Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

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 USD540(13)[2]411(9)[1]306(6)[1]237(5)[1]175(4)[1]113(4)[1]57(3)[1]
>= 50 mln USD94(5)[2]68(3)[1]47(1)[1]37[1]31[1]21[1]12[1]
>= 100 mln USD43(2)[2]32(2)[1]22[1]20[1]16[1]13[1]9[1]
>= 200 mln USD17[2]15[1]10[1]9[1]8[1]8[1]5[1]
>= 500 mln USD6[1]422110

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (13 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1United Arab Emirates720711Iron 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 thickness201599.99%12,997,361
2Saudi Arabia290250Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene201595.73%33,720,208
3Saudi Arabia290124Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, buta-1,3-diene and isoprene201595.32%26,529,528
4Saudi Arabia290531Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)201582.48%40,113,059
5Qatar281410Ammonia; anhydrous201564.40%32,438,778
6Bahrain760120Aluminium; unwrought, alloys201550.40%50,454,019
7Russian Federation740811Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm201548.06%137,280,661
8Qatar281512Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda)201546.79%17,592,694
9Russian Federation100199Cereals; wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed201542.31%199,508,309
10Saudi Arabia560311Nonwovens; whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing not more than 25g/m2)201534.96%11,543,418
11Saudi Arabia390110Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94201534.91%64,983,933
12Qatar310210Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution201534.25%64,711,557
13Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)201532.58%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.