Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2011, 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: 2011(21 in Danger Zone)[6 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2842(21)[6]2063(12)[4]1499(6)[4]1059(5)[4]744(2)[3]447(1)[2]244[2]
>= 50 mln USD1522(11)[6]1164(8)[4]870(4)[4]636(3)[4]450(1)[3]272(1)[2]150[2]
>= 100 mln USD1031(6)[5]809(5)[4]615(2)[4]460(1)[4]323[3]197[2]110[2]
>= 200 mln USD628(3)[4]502(2)[3]393(1)[3]293(1)[3]209[2]126[1]71[1]
>= 500 mln USD287(1)[4]237(1)[3]189[3]149[3]111[2]68[1]38[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 gas201199.85%11,541,809,642
2Canada271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes201197.09%163,431,656
3Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane201175.74%1,899,887,787
4Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene201162.49%902,747,496
5Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas201138.27%817,958,320
6Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711201132.80%74,958,666

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.