Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2003, 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: 2003(19 in Danger Zone)[7 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2358(19)[7]1692(7)[6]1213(4)[5]872(3)[5]590(2)[5]389(2)[2]195[2]
>= 50 mln USD1118(8)[4]839[4]613[4]443[4]305[4]196[1]103[1]
>= 100 mln USD692(5)[4]537[4]419[4]309[4]210[4]126[1]63[1]
>= 200 mln USD405(4)[4]318[4]260[4]195[4]138[4]82[1]37[1]
>= 500 mln USD157(2)[3]131[3]110[3]86[3]63[3]37[1]19[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (19 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation841210Engines; reaction engines, other than turbo-jets200385.59%23,809,108
2Russian Federation310530Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)200383.32%25,562,386
3Russian Federation810411Magnesium; unwrought, containing at least 99.8% by weight of magnesium200367.72%48,772,049
4Russian Federation722511Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented200356.04%20,294,738
5Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)200347.26%20,583,442
6Russian Federation810890Titanium; other than unwrought, n.e.c. in heading no. 8108200346.39%40,475,263
7Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon200341.19%12,389,393
8Russian 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 products200338.97%911,943,041
9Saudi Arabia290211Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane200338.93%41,333,816
10Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)200337.61%61,538,528
11Russian Federation730210Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material; rails200335.57%45,955,624
12Russian Federation711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form200335.44%183,783,685
13Russian Federation760110Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)200335.11%849,939,591
14Russian Federation711029Metals; palladium, semi-manufactured200334.75%50,384,980
15Saudi Arabia290919Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether200334.18%335,878,212
16Russian Federation880260Spacecraft; (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles200333.27%62,810,642
17Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)200331.71%17,315,724
18Russian Federation030614Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water200330.48%205,539,580
19Russian Federation284590Isotopes other than those of heading no. 2844, 2845.20, 2845.30 or 2845.40; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined200330.05%13,869,622

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 15 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 4 occurrences

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.