Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2024, 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: 2024(9 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD373(9)[3]285(6)[3]214(2)[1]144(2)1005122
>= 50 mln USD114(4)[3]89(2)[3]73(2)[1]48(2)31146
>= 100 mln USD64(4)[3]49(2)[3]42(2)[1]32(2)2194
>= 200 mln USD29(1)[3]26(1)[3]22(1)[1]18(1)1352
>= 500 mln USD7[1]5[1]43211

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (9 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Russian 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 10kg202468.99%157,557,525
2United Arab Emirates7408Copper wire202467.72%329,095,180
3Saudi Arabia3817Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902202443.21%45,588,535
4Bahrain7601Aluminium; unwrought202442.48%26,545,345
5Saudi Arabia2902Cyclic hydrocarbons202440.34%37,252,518
6Saudi Arabia2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives202440.15%48,194,424
7Saudi Arabia2916Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic, cyclic monocarboxylic, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives202433.86%22,076,957
8Saudi Arabia3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms202433.63%154,665,493
9Russian Federation1001Wheat and meslin202431.91%171,514,838

Partner frequency summary:

Saudi Arabia: 5 occurrences

Russian Federation: 2 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence

Bahrain: 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.