Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2018, 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: 2018(27 in Danger Zone)[9 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2984(27)[9]2100(12)[8]1500(9)[7]1063(4)[7]712(4)[6]434(3)[6]201(1)[4]
>= 50 mln USD1691(16)[8]1244(6)[7]909(5)[7]663(3)[7]456(3)[6]288(2)[6]132(1)[4]
>= 100 mln USD1166(12)[7]872(4)[6]654(3)[6]474(1)[6]325(1)[5]206(1)[5]98[3]
>= 200 mln USD733(10)[6]569(3)[5]433(2)[5]321(1)[5]225(1)[4]145(1)[4]69[2]
>= 500 mln USD355(5)[4]280(1)[3]222(1)[3]170[3]128[3]84[3]37[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (27 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Saudi Arabia890510Dredgers201896.91%66,660,148
2Russian Federation841210Engines; reaction engines, other than turbo-jets201881.17%227,324,846
3Russian 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 0303.99201880.19%14,918,609
4Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201879.57%62,982,999
5United Arab Emirates240319Tobacco; smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion201855.18%21,824,570
6Russian Federation400231Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201854.66%28,402,491
7Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201852.84%1,317,479,496
8Russian Federation720221Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon201851.78%160,830,084
9Russian Federation811299Gallium, germanium, indium, niobium (columbium) and vanadium; articles thereof, other than unwrought including waste and scrap and powders201851.37%15,215,323
10Qatar280429Gases, rare; other than argon201847.52%31,264,943
11Russian Federation310280Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution201845.02%212,205,336
12Russian Federation280519Alkali or alkali-earth metals; other than sodium and calcium201843.76%12,235,245
13Russian Federation310290Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, other kinds including mixtures not specified in the foregoing subheadings201838.65%33,231,800
14Russian Federation711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form201838.54%1,042,780,337
15Russian 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 products201838.34%666,325,587
16Russian Federation030614Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water201838.30%471,653,437
17Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified201837.60%18,052,037
18Russian Federation811229Chromium and articles thereof; wrought other than waste and scrap201836.10%27,496,122
19Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)201835.41%270,999,979
20Russian Federation810890Titanium; other than unwrought, n.e.c. in heading no. 8108201833.32%129,762,160
21Russian Federation250300Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur201833.09%70,794,931
22Russian Federation310230Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution201833.02%38,498,961
23Russian 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-section201832.94%995,946,012
24Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)201831.16%251,392,088
25Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon201831.13%61,092,198
26Ukraine720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201830.40%758,039,687
27Russian Federation283526Phosphates; of calcium n.e.c. in item no. 2835.25, whether or not chemically defined201830.38%28,857,837

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 21 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 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.

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The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.