Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2005, 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: 2005(21 in Danger Zone)[7 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2625(21)[7]1825(12)[5]1309(7)[5]925(4)[3]630(3)[2]391(1)[1]212[1]
>= 50 mln USD1319(8)[6]969(3)[4]724(1)[4]523(1)[3]351[2]210[1]113[1]
>= 100 mln USD863(6)[4]655(2)[4]501[4]364[3]245[2]148[1]79[1]
>= 200 mln USD506(5)[4]395(2)[4]307[4]239[3]167[2]103[1]57[1]
>= 500 mln USD203(2)[3]161[3]136[3]104[2]75[1]49[1]32[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 gas200599.86%29,789,137,722
2Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200572.29%433,881,488
3Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas200564.73%3,480,826,933
4Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200559.28%1,708,376,998
5Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200550.53%31,147,424
6Saudi Arabia271129Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, other than natural gas200539.78%94,458,344
7Algeria271129Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, other than natural gas200537.73%89,598,402

Partner frequency summary:

Canada: 4 occurrences

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Algeria: 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.