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]

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 gas2009100.00%12,391,149,730
2Canada271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes200978.06%225,076,599
3Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane200973.21%1,451,631,816
4Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene200968.34%363,277,422
5Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas200958.87%1,536,556,823
6Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711200946.17%46,030,028

Partner frequency summary:

Canada: 5 occurrences

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

271111 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271112 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271113 - 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.