Country Matrix
For 2015, the matrix below shows South Africa'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.
South Africa
Year: 2015(13 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 540(13)[2] | 411(9)[1] | 306(6)[1] | 237(5)[1] | 175(4)[1] | 113(4)[1] | 57(3)[1] |
| >= 50 mln USD | 94(5)[2] | 68(3)[1] | 47(1)[1] | 37[1] | 31[1] | 21[1] | 12[1] |
| >= 100 mln USD | 43(2)[2] | 32(2)[1] | 22[1] | 20[1] | 16[1] | 13[1] | 9[1] |
| >= 200 mln USD | 17[2] | 15[1] | 10[1] | 9[1] | 8[1] | 8[1] | 5[1] |
| >= 500 mln USD | 6[1] | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (13 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 720711 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness | 2015 | 99.99% | 12,997,361 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 290250 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene | 2015 | 95.73% | 33,720,208 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 290124 | Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, buta-1,3-diene and isoprene | 2015 | 95.32% | 26,529,528 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 290531 | Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) | 2015 | 82.48% | 40,113,059 |
| 5 | Qatar | 281410 | Ammonia; anhydrous | 2015 | 64.40% | 32,438,778 |
| 6 | Bahrain | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2015 | 50.40% | 50,454,019 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2015 | 48.06% | 137,280,661 |
| 8 | Qatar | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | 2015 | 46.79% | 17,592,694 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 100199 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | 2015 | 42.31% | 199,508,309 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 560311 | Nonwovens; whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing not more than 25g/m2) | 2015 | 34.96% | 11,543,418 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2015 | 34.91% | 64,983,933 |
| 12 | Qatar | 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | 2015 | 34.25% | 64,711,557 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 310540 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | 2015 | 32.58% | 41,435,125 |
Partner frequency summary:
Saudi Arabia: 5 occurrences
Qatar: 3 occurrences
Russian Federation: 3 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
Bahrain: 1 occurrence
Legend:
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The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.
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The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.