Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2019, 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: 2019(22 in Danger Zone)[9 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2850(22)[9]2021(16)[9]1449(10)[9]997(6)[8]664(2)[8]437(1)[7]220[4]
>= 50 mln USD1599(10)[7]1182(7)[7]863(3)[7]614(1)[6]415[6]276[5]144[3]
>= 100 mln USD1106(9)[6]833(6)[6]617(2)[6]432(1)[5]290[5]199[4]106[2]
>= 200 mln USD694(5)[6]548(4)[6]411(1)[6]297[5]200[5]131[4]71[2]
>= 500 mln USD340(4)[4]271(3)[4]209[4]155[3]115[3]82[3]42[1]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (22 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 0303.99201981.31%16,887,443
2Russian Federation310490Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, n.e.c. in heading no. 3104201974.71%37,269,428
3Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201969.14%32,883,655
4Russian Federation841210Engines; reaction engines, other than turbo-jets201967.96%125,019,264
5Russian Federation811229Chromium and articles thereof; wrought other than waste and scrap201966.47%15,348,582
6Russian Federation400231Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip201962.02%31,478,445
7United Arab Emirates240319Tobacco; smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion201955.54%20,850,342
8Russian Federation811299Gallium, germanium, indium, niobium (columbium) and vanadium; articles thereof, other than unwrought including waste and scrap and powders201955.17%16,875,835
9Russian Federation283526Phosphates; of calcium n.e.c. in item no. 2835.25, whether or not chemically defined201954.13%54,332,272
10Russian Federation310280Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution201952.22%286,496,386
11Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated201947.31%13,564,629
12Qatar280429Gases, rare; other than argon201947.11%34,741,965
13Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms201944.14%821,382,298
14Russian Federation720221Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon201943.60%111,591,499
15Russian Federation711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form201942.92%1,368,936,192
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 water201940.42%590,375,389
17Russian Federation810890Titanium; other than unwrought, n.e.c. in heading no. 8108201935.45%164,709,178
18Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified201934.19%16,168,119
19Russian 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 products201934.07%584,774,286
20Russian Federation310230Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution201931.55%34,324,267
21Bahrain760511Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm201931.16%149,157,413
22Saudi Arabia292212Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, diethanolamine and its salts201930.97%15,921,059

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 17 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

Bahrain: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 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.