Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2007, 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: 2007(17 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2691(17)[6]1947(13)[6]1389(6)[5]996(4)[4]660(3)[3]404(1)[3]206[1]
>= 50 mln USD1435(7)[5]1069(6)[5]800(3)[5]582(2)[4]387(2)[3]230[3]116[1]
>= 100 mln USD961(5)[4]747(4)[4]573(1)[4]431[3]292[2]169[2]84[1]
>= 200 mln USD564(2)[4]445(2)[4]346[4]271[3]190[2]111[2]59[1]
>= 500 mln USD252[4]204[4]165[4]132[3]93[2]50[2]23[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 gas200799.98%22,369,801,307
2Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200785.50%604,103,908
3Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200785.08%65,623,249
4Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200764.77%1,942,149,413
5Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas200755.65%3,390,113,828
6Saudi Arabia271129Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, other than natural gas200740.63%16,140,629

Partner frequency summary:

Canada: 4 occurrences

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 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.