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]

Critical Goods Bottlenecks (7 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Canada271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas200399.91%16,115,662,762
2Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200398.73%44,600,289
3Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200374.63%1,242,378,508
4Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas200371.73%1,961,837,194
5Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200370.40%227,540,166
6Norway271129Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, other than natural gas200344.50%13,220,672
7Venezuela271129Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, other than natural gas200336.46%10,831,374

Partner frequency summary:

Canada: 4 occurrences

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 occurrence

Norway: 1 occurrence

Venezuela: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

271111 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271112 - 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...

271129 - 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.