Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2004, 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: 2004(21 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2509(21)[6]1780(12)[5]1283(7)[5]928(4)[5]629(2)[3]400(1)[3]208(1)[3]
>= 50 mln USD1244(10)[4]921(4)[4]680(1)[4]508[4]336[2]202[2]112[2]
>= 100 mln USD802(6)[4]621(2)[4]477[4]364[4]240[2]142[2]82[2]
>= 200 mln USD462(4)[4]358(2)[4]283[4]217[4]142[2]82[2]51[2]
>= 500 mln USD193(2)[3]156(2)[3]126[3]101[3]69[1]42[1]28[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (21 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine880260Spacecraft; (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles2004100.00%39,383,755
2Russian Federation841210Engines; reaction engines, other than turbo-jets200477.49%23,532,157
3Russian Federation280429Gases, rare; other than argon200466.29%11,012,563
4Russian Federation722511Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented200464.49%25,039,681
5Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated200454.55%18,729,353
6Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon200451.54%28,623,719
7Russian Federation711029Metals; palladium, semi-manufactured200450.43%72,978,581
8Russian Federation810411Magnesium; unwrought, containing at least 99.8% by weight of magnesium200449.67%39,704,939
9Russian Federation810890Titanium; other than unwrought, n.e.c. in heading no. 8108200449.61%50,505,636
10Russian Federation720291Ferro-alloys; ferro-titanium and ferro-silico-titanium200444.55%17,652,013
11Russian Federation760110Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)200442.29%1,342,315,976
12Russian 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 products200441.86%825,870,686
13Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)200439.51%75,469,854
14Russian Federation720837Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm200435.86%123,872,356
15Saudi Arabia290919Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether200434.51%291,601,791
16Russian 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 defined200433.84%12,035,872
17Russian Federation720836Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness exceeding 10mm200433.16%23,137,178
18Russian Federation711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form200431.78%250,288,838
19Ukraine720851Iron or non-alloy steel; (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm200431.34%64,712,770
20Russian Federation310280Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution200431.03%100,950,805
21Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)200430.19%29,239,573

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 16 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

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.