner frequency summary:

Ukraine: 9 occurrences

Russian Federation: 4 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences

Lebanon: 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.