Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2017, 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: 2017(18 in Danger Zone)[8 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2910(18)[8]2030(8)[7]1467(6)[7]1059(3)[7]683(3)[6]402(1)[6]206[5]
>= 50 mln USD1582(11)[8]1172(5)[7]857(3)[7]630(2)[7]417(2)[6]251(1)[6]132[5]
>= 100 mln USD1101(10)[7]831(4)[6]623(2)[6]453(1)[6]301(1)[5]191(1)[5]102[4]
>= 200 mln USD701(6)[6]536(3)[5]412(2)[5]305(1)[5]204(1)[4]131(1)[4]71[3]
>= 500 mln USD331(4)[4]255(2)[3]206(1)[3]156[3]110[3]72[3]35[2]

Critical Goods Bottlenecks (8 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Canada271020Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals2017100.00%194,504,086
2Canada271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas201799.82%7,933,253,186
3Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711201795.05%61,285,435
4Canada271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes201794.51%223,115,792
5Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas201790.29%562,487,849
6Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane201788.78%1,494,875,103
7Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene201768.76%292,729,885
8Canada270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude201738.27%53,304,591,231

Partner frequency summary:

Canada: 7 occurrences

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...

271020 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

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.