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]

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

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Canada271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas202199.82%10,046,560,455
2Canada271114Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene202198.65%471,192,663
3Canada271113Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes202197.26%570,573,098
4Canada271119Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711202196.33%70,644,787
5Canada271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane202193.65%1,862,424,813
6Trinidad and Tobago271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas202191.51%868,807,685
7Canada270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude202157.80%79,981,243,089
8Equatorial Guinea271129Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, other than natural gas202156.93%88,465,714

Partner frequency summary:

Canada: 6 occurrences

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 occurrence

Equatorial Guinea: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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

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...

271129 - 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.