Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2002, the matrix below shows Greece'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.

Greece

Year: 2002(12 in Danger Zone)[3 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD180(12)[3]103(8)[3]69(4)[1]40(3)[1]25(1)169
>= 50 mln USD37(6)[3]26(4)[3]17(1)[1]12(1)[1]752
>= 100 mln USD18(4)[3]13(3)[3]10(1)[1]7(1)[1]321
>= 200 mln USD5(2)[2]4(2)[2]22100
>= 500 mln USD2(1)[1]2(1)[1]11000

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (12 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Saudi Arabia2909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives200274.31%24,622,429
2Russian Federation2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons200269.58%167,382,413
3Russian Federation7605Aluminium wire200264.08%18,563,890
4Russian Federation1003Barley200257.58%19,047,621
5Russian Federation1001Wheat and meslin200248.95%77,602,921
6Russian Federation2710Petroleum 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 oils200248.73%347,491,146
7Ukraine2814Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution200247.23%11,621,633
8Russian Federation2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude200241.65%1,352,438,805
9Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified200238.40%10,206,948
10Russian Federation7601Aluminium; unwrought200235.78%64,537,501
11Russian Federation9999Commodities not specified according to kind200233.31%116,210,436
12Russian Federation7204Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel200230.46%36,384,051

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 9 occurrences

Ukraine: 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...

2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons

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.