Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2015, 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: 2015(15 in Danger Zone)[8 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2934(15)[8]2063(10)[7]1507(5)[7]1069(2)[7]716(2)[7]439(1)[6]222[3]
>= 50 mln USD1597(11)[8]1181(7)[7]882(3)[7]635(2)[7]432(2)[7]264(1)[6]139[3]
>= 100 mln USD1060(7)[6]806(4)[5]614(1)[5]445(1)[5]315(1)[5]196[4]96[2]
>= 200 mln USD689(3)[6]542(2)[5]418[5]315[5]234[5]143[4]73[2]
>= 500 mln USD322(2)[4]253(2)[3]199[3]156[3]112[3]75[2]33[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (15 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201580.85%63,010,432
2Russian Federation841210Engines; reaction engines, other than turbo-jets201577.27%163,818,582
3Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201556.36%86,801,250
4United Arab Emirates240319Tobacco; smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion201554.07%15,502,756
5Russian Federation400231Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201550.43%33,490,511
6Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)201549.61%148,903,896
7Russian Federation310551Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing nitrates and phosphates201549.56%21,440,451
8Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201548.49%663,150,836
9Russian 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 products201545.86%862,644,052
10Ukraine280429Gases, rare; other than argon201544.77%75,879,509
11Russian Federation720221Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon201539.32%115,570,788
12Russian Federation711029Metals; palladium, semi-manufactured201536.85%84,590,317
13Saudi Arabia292212Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, diethanolamine and its salts201535.98%22,141,523
14Russian Federation310280Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution201535.61%282,163,767
15Russian Federation810890Titanium; other than unwrought, n.e.c. in heading no. 8108201530.88%101,077,291

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 12 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 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.