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(2 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD746(2)[1]489(1)[1]313(1)[1]219[1]146[1]8949
>= 50 mln USD537(1)[1]354[1]232[1]163[1]105[1]6034
>= 100 mln USD417(1)[1]270[1]179[1]124[1]82[1]4827
>= 200 mln USD291(1)[1]195[1]132[1]95[1]59[1]3218
>= 500 mln USD159[1]116[1]81[1]60[1]37[1]1811

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (2 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation2843Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals200552.12%49,622,724
2Saudi Arabia2909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives200530.38%395,545,280

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Legend:

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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.