Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2012, 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: 2012(7 in Danger Zone)[2 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD181(7)[2]108(5)[2]65(3)[1]34(2)20(1)93
>= 50 mln USD46(4)[2]32(2)[2]20(1)[1]8521
>= 100 mln USD17(3)[2]11(2)[2]8(1)[1]4321
>= 200 mln USD8(2)[2]6(2)[2]5(1)[1]2110
>= 500 mln USD3(2)[2]3(2)[2]2(1)[1]1110

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (7 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine2702Lignite; whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet201272.56%22,059,978
2Syria2510Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk201260.60%11,394,475
3Russian Federation2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons201256.27%1,184,886,923
4Saudi 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 derivatives201244.63%14,633,246
5Russian 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 oils201241.00%1,756,945,145
6Russian Federation7601Aluminium; unwrought201239.74%153,125,918
7Ukraine1201Soya beans, whether or not broken201239.27%64,154,427

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 3 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

Syria: 1 occurrence

Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons

Legend:

(n)

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.