Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2020, 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: 2020(8 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD142(8)[3]98(1)[2]65[1]44[1]261810
>= 50 mln USD37(3)[3]30[2]21[1]16[1]865
>= 100 mln USD22(2)[3]16[2]11[1]10[1]654
>= 200 mln USD11(1)[3]9[2]7[1]7[1]332
>= 500 mln USD3(1)[2]1[1]00000

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (8 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1United Arab Emirates2503Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur202045.28%14,885,987
2Saudi Arabia3102Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenous202038.14%106,988,083
3Saudi Arabia2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude202036.83%1,874,108,705
4Russian Federation3105Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, containing 2 or 3 of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium; other fertilisers; goods of chapter 31 in tablets or packages of gross weight not exceeding 10kg202036.76%38,048,468
5Saudi Arabia2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives202036.01%33,170,384
6Saudi Arabia2902Cyclic hydrocarbons202034.26%16,325,404
7Saudi Arabia3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms202034.21%82,520,426
8Saudi Arabia3105Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, containing 2 or 3 of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium; other fertilisers; goods of chapter 31 in tablets or packages of gross weight not exceeding 10kg202030.05%31,105,744

Partner frequency summary:

Saudi Arabia: 6 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Russian Federation: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...

Legend:

This icon indicates that at least one HS chapter group (HS 0-9) has no records in the Results Database for the given country and year.

(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.