Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2009, 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: 2009(16 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2521(16)[6]1862(9)[6]1387(6)[5]991(2)[4]672(1)[3]401[1]213[1]
>= 50 mln USD1270(9)[5]980(5)[5]755(3)[5]557(1)[4]388[3]231[1]122[1]
>= 100 mln USD835(7)[5]659(3)[5]519(1)[5]393[4]281[3]172[1]88[1]
>= 200 mln USD496(3)[5]394[5]323[5]255[4]190[3]114[1]57[1]
>= 500 mln USD203[3]160[3]132[3]109[2]83[2]47[1]22[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (16 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine280429Gases, rare; other than argon200970.25%23,080,241
2Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon200964.79%82,549,366
3Saudi Arabia270710Oils and products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; benzol (benzene)200953.52%105,297,895
4Russian Federation841210Engines; reaction engines, other than turbo-jets200952.94%19,577,537
5Russian Federation720221Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon200952.63%61,266,541
6Bahrain761410Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), with steel core200951.65%27,483,586
7Russian Federation810890Titanium; other than unwrought, n.e.c. in heading no. 8108200945.71%106,282,027
8Russian Federation310280Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution200943.22%108,623,700
9Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip200942.90%13,195,755
10Russian Federation030614Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water200938.31%267,288,203
11United Arab Emirates540490Filament, synthetic; strip and the like (e.g.. artificial straw), of synthetic textile materials of an apparent width not exceeding 5mm200936.28%24,254,545
12Russian Federation711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form200935.13%200,070,857
13Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)200935.11%37,256,896
14Russian Federation711029Metals; palladium, semi-manufactured200932.71%20,435,292
15Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)200931.69%131,732,355
16Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms200931.22%284,050,691

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 10 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

Bahrain: 1 occurrence

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Legend:

(n)

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.