Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2000, the matrix below shows USA'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.

USA

Year: 2000(17 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2239(17)[6]1624(10)[6]1165(6)[6]829(4)[5]560(1)[4]361[2]193[1]
>= 50 mln USD1029(9)[6]774(4)[6]567(3)[6]409(2)[5]279[4]183[2]97[1]
>= 100 mln USD629(6)[6]487(3)[6]369(3)[6]273(2)[5]190[4]129[2]69[1]
>= 200 mln USD367(5)[4]284(3)[4]222(3)[4]162(2)[3]111[3]74[2]37[1]
>= 500 mln USD139(3)[2]108(2)[2]93(2)[2]69(1)[2]48[2]32[1]16[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (17 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation310530Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)200077.98%12,989,229
2Russian Federation284420Uranium; enriched in U235, plutonium, their compounds, alloys dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products200067.69%935,412,800
3Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)200066.43%23,497,665
4Russian Federation711029Metals; palladium, semi-manufactured200064.65%228,385,233
5Russian Federation722511Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented200054.00%16,542,197
6Russian Federation711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form200051.38%1,603,234,150
7Russian Federation760410Aluminium; (not alloyed), bars, rods and profiles200048.90%50,874,395
8Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon200046.70%26,564,149
9Russian Federation841210Engines; reaction engines, other than turbo-jets200045.15%18,674,116
10Russian Federation810411Magnesium; unwrought, containing at least 99.8% by weight of magnesium200042.07%22,773,398
11Russian Federation810890Titanium; other than unwrought, n.e.c. in heading no. 8108200039.24%24,757,181
12Russian Federation760110Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)200038.77%643,675,048
13Saudi Arabia220710Undenatured ethyl alcohol; of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher200038.01%57,061,156
14Kuwait271311Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals200036.46%30,504,930
15Russian Federation711031Metals; rhodium, unwrought or in powder form200034.25%234,819,728
16Russian Federation030614Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water200033.23%152,197,087
17Ukraine880260Spacecraft; (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles200033.08%71,847,585

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 14 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Kuwait: 1 occurrence

Ukraine: 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.