Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2010, 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: 2010(20 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2747(20)[6]2007(9)[6]1478(7)[5]1070(5)[5]738(1)[3]447[1]239[1]
>= 50 mln USD1427(11)[6]1092(7)[6]834(5)[5]618(5)[5]433(1)[3]263[1]141[1]
>= 100 mln USD961(6)[5]759(4)[5]589(3)[4]449(3)[4]317[3]191[1]104[1]
>= 200 mln USD574(2)[4]452[4]357[3]279[3]211[2]135[1]73[1]
>= 500 mln USD250[4]202[4]165[3]137[3]104[2]62[1]33[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (20 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation841210Engines; reaction engines, other than turbo-jets201077.71%74,996,762
2Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201069.06%51,635,793
3Russian Federation810890Titanium; other than unwrought, n.e.c. in heading no. 8108201063.02%176,796,092
4Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201061.39%102,259,300
5Saudi Arabia270710Oils and products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; benzol (benzene)201060.66%140,861,728
6Ukraine280429Gases, rare; other than argon201057.11%21,712,448
7Russian Federation282530Vanadium oxides and hydroxides201052.26%30,217,735
8Russian Federation720221Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon201049.30%141,143,849
9Russian Federation711029Metals; palladium, semi-manufactured201047.46%58,285,731
10United Arab Emirates540490Filament, synthetic; strip and the like (e.g.. artificial straw), of synthetic textile materials of an apparent width not exceeding 5mm201039.99%22,675,796
11Ukraine310240Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or other inorganic non-fertilizing substances, mixtures thereof201039.53%10,361,000
12Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)201037.93%56,896,008
13Russian Federation030614Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water201035.49%219,263,368
14Russian Federation310530Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)201034.81%35,104,721
15Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)201034.14%309,225,011
16Russian Federation284590Isotopes other than those of heading no. 2844, 2845.20, 2845.30 or 2845.40; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined201033.51%15,718,297
17Russian Federation283526Phosphates; of calcium n.e.c. in item no. 2835.25, whether or not chemically defined201032.40%20,352,158
18Russian Federation310100Fertilizers, animal or vegetable; whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilizers, produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products201031.95%12,885,751
19Russian Federation811229Chromium and articles thereof; wrought other than waste and scrap201031.55%39,149,250
20Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)201030.09%56,214,833

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 14 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

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.