Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

World of Extreme Bottlenecks

For 2019, the table below shows, for each importing country in the database, the number of identified import bottlenecks - HS product codes where a single source country accounts for >= 80% of total imports and the import value is >= 10,000,000 USD. Counts are provided separately for 6-digit, 4-digit, and 2-digit HS codes.

CountryBottlenecks (6-digit HS)Bottlenecks (4-digit HS)Bottlenecks (2-digit HS)
Albania20172
Argentina104(1)[1]447
Armenia17(10)[2]11(9)[1]3(3)
Australia203(1)[1]59(1)[1]3
Austria111(1)[2]27(1)[1]0
Azerbaijan36(20)18(11)1(1)
Belgium152(2)[3]35(1)[1]0
Bosnia Herzegovina18(3)[1]101
Brazil233(4)[2]794
Bulgaria42(8)[3]21(5)1
Cameroon14[1]10[1]2
Canada565[4]168[1]7
Chile160[5]644
China217(10)[1]49(2)0
Colombia129(1)[2]47[1]3
Croatia23(2)[1]10(1)0
Cuba19[1]8[1]0
Cyprus8(1)[1]2(1)0
Czechia78(9)[1]16(4)[1]1(1)
Denmark87(4)[2]21(1)0
Egypt111(11)45(5)3
Estonia30(9)[2]12(5)[1]1
Ethiopia66(2)49(1)8
European Union442(23)[1]79(5)3
Finland65(8)[2]23(3)[1]1(1)
France137[1]210
Georgia19(7)[1]14(7)[1]1
Germany130[2]23[1]1
Greece46(2)20(1)2
Hungary52(5)[1]14(1)0
Iceland8(1)[1]5(1)0
India253(10)66(4)2
Indonesia252(1)82(1)3
Iran78(19)25(4)1
Ireland119(1)[2]40[1]2
Israel86[3]33[1]3
Italy100(2)131
Japan392(2)[1]812
Kazakhstan157(105)[2]83(62)[1]12(8)
Latvia24(10)[5]9(2)[1]1
Lithuania45(7)[3]17(4)0
Luxembourg43(1)[1]171
Malaysia210(4)[1]511
Mexico522(1)[8]174[3]11
Montenegro552
Morocco76(1)[1]222
Netherlands136(1)180
New Zealand71[1]291
Nigeria110(3)49(2)6
Norway63(4)20(1)1
Other Asia, nes180(2)[1]512
Pakistan150(3)78(1)10
Philippines150413
Poland122(11)[1]34(4)1
Portugal121[2]462
Qatar53(3)[1]26(2)[1]2
Rep. of Korea359(5)[3]90(1)3
Romania59(8)16(3)0
Russian Federation229(14)54(4)1
Saudi Arabia135(13)37(5)3
Singapore152(6)[2]33(1)3
Slovakia45(7)[3]16(3)[2]1
Slovenia33[2]12[1]1
South Africa123(2)[1]372
Spain128(3)[1]221
Sweden114351
Switzerland80(1)160
Thailand205(3)[2]53(1)5
Türkiye104(10)32(2)2
Ukraine78(18)32(6)1
United Arab Emirates133(21)[3]41(6)[2]2
United Kingdom136(1)[1]170
USA437(1)[7]78[1]1
Viet Nam230(4)[2]71(2)[1]3

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. It is very likely that not all import flows have been included yet, so the bottleneck count shown in the table may be underestimated.

(n)

The number in red parentheses indicates how many of the bottlenecks originate from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.

[n]

The number in lime square brackets indicates how many of the bottlenecks involve HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.