Country Matrix
For 2025, the matrix below shows China'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.
China
Year: 2025(25 in Danger Zone)| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 612(25) | 369(16) | 239(15) | 150(10) | 98(7) | 52(2) | 32(1) |
| >= 50 mln USD | 420(20) | 252(11) | 166(10) | 102(7) | 69(5) | 33(1) | 17 |
| >= 100 mln USD | 329(18) | 207(9) | 138(8) | 86(6) | 59(4) | 27(1) | 14 |
| >= 200 mln USD | 253(11) | 159(5) | 104(5) | 63(3) | 42(1) | 22 | 10 |
| >= 500 mln USD | 146(8) | 97(3) | 65(3) | 41(2) | 29 | 16 | 8 |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (25 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 2524 | Asbestos | 2025 | 99.32% | 43,800,729 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 4801 | Newsprint, in rolls or sheets | 2025 | 84.44% | 125,937,798 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 4412 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood | 2025 | 77.60% | 153,516,845 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 2816 | Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides of strontium or barium | 2025 | 77.40% | 17,216,175 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2025 | 75.66% | 167,997,679 |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 1008 | Buckwheat, millet and canary seeds; other cereals | 2025 | 74.75% | 68,239,064 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 1204 | Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not broken | 2025 | 73.95% | 411,808,407 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 2819 | Chromium oxides and hydroxides | 2025 | 63.40% | 20,760,958 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 7601 | Aluminium; unwrought | 2025 | 63.32% | 5,713,795,092 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 60.54% | 1,394,566,702 |
| 11 | Iran | 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 | 2025 | 55.66% | 17,515,735 |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 55.41% | 340,749,293 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 4419 | Tableware and kitchenware, of wood | 2025 | 55.17% | 13,229,357 |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 4804 | Uncoated kraft paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803 | 2025 | 53.18% | 536,499,126 |
| 15 | 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 | 2025 | 52.24% | 65,419,298 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 2617 | Ores and concentrates; n.e.c. in heading no. 2601 | 2025 | 42.77% | 127,276,185 |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 7502 | Nickel; unwrought | 2025 | 37.44% | 1,371,945,756 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 4407 | Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | 2025 | 37.24% | 2,382,945,542 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 3104 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassic | 2025 | 37.07% | 1,494,610,627 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 2909 | Ethers, 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 derivatives | 2025 | 33.78% | 281,942,919 |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 0303 | Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 | 2025 | 32.69% | 1,766,681,194 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2025 | 31.97% | 3,150,832,501 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 2907 | Phenols; monophenols, polyphenols, and phenol-alcohols | 2025 | 31.84% | 124,581,379 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 2803 | Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. | 2025 | 31.41% | 189,462,278 |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 4408 | Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, planed or not, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm | 2025 | 31.09% | 102,769,766 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 21 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences
Iran: 1 occurrence
Legend:
(n)
The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.
[n]
The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.