Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2020, 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: 2020(23 in Danger Zone)[9 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2721(23)[9]1903(12)[8]1374(5)[8]976(5)[7]663(3)[7]423(2)[6]212(1)[5]
>= 50 mln USD1496(12)[8]1075(4)[7]802(1)[7]579(1)[6]406[6]262[6]141[5]
>= 100 mln USD1006(9)[8]741(3)[7]562[7]402[6]284[6]190[6]99[5]
>= 200 mln USD647(6)[6]492(3)[5]385[5]279[4]201[4]134[4]68[3]
>= 500 mln USD306(6)[5]238(3)[4]189[4]139[3]104[3]72[3]34[2]

Critical Goods Bottlenecks (9 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Canada271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas202099.74%5,010,500,018
2Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711202097.52%101,211,217
3Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene202096.68%179,629,659
4Canada271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes202094.33%215,300,069
5Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas202090.94%558,693,440
6Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane202081.47%917,069,880
7Canada271099Waste Oils; of petroleum or obtained from bituminous minerals, not crude and preparations n.e.c., weight 70% or preparations of the same, not containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)202077.79%10,896,288
8Canada270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude202056.62%46,215,476,141
9Russian Federation271019Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; not light oils and preparations202030.28%7,028,019,087

Partner frequency summary:

Canada: 7 occurrences

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 occurrence

Russian Federation: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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

271019 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

271099 - Waste Oils; of petroleum or obtained from bitu...

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.