Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Country Matrix

For 2025, the matrix below shows Morocco'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.

Morocco

Year: 2025(14 in Danger Zone)[1 Critical Good]
Value \ Share>= 30%>= 40%>= 50%>= 60%>= 70%>= 80%>= 90%
>= 10 mln USD332(14)[1]225(7)[1]156(1)[1]106(1)[1]684219
>= 50 mln USD134(9)[1]94(4)[1]66(1)[1]44(1)[1]29187
>= 100 mln USD77(4)[1]55[1]41[1]28[1]1694
>= 200 mln USD38(2)[1]30[1]24[1]18[1]1064
>= 500 mln USD18(1)[1]13[1]10[1]8[1]431

Danger Zone Bottlenecks (14 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)

#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Bahrain7605Aluminium wire202561.47%96,308,312
2Ukraine1512Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202548.64%44,198,394
3Saudi Arabia7614Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated)202548.37%22,657,136
4Russian Federation2303Residues 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 pellets202547.10%81,234,804
5Russian Federation2306Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305202546.24%73,411,808
6Russian Federation3102Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenous202543.15%83,206,114
7Bahrain7614Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated)202542.41%19,866,409
8Saudi Arabia3817Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902202536.62%16,072,545
9United Arab Emirates1517Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16202535.50%24,924,644
10Saudi Arabia3902Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms202535.41%167,747,009
11Saudi Arabia3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms202535.30%181,865,137
12United Arab Emirates7108Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form202534.10%68,862,290
13United Arab Emirates2503Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur202534.03%1,115,286,559
14United Arab Emirates7601Aluminium; unwrought202531.89%283,344,372

Partner frequency summary:

Saudi Arabia: 4 occurrences

United Arab Emirates: 4 occurrences

Russian Federation: 3 occurrences

Bahrain: 2 occurrences

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

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.