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]

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 gas200699.87%24,211,018,581
2Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200673.40%543,020,136
3Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas200666.97%3,060,744,665
4Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200664.32%1,816,638,515
5Nigeria271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200663.87%74,698,035
6Algeria271129Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, other than natural gas200643.55%77,085,256
7Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200633.47%39,138,670

Partner frequency summary:

Canada: 4 occurrences

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 occurrence

Nigeria: 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.