Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2021, 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: 2021(21 in Danger Zone)[8 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2927(21)[8]1976(11)[8]1419(8)[8]997(3)[6]691(1)[6]443[6]232[6]
>= 50 mln USD1664(12)[8]1180(6)[8]868(5)[8]608(1)[6]434(1)[6]285[6]147[6]
>= 100 mln USD1187(9)[6]856(4)[6]643(3)[6]451[5]333[5]216[5]114[5]
>= 200 mln USD749(7)[6]550(2)[6]426(1)[6]299[5]224[5]146[5]78[5]
>= 500 mln USD376(3)[5]295(1)[5]227[5]157[4]124[4]81[4]48[4]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (21 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation270111Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated202170.97%51,240,948
2United Arab Emirates240311Tobacco; smoking, water pipe tobacco as specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion202166.45%31,775,658
3Saudi Arabia290513Alcohols; saturated monohydric, butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol)202162.23%14,070,318
4Russian Federation720221Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon202157.03%235,155,725
5Russian Federation841210Engines; reaction engines, other than turbo-jets202156.74%162,657,331
6Russian Federation720249Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon202154.20%122,543,726
7Russian Federation400260Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip202151.78%24,328,010
8Russian Federation283526Phosphates; of calcium n.e.c. in item no. 2835.25, whether or not chemically defined202150.63%72,992,826
9Saudi Arabia291532Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate202148.15%26,811,225
10Russian Federation400231Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip202147.00%14,948,698
11Russian Federation030614Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water202140.52%1,105,948,932
12Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202139.88%44,097,802
13Russian Federation310230Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution202139.18%39,241,581
14Russian Federation310280Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution202139.17%283,924,298
15Russian Federation711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form202138.24%1,589,386,259
16Russian Federation810890Titanium; other than unwrought, n.e.c. in heading no. 8108202135.62%98,443,148
17Russian Federation720110Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms202135.05%1,197,550,399
18Qatar280429Gases, rare; other than argon202133.10%32,439,111
19Saudi Arabia310530Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)202133.06%282,620,961
20Saudi Arabia290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene202131.26%206,276,514
21Russian Federation811221Chromium and articles thereof; unwrought chromium, powders202131.23%28,900,376

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 14 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 4 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Ukraine: 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.