Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2016, 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: 2016(20 in Danger Zone)[8 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2826(20)[8]1998(11)[7]1439(5)[7]1029(3)[7]664(2)[7]421(2)[7]202[4]
>= 50 mln USD1525(10)[7]1125(5)[6]838(2)[6]618(1)[6]401(1)[6]258(1)[6]134[3]
>= 100 mln USD1040(10)[6]787(5)[5]592(2)[5]443(1)[5]284(1)[5]177(1)[5]92[2]
>= 200 mln USD653(5)[5]506(2)[4]387(1)[4]300[4]203[4]123[4]62[2]
>= 500 mln USD318(3)[4]250(2)[3]192(1)[3]156[3]106[3]64[3]31[1]

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

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation030311Fish; frozen, Pacific salmon, sockeye salmon (red salmon) (Oncorhynchus nerka), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99201682.98%11,776,813
2Russian Federation841210Engines; reaction engines, other than turbo-jets201680.31%167,874,606
3Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201669.03%47,529,414
4Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201657.70%582,118,124
5United Arab Emirates240319Tobacco; smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion201655.35%18,270,267
6Russian Federation711029Metals; palladium, semi-manufactured201649.02%136,887,426
7Russian 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 products201646.15%1,033,669,196
8Qatar280429Gases, rare; other than argon201645.48%41,716,492
9Saudi Arabia290723Polyphenols; 4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts201643.34%18,652,258
10Russian Federation400231Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201641.32%19,116,656
11Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)201640.27%134,660,171
12Russian Federation310280Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution201634.70%173,576,785
13Russian 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-section201634.10%539,566,660
14Russian Federation811229Chromium and articles thereof; wrought other than waste and scrap201634.05%27,351,101
15Russian Federation030614Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water201633.59%345,749,425
16Russian Federation810890Titanium; other than unwrought, n.e.c. in heading no. 8108201632.87%113,526,131
17Saudi Arabia292212Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, diethanolamine and its salts201632.76%17,438,804
18Russian Federation711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form201632.24%437,326,119
19Russian 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 defined201631.62%19,589,193
20Saudi Arabia270710Oils and products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; benzol (benzene)201631.07%39,332,224

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 15 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Qatar: 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.