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]

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 gas2004100.00%20,236,732,817
2Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200494.58%313,909,125
3Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200492.62%39,243,677
4Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas200469.09%2,796,126,975
5Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200465.57%1,407,374,820
6Indonesia271129Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, other than natural gas200439.85%36,574,452

Partner frequency summary:

Canada: 4 occurrences

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 occurrence

Indonesia: 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.