Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2023, 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: 2023(11 in Danger Zone)[10 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2994(11)[10]2050(8)[10]1450(6)[9]1004(5)[7]715(2)[7]458(1)[7]254(1)[5]
>= 50 mln USD1727(7)[9]1211(5)[9]876(3)[8]598(3)[6]439(1)[6]280(1)[6]162(1)[4]
>= 100 mln USD1206(6)[7]868(4)[7]638(2)[6]443(2)[4]331[4]214[4]125[3]
>= 200 mln USD770(6)[7]561(4)[7]420(2)[6]296(2)[4]217[4]143[4]80[3]
>= 500 mln USD388(4)[5]285(2)[5]222(1)[5]163(1)[3]125[3]83[3]47[2]

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (11 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian Federation310390Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; phosphatic, n.e.c. in heading no. 3103202399.48%59,042,718
2United Arab Emirates240311Tobacco; smoking, water pipe tobacco as specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion202373.30%27,435,442
3Russian Federation310490Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, n.e.c. in heading no. 3104202368.96%24,823,919
4Saudi Arabia310530Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)202363.95%463,811,378
5Russian Federation310280Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution202363.56%517,446,205
6United Arab Emirates290342Saturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons; difluoromethane (HFC-32)202352.56%25,345,608
7Russian Federation720221Ferro-alloys; ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon202344.56%207,155,181
8Saudi Arabia290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene202340.23%576,705,626
9Russian Federation711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form202339.15%1,079,782,211
10Saudi Arabia292212Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, diethanolamine and its salts202336.25%32,855,139
11Russian 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 products202330.86%1,190,109,119

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 6 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences

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.