Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2014, 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: 2014(20 in Danger Zone)[10 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2948(20)[10]2081(10)[9]1500(6)[8]1095(3)[8]727(1)[6]447[5]224[3]
>= 50 mln USD1558(12)[8]1158(5)[7]860(2)[7]644(1)[7]438[5]264[4]136[3]
>= 100 mln USD1060(9)[7]804(3)[6]613(1)[6]474(1)[6]325[5]197[4]95[3]
>= 200 mln USD680(5)[6]536(2)[5]410[5]323[5]227[4]135[3]70[2]
>= 500 mln USD322(3)[5]252(1)[4]201[4]168[4]122[4]75[3]39[2]

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

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation310390Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; phosphatic, n.e.c. in heading no. 3103201476.22%19,911,887
2Saudi Arabia290944Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; monoalkylethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol n.e.c. in heading no. 2909201466.90%12,270,308
3Russian Federation841210Engines; reaction engines, other than turbo-jets201460.73%107,389,317
4Ukraine270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201457.74%12,780,738
5Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201455.70%29,901,023
6Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201455.18%91,091,352
7Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201445.44%869,541,275
8United Arab Emirates240319Tobacco; smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion201444.04%12,283,148
9Russian Federation400239Rubber; synthetic, halo-isobutene-isoprene rubber (CIIR or BIIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201440.29%76,737,875
10Russian Federation310280Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution201440.18%346,199,912
11Saudi Arabia292212Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, diethanolamine and its salts201439.32%29,916,328
12Russian Federation400231Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201439.13%31,557,988
13Russian Federation284420Uranium; enriched in U235, plutonium, their compounds, alloys dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products201437.82%888,138,644
14Russian Federation720221Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon201436.91%130,117,508
15Russian Federation711029Metals; palladium, semi-manufactured201436.85%133,327,293
16Russian Federation720712Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section201434.87%1,531,769,642
17Russian Federation810890Titanium; other than unwrought, n.e.c. in heading no. 8108201434.35%109,010,616
18Saudi Arabia290941Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)201431.73%78,548,453
19Russian Federation282530Vanadium oxides and hydroxides201430.90%14,955,155
20Russian Federation030614Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water201430.24%262,476,782

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 15 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

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.