Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2006, 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: 2006(23 in Danger Zone)[7 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2677(23)[7]1870(14)[6]1355(12)[5]953(9)[5]637(6)[2]403(3)[1]213(1)[1]
>= 50 mln USD1402(11)[6]1032(6)[6]776(5)[5]542(3)[5]363(2)[2]222(1)[1]123(1)[1]
>= 100 mln USD935(8)[4]719(4)[4]555(3)[4]400(1)[4]260(1)[2]160[1]88[1]
>= 200 mln USD555(3)[4]429(1)[4]340[4]252[4]172[2]108[1]63[1]
>= 500 mln USD246(2)[4]188[4]159[4]119[4]84[2]53[1]31[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (23 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine880260Spacecraft; (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles2006100.00%61,448,471
2Russian Federation310530Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)200681.86%26,162,343
3Russian Federation841210Engines; reaction engines, other than turbo-jets200680.14%26,753,595
4Russian Federation711029Metals; palladium, semi-manufactured200679.37%112,204,861
5Saudi Arabia290944Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; monoalkylethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol n.e.c. in heading no. 2909200676.68%11,782,017
6Russian Federation720120Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0.5% of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200671.01%43,645,110
7Russian Federation722511Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, of silicon-electrical steel, grain-oriented200669.14%46,933,733
8Russian Federation284390Inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, n.e.c.; amalgams200663.25%72,819,849
9Russian Federation310590Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; n.e.c. in heading no. 3105200661.68%21,465,269
10Russian Federation283526Phosphates; of calcium n.e.c. in item no. 2835.25, whether or not chemically defined200655.35%28,772,817
11Saudi Arabia270710Oils and products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; benzol (benzene)200651.55%123,798,015
12Russian Federation810890Titanium; other than unwrought, n.e.c. in heading no. 8108200650.67%100,118,156
13Russian Federation030614Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water200646.46%332,488,686
14Russian Federation720291Ferro-alloys; ferro-titanium and ferro-silico-titanium200643.32%27,834,126
15Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)200639.53%92,290,881
16Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon200638.74%19,432,050
17Saudi Arabia290919Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether200638.67%133,763,120
18Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip200638.07%15,267,295
19Russian Federation310280Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution200634.11%128,804,634
20Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)200633.23%38,868,488
21Russian Federation810411Magnesium; unwrought, containing at least 99.8% by weight of magnesium200631.00%22,882,160
22Russian Federation740811Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm200630.42%724,504,213
23Russian 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 products200630.20%841,074,254

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 17 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 5 occurrences

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

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.