Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2022, 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: 2022(17 in Danger Zone)[8 Critical Goods]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD462(17)[8]331(13)[7]228(8)[5]170(7)[5]106(4)[1]71(2)[1]35
>= 50 mln USD86(7)[6]60(6)[5]42(3)[4]30(3)[4]19135
>= 100 mln USD42(5)[6]31(4)[5]23(3)[4]19(3)[4]14104
>= 200 mln USD19(4)[5]15(3)[4]11(2)[3]9(2)[3]642
>= 500 mln USD10(3)[5]8(3)[4]7(2)[3]6(2)[3]322

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (17 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Ukraine120510Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken202288.85%23,456,026
2Russian Federation140490Vegetable products; n.e.c. in chapter 14202288.27%10,100,176
3Russian Federation310559Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus, other than nitrates and phosphates202278.87%11,988,845
4Lebanon251010Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; unground202275.65%28,727,666
5Russian Federation271012Petroleum 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; light oils and preparations202266.14%190,690,485
6Russian Federation271019Petroleum 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 preparations202264.83%4,196,733,760
7Russian Federation271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas202262.20%4,100,120,879
8Saudi Arabia390210Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms202250.04%38,277,220
9Russian Federation310540Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)202248.09%12,060,283
10Iraq270900Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude202244.45%6,978,017,375
11Saudi Arabia290250Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene202242.47%73,930,229
12Russian Federation740811Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm202242.40%52,358,614
13Russian Federation760511Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm202240.94%15,246,031
14Saudi Arabia390230Propylene, other olefin polymers; propylene copolymers in primary forms202238.87%28,132,441
15Russian Federation760120Aluminium; unwrought, alloys202238.02%207,850,772
16Saudi Arabia390140Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94202237.83%41,594,492
17Ukraine720230Ferro-alloys; ferro-silico-manganese202231.96%12,673,106

Partner frequency summary:

Russian Federation: 9 occurrences

Saudi Arabia: 4 occurrences

Ukraine: 2 occurrences

Lebanon: 1 occurrence

Iraq: 1 occurrence

Critical Goods in table:

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

271012 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minera...

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

271121 - 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.