Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Dominican Rep.'s import sources for HS product codes where a single source country accounts for >= 80% of total imports and the import value is >= 10,000,000 USD. Only data for the most recent available year is displayed. If you want more data, visit the Country Matrix.
Dominican Rep.
108 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 070320 | Vegetables, alliaceous; garlic, fresh or chilled | 2025 | 100.00% | 18,926,781 |
| 2 | France | 842860 | Teleferics, chair-lifts, ski-draglines, traction mechanisms for funiculars | 2025 | 100.00% | 23,045,808 |
| 3 | Rep. of Korea | 870390 | Vehicles; for transport of persons (other than those of heading no. 8702) n.e.c. in heading no. 8703 | 2025 | 100.00% | 27,211,976 |
| 4 | USA | 270900 | Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | 2025 | 100.00% | 584,746,343 |
| 5 | USA | 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas | 2025 | 100.00% | 857,749,859 |
| 6 | USA | 271311 | Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals | 2025 | 100.00% | 37,144,265 |
| 7 | USA | 710812 | Metals; gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | 2025 | 100.00% | 13,100,154 |
| 8 | USA | 711291 | Waste and scrap of precious metals; of gold, including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals | 2025 | 100.00% | 24,325,450 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 860310 | Railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks; self-propelled, powered from an external source of electricity (excluding those of heading no. 8604) | 2025 | 100.00% | 61,257,713 |
| 10 | Denmark | 300431 | Medicaments; containing insulin, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | 2025 | 99.98% | 11,179,469 |
| 11 | USA | 120190 | Soya beans; other than seed, whether or not broken | 2025 | 99.95% | 10,309,481 |
| 12 | USA | 710692 | Metals; silver, semi-manufactured | 2025 | 99.93% | 32,283,517 |
| 13 | USA | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | 2025 | 99.89% | 87,141,004 |
| 14 | USA | 520710 | Cotton yarn; (not sewing thread), containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, put up for retail sale | 2025 | 99.75% | 132,057,544 |
| 15 | USA | 020120 | Meat; of bovine animals, cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), fresh or chilled | 2025 | 99.74% | 10,107,368 |
| 16 | Spain | 860500 | Railway or tramway coaches; passenger coaches, luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading no. 8604) | 2025 | 99.72% | 14,231,231 |
| 17 | China | 721069 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium, other than plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | 2025 | 99.68% | 24,314,315 |
| 18 | USA | 240319 | Tobacco; smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | 2025 | 99.68% | 100,928,174 |
| 19 | China | 721061 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | 2025 | 99.39% | 72,455,763 |
| 20 | USA | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | 2025 | 99.36% | 10,319,092 |
| 21 | USA | 846890 | Machinery and apparatus; parts, soldering, brazing or welding, whether or not capable of cutting, parts thereof | 2025 | 99.05% | 24,818,245 |
| 22 | USA | 130220 | Pectic substances; pectinates and pectates | 2025 | 98.90% | 12,817,588 |
| 23 | USA | 021012 | Meat; salted, in brine, dried or smoked, of swine, bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof | 2025 | 98.83% | 11,697,199 |
| 24 | China | 721230 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2025 | 98.63% | 27,864,294 |
| 25 | USA | 481390 | Paper, cigarette; (other than in rolls of a width not exceeding 5cm, or in booklets or tubes) | 2025 | 98.42% | 43,569,897 |
| 26 | Norway | 030551 | Fish; dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) | 2025 | 97.66% | 69,879,485 |
| 27 | China | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2025 | 97.60% | 71,483,441 |
| 28 | USA | 080810 | Fruit, edible; apples, fresh | 2025 | 97.58% | 39,774,359 |
| 29 | USA | 020322 | Meat; of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, frozen | 2025 | 97.50% | 79,243,973 |
| 30 | China | 854143 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels | 2025 | 97.09% | 82,423,627 |
| 31 | USA | 200290 | Vegetable preparations; tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | 2025 | 96.65% | 10,194,508 |
| 32 | USA | 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane | 2025 | 96.65% | 379,712,542 |
| 33 | USA | 071331 | Vegetables, leguminous; beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2025 | 96.48% | 30,328,118 |
| 34 | China | 340239 | Anionic organic surface-active agents (other than soap); other than linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts, whether or not put up for retail sale | 2025 | 96.22% | 18,567,883 |
| 35 | India | 030619 | Crustaceans; frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0306.1, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | 2025 | 96.10% | 14,173,486 |
| 36 | Belgium | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2025 | 96.05% | 16,631,250 |
| 37 | USA | 551312 | Fabrics, woven; 3-thread or 4-thread twill, of polyester staple fibres, containing less than 85% by weight of such, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, not exceeding 170g/m2, unbleached or bleached | 2025 | 95.69% | 10,438,218 |
| 38 | USA | 160232 | Meat preparations; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | 2025 | 95.56% | 10,333,490 |
| 39 | USA | 731021 | Cans; which are to be closed by soldering or crimping, for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), less than 50l capacity, of iron or steel | 2025 | 95.49% | 10,158,422 |
| 40 | USA | 120810 | Flours and meals; of soya beans | 2025 | 95.42% | 147,260,409 |
| 41 | China | 761490 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), other than steel core | 2025 | 95.35% | 17,518,017 |
| 42 | USA | 440711 | Wood; coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | 2025 | 94.94% | 85,249,503 |
| 43 | China | 760810 | Aluminium; tubes and pipes, not alloyed | 2025 | 94.45% | 10,573,841 |
| 44 | Spain | 830249 | Mountings, fittings and similar articles; suitable for other than buildings or furniture, of base metal | 2025 | 94.19% | 74,297,465 |
| 45 | China | 720839 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | 2025 | 94.18% | 28,701,305 |
| 46 | China | 854470 | Insulated electric conductors; optical fibre cables | 2025 | 94.11% | 13,129,216 |
| 47 | Australia | 283711 | Cyanides and cyanide oxides; of sodium | 2025 | 93.94% | 18,779,508 |
| 48 | China | 841590 | Air conditioning machines; with motor driven fan and elements for temperature control, parts thereof | 2025 | 93.91% | 124,124,750 |
| 49 | USA | 480411 | Kraft paper and paperboard; kraftliner, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803 | 2025 | 93.90% | 93,131,308 |
| 50 | USA | 020230 | Meat; of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | 2025 | 93.68% | 115,955,031 |
| 51 | Italy | 710813 | Metals; gold, semi-manufactured | 2025 | 93.62% | 117,778,201 |
| 52 | USA | 020329 | Meat; of swine, n.e.c. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | 2025 | 93.20% | 195,701,220 |
| 53 | China | 950510 | Christmas festivity articles | 2025 | 93.02% | 10,636,211 |
| 54 | China | 390130 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers | 2025 | 92.82% | 15,420,446 |
| 55 | China | 630710 | Cloths; floor cloths, dish-cloths, dusters and similar cleaning cloths | 2025 | 92.68% | 22,135,873 |
| 56 | USA | 540419 | Monofilament n.e.c. in heading no 5404; of 67 decitex or more and of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm | 2025 | 92.63% | 20,507,611 |
| 57 | USA | 071333 | Vegetables, leguminous; kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2025 | 92.46% | 58,150,224 |
| 58 | China | 621710 | Clothing accessories; other than those of heading no. 6212 (not knitted or crocheted) | 2025 | 92.08% | 20,006,891 |
| 59 | United Kingdom | 220830 | Whiskies | 2025 | 91.96% | 117,513,692 |
| 60 | China | 871499 | Cycles; parts thereof, n.e.c. in item no. 8714.9 | 2025 | 91.87% | 22,440,532 |
| 61 | China | 700529 | Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, non-wired, (other than coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or merely surface ground) | 2025 | 91.54% | 14,748,546 |
| 62 | Switzerland | 910221 | Wrist-watches; whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding | 2025 | 90.73% | 10,482,867 |
| 63 | China | 610462 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts; women's or girls', of cotton, knitted or crocheted | 2025 | 90.54% | 11,681,150 |
| 64 | China | 640319 | Sports footwear; (other than ski-boots, snowboard boots or cross-country ski footwear), with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather | 2025 | 90.54% | 25,893,827 |
| 65 | Mexico | 220890 | Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; n.e.c. in heading no. 2208 | 2025 | 90.51% | 29,633,748 |
| 66 | China | 850760 | Electric accumulators; lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | 2025 | 90.41% | 20,061,687 |
| 67 | Spain | 200911 | Juice; orange, frozen, unfermented, (not containing added spirit), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2025 | 90.21% | 32,315,975 |
| 68 | China | 160413 | Fish preparations; sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | 2025 | 89.83% | 43,176,572 |
| 69 | USA | 631090 | Rags; used or new, scrap twine, cordage, rope and cables and worn out articles of twine, cordage, rope or cables, of textile materials; other than sorted | 2025 | 89.43% | 44,246,743 |
| 70 | USA | 845290 | Sewing machines; furniture, bases and covers for sewing machines and parts thereof, and other parts of sewing machines | 2025 | 89.24% | 17,963,743 |
| 71 | China | 852581 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders; high-speed goods as specified in subheading note 1 to this chapter | 2025 | 89.14% | 26,471,153 |
| 72 | USA | 711319 | Jewellery; of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | 2025 | 89.06% | 359,141,635 |
| 73 | USA | 392390 | Plastics; articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923 | 2025 | 88.46% | 78,782,385 |
| 74 | China | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2025 | 88.42% | 19,311,240 |
| 75 | USA | 040490 | Dairy produce; natural milk constituents (excluding whey), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, n.e.c. in chapter 04 | 2025 | 88.42% | 10,386,830 |
| 76 | USA | 271500 | Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (e.g. bituminous mastics, cut-backs) | 2025 | 88.40% | 56,348,416 |
| 77 | China | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds | 2025 | 88.37% | 38,294,471 |
| 78 | USA | 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | 2025 | 88.13% | 35,788,593 |
| 79 | China | 640299 | Footwear; n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | 2025 | 87.79% | 22,069,163 |
| 80 | Mexico | 441899 | Wood; builders' joinery and carpentry of wood n.e.c. in heading no. 4418, other than of bamboo or cellular wood panels | 2025 | 86.69% | 11,283,120 |
| 81 | India | 030617 | Crustaceans; frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | 2025 | 86.44% | 10,675,919 |
| 82 | USA | 220600 | Beverages, fermented; (e.g. cider, perry, mead, sake) | 2025 | 86.03% | 11,947,813 |
| 83 | China | 851713 | Telephone sets; smartphones for cellular or other wireless networks | 2025 | 85.72% | 144,027,866 |
| 84 | Spain | 150920 | Vegetable oils; olive oil and its fractions, extra virgin olive oil, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 85.57% | 16,391,022 |
| 85 | USA | 482390 | Paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres; articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4823 | 2025 | 85.52% | 25,258,847 |
| 86 | China | 841830 | Freezers; of the chest type, not exceeding 800l capacity | 2025 | 84.74% | 10,681,849 |
| 87 | USA | 392329 | Plastics; sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics other than ethylene polymers | 2025 | 84.73% | 37,456,583 |
| 88 | China | 841451 | Fans; table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125W | 2025 | 84.63% | 17,960,007 |
| 89 | USA | 853890 | Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537 | 2025 | 84.40% | 60,669,304 |
| 90 | USA | 020714 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | 2025 | 84.35% | 109,290,699 |
| 91 | China | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines; portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | 2025 | 84.20% | 56,608,220 |
| 92 | USA | 390330 | Styrene polymers; acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers, in primary forms | 2025 | 83.92% | 21,182,755 |
| 93 | Colombia | 151110 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2025 | 83.63% | 54,882,375 |
| 94 | China | 760421 | Aluminium; alloys, hollow profiles | 2025 | 83.55% | 24,594,650 |
| 95 | Italy | 841790 | Furnaces and ovens; parts of non-electric furnaces and ovens (including incinerators), of industrial or laboratory use | 2025 | 83.49% | 27,876,130 |
| 96 | China | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds); parts and accessories | 2025 | 83.28% | 24,169,402 |
| 97 | USA | 390950 | Polyurethanes; in primary forms | 2025 | 83.28% | 37,185,738 |
| 98 | USA | 240391 | Tobacco; homogenised or reconstituted | 2025 | 83.23% | 10,547,759 |
| 99 | Brazil | 441114 | Medium density fibreboard (MDF), of a thickness exceeding 9 mm | 2025 | 83.20% | 25,446,686 |
| 100 | China | 851829 | Loudspeakers; not mounted in their enclosures | 2025 | 83.17% | 10,947,058 |
| 101 | China | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2025 | 82.87% | 52,553,226 |
| 102 | USA | 210320 | Sauces; tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces | 2025 | 82.56% | 10,695,209 |
| 103 | USA | 190120 | Food preparations; mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares | 2025 | 82.54% | 10,104,128 |
| 104 | China | 851779 | Communication apparatus; parts, other than aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds | 2025 | 82.43% | 16,532,132 |
| 105 | USA | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2025 | 82.00% | 76,477,204 |
| 106 | USA | 520513 | Cotton yarn; (not sewing thread), single, of uncombed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, less than 232.56 but not less than 192.31 decitex (exceeding 43 but not exceeding 52 metric number), not for retail sale | 2025 | 81.06% | 10,954,737 |
| 107 | USA | 390740 | Polycarbonates; in primary forms | 2025 | 80.88% | 21,529,791 |
| 108 | USA | 320416 | Dyes; reactive dyes and preparations based thereon | 2025 | 80.47% | 10,299,433 |
USA: 52 occurrences
China: 35 occurrences
Spain: 4 occurrences
India: 2 occurrences
Italy: 2 occurrences
Mexico: 2 occurrences
United Kingdom: 2 occurrences
Australia: 1 occurrence
Belgium: 1 occurrence
Brazil: 1 occurrence
Colombia: 1 occurrence
Denmark: 1 occurrence
France: 1 occurrence
Norway: 1 occurrence
Rep. of Korea: 1 occurrence
Switzerland: 1 occurrence
Legend:
Highlight - the row matches a Danger Zone country and/or a Critical Goods HS code.
ABCBold red partner name - the import source country is flagged in the Danger Zone.
1234Bold lime HS code - the product code is flagged in Critical Goods.