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]

Critical Goods Bottlenecks (6 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Canada271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas200099.92%11,993,967,508
2Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200083.74%230,429,124
3Canada271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes200079.65%169,445,323
4Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200078.16%1,012,462,914
5Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200065.37%100,117,140
6Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas200055.36%326,987,809

Partner frequency summary:

Canada: 5 occurrences

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

271111 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271112 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271113 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271114 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271119 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271121 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

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.