Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2024, 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: 2024(11 in Danger Zone)[12 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD2953(11)[12]2029(6)[9]1428(3)[9]996(1)[7]711(1)[7]465(1)[7]254[4]
>= 50 mln USD1691(6)[8]1205(4)[7]854(2)[7]609(1)[5]444(1)[5]298(1)[5]161[3]
>= 100 mln USD1183(5)[7]846(3)[6]602(1)[6]431[4]318[4]211[4]116[3]
>= 200 mln USD788(5)[7]560(3)[6]416(1)[6]302[4]220[4]149[4]81[3]
>= 500 mln USD388(2)[5]283(1)[5]212[5]159[3]123[3]83[3]42[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. 3103202487.78%55,133,938
2Saudi Arabia310530Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)202453.90%403,954,180
3United Arab Emirates240311Tobacco; smoking, water pipe tobacco as specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion202451.77%13,258,666
4United Arab Emirates290342Saturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons; difluoromethane (HFC-32)202449.23%14,191,450
5Russian Federation711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form202443.02%877,763,386
6Russian Federation310280Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution202442.18%250,617,853
7Kuwait262040Slag, ash and residues; (not from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing mainly aluminium202437.44%14,675,447
8Saudi Arabia290243Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene202436.22%564,433,879
9Saudi Arabia292212Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, diethanolamine and its salts202434.49%46,955,911
10Saudi Arabia292211Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; their ethers and esters; salts thereof, monoethanolamine and its salts202433.62%24,317,617
11Saudi Arabia310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)202431.81%232,012,640

Partner frequency summary:

Saudi Arabia: 5 occurrences

Russian Federation: 3 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences

Kuwait: 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.