Country Matrix
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(39 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 858(39)[2] | 549(22) | 361(9) | 232(4) | 126(1) | 53(1) | 11 |
| >= 50 mln USD | 608(27)[2] | 397(15) | 264(8) | 166(3) | 88(1) | 39(1) | 8 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 477(23)[2] | 323(14) | 219(7) | 134(2) | 69 | 29 | 7 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 344(16)[2] | 237(8) | 164(5) | 105(2) | 53 | 23 | 4 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 181(8)[2] | 127(4) | 89(2) | 56(2) | 28 | 12 | 1 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (39 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 2605 | Cobalt ores and concentrates | 2009 | 84.00% | 53,466,163 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 7406 | Copper; powders and flakes | 2009 | 65.76% | 30,172,938 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 1205 | Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken | 2009 | 60.10% | 682,946,517 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 7305 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (e.g. welded, riveted or similarly closed), having circular cross-sections, external diameter of which exceeds 406.4mm, not seamless | 2009 | 60.02% | 510,161,548 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 7201 | Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2009 | 58.53% | 437,656,431 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 2814 | Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution | 2009 | 53.55% | 427,277,891 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 7215 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72 | 2009 | 53.55% | 101,958,712 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 7203 | Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2009 | 52.75% | 129,317,763 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2009 | 51.67% | 445,937,456 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 2803 | Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. | 2009 | 48.96% | 169,536,243 |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 1003 | Barley | 2009 | 48.91% | 10,408,036 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 8401 | Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation | 2009 | 48.56% | 198,450,538 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2009 | 46.78% | 1,119,546,050 |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 7603 | Aluminium; powders and flakes | 2009 | 46.64% | 20,446,064 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 7226 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width of less than 600mm | 2009 | 45.34% | 49,254,141 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 7206 | Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203) | 2009 | 45.12% | 37,049,961 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2009 | 44.61% | 189,660,642 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 2510 | Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk | 2009 | 44.45% | 256,013,109 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 6807 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) | 2009 | 42.44% | 33,881,121 |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 2503 | Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | 2009 | 41.85% | 12,694,513 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | 2009 | 40.92% | 1,105,804,049 |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 7408 | Copper wire | 2009 | 40.49% | 154,895,193 |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 7503 | Nickel; waste and scrap | 2009 | 39.98% | 28,317,272 |
| 24 | Iran | 0910 | Ginger, saffron, tumeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices | 2009 | 39.54% | 99,410,900 |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 2710 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils | 2009 | 39.32% | 22,243,303,131 |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 7211 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated | 2009 | 38.13% | 79,213,932 |
| 27 | Iran | 4102 | Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split | 2009 | 37.19% | 45,701,355 |
| 28 | Ukraine | 8606 | Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; not self-propelled | 2009 | 36.02% | 52,484,482 |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 8605 | 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 |
| 30 | Ukraine | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2009 | 33.13% | 792,854,413 |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 7502 | Nickel; unwrought | 2009 | 32.54% | 279,852,619 |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 7204 | Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel | 2009 | 32.22% | 466,286,963 |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 2844 | Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes); and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products | 2009 | 31.92% | 1,646,059,930 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 5404 | Synthetic monofilament of 67 decitex or more, of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm; strip and the like (e.g. artificial straw) of synthetic textile materials of an apparent width not exceeding 5mm | 2009 | 31.92% | 42,337,127 |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2009 | 31.88% | 74,752,755,740 |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 3105 | Fertilizers; 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 10kg | 2009 | 31.53% | 309,556,288 |
| 37 | Ukraine | 1206 | Sunflower seeds; whether or not broken | 2009 | 31.40% | 142,023,009 |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 4801 | Newsprint, in rolls or sheets | 2009 | 31.15% | 332,637,453 |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 2303 | Residues of starch manufacture, similar residues; beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets | 2009 | 31.05% | 38,979,701 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 29 occurrences
Ukraine: 5 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences
Iran: 2 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence
Critical Goods in table:
2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitumino...
2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...
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.