Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2002, 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: 2002(17 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2311(17)[6]1651(9)[6]1177(3)[6]854(2)[5]559(1)[3]368[3]202[2]
>= 50 mln USD1056(6)[6]802(1)[6]595[6]445[5]287[3]193[3]102[2]
>= 100 mln USD655(5)[5]504(1)[5]392[5]295[4]189[2]119[2]64[1]
>= 200 mln USD362(4)[3]284(1)[3]229[3]170[3]106[2]69[2]34[1]
>= 500 mln USD140(2)[3]113(1)[3]94[3]70[3]46[2]34[2]17[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 gas200299.89%10,182,484,977
2Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200294.32%87,236,550
3Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200283.23%883,221,933
4Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas200269.94%631,904,968
5Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200264.15%180,384,113
6Canada271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes200258.98%146,906,016

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.