Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2008, the matrix below shows Türkiye'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.

Türkiye

Year: 2008(35 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD385(35)[2]222(23)[2]143(12)[1]84(5)532914
>= 50 mln USD149(23)[2]91(18)[2]54(8)[1]31(3)1673
>= 100 mln USD84(16)[2]56(13)[2]34(7)[1]21(2)1052
>= 200 mln USD40(13)[2]31(11)[2]19(7)[1]11(2)631
>= 500 mln USD16(6)[2]13(4)[2]7(3)[1]4(1)100

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (35 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation7601Aluminium; unwrought200863.31%1,086,283,880
2Ukraine2814Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution200862.66%212,262,619
3Russian Federation7203Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms200862.63%21,632,833
4Ukraine2508Clays; (not including expanded clays of heading no. 6806), andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth200860.63%17,566,863
5Ukraine2704Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon200860.38%58,490,989
6Ukraine2302Bran, sharps and other residues; whether or not in the form of pellets derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants200859.62%43,745,237
7Ukraine7201Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200853.59%251,159,375
8Russian Federation7207Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof200853.42%1,707,095,905
9Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200853.05%344,875,586
10Ukraine3102Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenous200853.02%499,232,234
11Russian Federation3804Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading no. 3803200853.01%11,334,432
12Russian Federation9999Commodities not specified according to kind200851.26%17,494,745,891
13Ukraine1205Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken200849.79%73,756,180
14Russian Federation7211Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated200849.19%137,917,373
15Russian Federation7408Copper wire200847.24%228,526,776
16Ukraine0402Milk and cream; concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter200846.91%30,017,469
17Russian 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 oils200846.04%5,062,152,571
18Ukraine7202Ferro-alloys200844.27%407,673,835
19Russian Federation7209Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated200843.47%313,437,063
20Syria2510Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk200842.66%68,229,638
21Russian Federation7201Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200841.37%193,886,440
22Qatar2909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives200840.86%78,792,521
23Russian Federation4407Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm200840.81%65,188,063
24Russian Federation1001Wheat and meslin200838.46%570,364,832
25Russian Federation8212Razors and razor blades; (including razor blade blanks in strips)200838.01%19,859,919
26Russian Federation2306Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305200836.47%27,302,542
27Ukraine7211Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated200835.49%99,511,665
28Russian Federation1703Molasses; resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar200835.16%14,422,906
29Ukraine2507Kaolin and other kaolinic clays; whether or not calcined200835.07%16,419,783
30Ukraine2306Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305200834.82%26,073,898
31Ukraine4403Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared200834.38%72,378,453
32Ukraine7208Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated200833.98%1,580,166,633
33Ukraine4401Fuel 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 forms200832.45%49,901,523
34Russian Federation7226Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width of less than 600mm200831.94%23,382,593
35Russian Federation4801Newsprint, in rolls or sheets200830.47%120,466,982

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 17 occurrences

Ukraine: 16 occurrences

Syria: 1 occurrence

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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

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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.