Country Matrix

Importing country

Year

For 2009, the matrix below shows European Union'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.

European Union

Year: 2009(114 in Danger Zone)[8 Critical Goods]

6-digit HS codes 4-digit HS codes 2-digit HS codes

Value \ Share	>= 30%	>= 40%	>= 50%	>= 60%	>= 70%	>= 80%	>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD	3058(114)[8]	2136(79)[4]	1543(55)[1]	1043(34)[1]	643(25)[1]	373(16)[1]	138(4)
>= 50 mln USD	1481(60)[8]	1091(39)[4]	818(27)[1]	545(14)[1]	346(10)[1]	210(8)[1]	78(2)
>= 100 mln USD	944(42)[8]	717(28)[4]	545(17)[1]	373(7)[1]	250(6)[1]	149(5)[1]	57
>= 200 mln USD	526(26)[7]	404(16)[3]	321(9)	226(4)	157(3)	88(3)	27
>= 500 mln USD	216(10)[5]	171(7)[2]	141(4)	99(2)	73(1)	40(1)	14

Danger Zone Critical Goods Critical and in Danger

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (114 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#	Partner	HS Code	HS Description	Year	Share (%)	Value (USD)
1	Ukraine	860630	Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; self-discharging, not self-propelled, excluding those of item no. 8606.10	2009	99.55%	11,560,725
2	Iran	091020	Spices; saffron	2009	93.01%	99,178,321
3	Russian Federation	400239	Rubber; synthetic, halo-isobutene-isoprene rubber (CIIR or BIIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip	2009	91.63%	58,160,766
4	Russian Federation	290723	Polyphenols; 4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts	2009	91.42%	26,084,963
5	Russian Federation	284420	Uranium; enriched in U235, plutonium, their compounds, alloys dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products	2009	89.96%	1,497,540,402
6	Russian Federation	730511	Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (not seamless), longitudinally submerged arc welded, having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm	2009	89.63%	485,125,454
7	Russian Federation	151419	Vegetable oils; low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, other than crude, but not chemically modified	2009	89.21%	18,269,388
8	Ukraine	250830	Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); fireclay, whether or not calcined	2009	87.43%	34,926,114
9	Russian Federation	400260	Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip	2009	85.59%	109,244,856
10	Russian Federation	290110	Acyclic hydrocarbons; saturated	2009	84.49%	232,499,781
11	Russian Federation	260500	Cobalt ores and concentrates	2009	84.00%	53,466,163
12	Ukraine	270810	Pitch; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars	2009	83.58%	11,915,524
13	Russian Federation	722691	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, (excluding silicon-electrical or high speed steel), hot-rolled	2009	81.37%	31,076,921
14	Russian Federation	291533	Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; n-butyl acetate	2009	81.04%	15,012,953
15	Russian Federation	811221	Chromium and articles thereof; unwrought chromium, powders	2009	80.76%	36,343,568
16	Russian Federation	721550	Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72, cold-formed or cold-finished, (not free-cutting)	2009	80.74%	100,975,136
17	Russian Federation	290241	Cyclic hydrocarbons; o-xylene	2009	77.83%	40,195,201
18	Russian Federation	722550	Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled	2009	77.35%	28,577,813
19	Russian Federation	740811	Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm	2009	76.93%	154,841,763
20	Russian Federation	721123	Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, cold-rolled, of a width less than 600mm, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon	2009	75.42%	75,392,896
21	Russian Federation	720291	Ferro-alloys; ferro-titanium and ferro-silico-titanium	2009	73.35%	19,737,051
22	Russian Federation	310390	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; phosphatic, n.e.c. in heading no. 3103	2009	73.17%	20,791,357
23	Russian Federation	430180	Furskins; raw, of animals n.e.c. in heading no. 4301, whole, with or without head, tail or paws (excluding goods of heading no. 4101, 4102 and 4103)	2009	73.13%	22,369,518
24	Russian Federation	720690	Iron or non-alloy steel; primary forms (excluding ingots and iron of heading no. 7203)	2009	72.73%	26,700,526
25	Russian Federation	282530	Vanadium oxides and hydroxides	2009	71.08%	26,092,755
26	Russian Federation	480421	Kraft paper and paperboard; sack kraft paper, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803	2009	68.33%	39,329,022
27	Russian Federation	740610	Copper; powders of non-lamellar structure	2009	67.24%	28,532,105
28	Russian Federation	440121	Wood; for fuel, in chips or particles, coniferous, whether or not agglomerated	2009	66.48%	92,750,621
29	Russian Federation	310240	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or other inorganic non-fertilizing substances, mixtures thereof	2009	65.53%	47,100,758
30	Russian Federation	230641	Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of low erucic acid rape or colza seed oils	2009	65.51%	11,086,953
31	Russian Federation	220860	Vodka	2009	64.96%	61,696,519
32	Russian Federation	720441	Ferrous waste and scrap; turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust, filings, trimmings and stampings, whether or not in bundles	2009	64.17%	83,955,386
33	United Arab Emirates	540490	Filament, synthetic; strip and the like (e.g.. artificial straw), of synthetic textile materials of an apparent width not exceeding 5mm	2009	61.58%	42,336,848
34	Ukraine	120510	Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken	2009	60.14%	670,243,613
35	Saudi Arabia	290941	Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; 2,2-oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol, digol)	2009	59.30%	70,960,730
36	Russian Federation	840130	Fuel elements (cartridges); non-irradiated	2009	59.16%	197,190,223
37	Russian Federation	720110	Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms	2009	58.53%	435,462,805
38	Russian Federation	251020	Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; ground	2009	58.34%	168,809,248
39	Russian Federation	290124	Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, buta-1,3-diene and isoprene	2009	58.22%	35,603,415
40	Ukraine	120590	Oil seeds; rape or colza seeds, other than low erucic, whether or not broken	2009	57.91%	12,702,904
41	Ukraine	860691	Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; covered and closed, not self-propelled	2009	57.36%	15,546,580
42	Ukraine	720450	Ferrous products; remelting scrap ingots	2009	57.19%	10,740,086
43	Ukraine	151211	Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified	2009	56.12%	416,158,696
44	Russian Federation	780191	Lead; unwrought, unrefined, containing by weight antimony as the principal other element	2009	55.99%	28,463,119
45	Russian Federation	720712	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 (other than square) cross-section	2009	55.98%	941,342,452
46	Russian Federation	440710	-Coniferous	2009	55.90%	665,837,137
47	Russian Federation	283325	Sulphates; of copper	2009	55.59%	29,116,960
48	Russian Federation	680710	Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) in rolls	2009	55.53%	33,332,940
49	Saudi Arabia	290211	Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane	2009	55.11%	140,855,781
50	Russian Federation	720827	Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, pickled, of a thickness of less than 3mm	2009	54.58%	72,505,437
51	Russian Federation	281410	Ammonia; anhydrous	2009	53.75%	426,872,604
52	Russian Federation	720310	Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms	2009	52.42%	127,330,244
53	Russian Federation	310540	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)	2009	50.88%	72,971,152
54	Ukraine	440391	Wood; oak, in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated	2009	50.36%	17,544,721
55	Russian Federation	720249	Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or less of carbon	2009	50.11%	144,704,598
56	Russian Federation	280300	Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.	2009	48.96%	169,536,243
57	Russian Federation	100300	Barley.	2009	48.91%	10,408,036
58	Russian Federation	271119	Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711	2009	48.82%	233,028,098
59	Ukraine	560110	- Sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles, of wadding	2009	48.39%	12,884,019
60	Ukraine	230630	Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils	2009	48.28%	213,160,546
61	Russian Federation	290123	Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, butene (butylene) and isomers thereof	2009	47.62%	18,466,421
62	Russian Federation	283525	Phosphates; calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (dicalcium phosphate), whether or not chemically defined	2009	47.30%	13,623,949
63	United Arab Emirates	151411	Vegetable oils; low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude	2009	47.02%	189,538,770
64	Saudi Arabia	390120	Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more	2009	46.37%	488,277,943
65	Russian Federation	271290	Paraffin wax; containing by weight 0.75% or more of oil, obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured	2009	46.11%	83,203,203
66	Russian Federation	030352	-- Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)	2009	45.73%	109,516,925
67	Saudi Arabia	390110	Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94	2009	45.49%	553,800,557
68	Russian Federation	283531	Polyphosphates; sodium triphosphate (sodium tripolyphosphate), whether or not chemically defined	2009	44.48%	31,265,786
69	Russian Federation	760310	Aluminium; powders of non-lamellar structure	2009	44.31%	15,254,048
70	Russian Federation	720826	Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, pickled, of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm	2009	44.09%	27,146,405
71	Russian Federation	230320	Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture; whether or not in the form of pellets	2009	43.56%	37,364,126
72	Russian Federation	440399	Wood; in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared, untreated, n.e.c. in heading no. 4403	2009	43.29%	105,589,517
73	Russian Federation	271121	Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas	2009	42.88%	17,983,191,868
74	Ukraine	250840	Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806); n.e.c. in heading no. 2508, whether or not calcined	2009	42.88%	35,504,376
75	Russian Federation	271011	-- Light oils and preparations	2009	42.74%	3,601,618,536
76	Russian Federation	470311	Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), unbleached, of coniferous wood	2009	42.43%	15,979,886
77	Russian Federation	400231	Rubber; synthetic, isobutene-isoprene (butyl) rubber (IIR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip	2009	42.09%	14,944,719
78	Russian Federation	250300	Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur	2009	41.85%	12,694,513
79	Russian Federation	441232	-- Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood	2009	41.84%	241,487,715
80	Russian Federation	750300	Nickel; waste and scrap	2009	39.98%	28,317,272
81	Russian Federation	270111	Coal; anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated	2009	39.77%	296,236,357
82	Iran	410221	Skins; raw, of sheep or lambs, pickled (but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further preserved), without wool on	2009	39.72%	45,701,355
83	Russian Federation	170390	Sugars; molasses, from sugar beet, resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar	2009	39.49%	21,842,428
84	Russian Federation	711021	Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form	2009	39.33%	227,072,260
85	Russian Federation	722850	Steel, alloy; bars and rods, cold-formed or cold-finished	2009	39.18%	64,035,003
86	Russian Federation	271019	Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; not light oils and preparations	2009	38.72%	18,641,611,803
87	Saudi Arabia	290531	Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol)	2009	38.23%	98,262,448
88	Russian Federation	750210	Nickel; unwrought, not alloyed	2009	37.28%	242,674,095
89	Russian Federation	310520	Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium	2009	36.52%	145,019,433
90	Ukraine	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	2009	36.37%	217,859,791
91	Ukraine	100190	- Other	2009	35.97%	354,661,915
92	Russian Federation	271320	Petroleum bitumen; obtained from bituminous minerals	2009	35.57%	34,740,386
93	Russian Federation	860500	Railway or tramway coaches; passenger coaches, luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading no. 8604)	2009	34.84%	16,313,441
94	Ukraine	320611	Colouring matter; pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, containing 80% or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter	2009	34.79%	35,193,095
95	Saudi Arabia	290919	Ethers; acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether	2009	34.28%	259,929,170
96	Russian Federation	740329	Copper; copper alloys n.e.c. in heading no. 7403 (other than master alloys of heading no. 7405)	2009	34.21%	20,237,127
97	Ukraine	950611	Skis; for snow	2009	33.70%	33,457,865
98	Russian Federation	722860	Steel, alloy; bars and rods n.e.c. in heading no. 7228	2009	33.55%	11,966,096
99	Ukraine	720712	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 (other than square) cross-section	2009	33.52%	563,646,905
100	Ukraine	720852	Iron or non-alloy steel; (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm	2009	33.40%	74,544,657
101	Russian Federation	721410	Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling	2009	33.14%	13,071,155
102	Russian Federation	440320	-Other, coniferous	2009	32.84%	91,159,607
103	Russian Federation	720270	Ferro-alloys; ferro-molybdenum	2009	32.63%	80,549,451
104	Russian Federation	400220	Rubber; synthetic, butadiene rubber (BR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip	2009	32.39%	114,574,523
105	Russian Federation	710221	Diamonds; industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set	2009	32.03%	14,372,731
106	Russian Federation	270900	Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude	2009	31.88%	74,752,755,740
107	Russian Federation	440110	-Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms	2009	31.64%	27,024,784
108	Ukraine	120600	Oil seeds; sunflower seeds, whether or not broken	2009	31.40%	142,023,009
109	Russian Federation	480100	Newsprint; made of fibres obtained essentially by a chemi-mechanical process or of a weight, per m2, of more than 57g but not more than 65g, in rolls or sheets	2009	31.15%	332,637,453
110	Russian Federation	721499	Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, n.e.c. in heading no. 7214, other than of rectangular cross-section	2009	31.06%	54,885,499
111	Russian Federation	071310	Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried	2009	30.99%	27,240,259
112	Syria	410510	Tanned or crust skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, in the wet state (including wet-blue)	2009	30.67%	20,169,228
113	Russian Federation	720839	Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm	2009	30.59%	198,758,515
114	Russian Federation	251010	Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; unground	2009	30.42%	87,203,861

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 84 occurrences

Ukraine: 19 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 6 occurrences

Iran: 2 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences

Syria: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

270900 - Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bi...

271011 - -- Light oils and preparations

271019 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

271119 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

271121 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...

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.