Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2008, 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: 2008(17 in Danger Zone)[5 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2745(17)[5]1973(13)[4]1431(9)[4]1014(4)[4]671(3)[2]416(1)[1]227(1)[1]
>= 50 mln USD1486(8)[5]1103(5)[4]824(3)[4]588(2)[4]406(1)[2]246[1]132[1]
>= 100 mln USD1011(6)[4]771(4)[4]596(3)[4]436(2)[4]297(1)[2]177[1]95[1]
>= 200 mln USD606(3)[4]470(1)[4]370(1)[4]279[4]205[2]123[1]65[1]
>= 500 mln USD259(1)[4]204(1)[4]172(1)[4]139[4]102[2]59[1]28[1]

Critical Goods Bottlenecks (5 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Canada271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas2008100.00%26,702,968,147
2Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas200872.70%2,787,524,294
3Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200867.40%717,619,424
4Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200867.32%2,406,572,534
5Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200835.75%61,836,945

Partner frequency summary:

Canada: 4 occurrences

Trinidad and Tobago: 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...

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.