Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Ecuador'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.
Ecuador
85 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 870240 | Vehicles; public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with only electric motor for propulsion, new or used | 2025 | 100.00% | 29,840,960 |
| 2 | China | 870290 | Vehicles; public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), n.e.c. in heading 8702, new or used | 2025 | 100.00% | 21,141,612 |
| 3 | China | 890120 | Tankers | 2025 | 100.00% | 16,365,136 |
| 4 | Colombia | 271600 | Electrical energy | 2025 | 100.00% | 83,314,191 |
| 5 | USA | 230330 | Brewing or distilling dregs and waste; whether or not in the form of pellets | 2025 | 100.00% | 28,466,185 |
| 6 | China | 720720 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon | 2025 | 99.99% | 13,392,194 |
| 7 | Peru | 790111 | Zinc; unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight 99.99% or more of zinc | 2025 | 99.99% | 14,103,086 |
| 8 | USA | 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane | 2025 | 99.99% | 566,471,406 |
| 9 | USA | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes | 2025 | 99.99% | 239,567,234 |
| 10 | Peru | 740311 | Copper; refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | 2025 | 99.78% | 10,824,940 |
| 11 | Spain | 890200 | Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels; for processing or preserving fishery products | 2025 | 99.73% | 19,580,450 |
| 12 | China | 842630 | Cranes; portal or pedestal jib cranes | 2025 | 99.71% | 12,703,134 |
| 13 | Colombia | 480421 | Kraft paper and paperboard; sack kraft paper, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803 | 2025 | 99.69% | 15,015,703 |
| 14 | Peru | 230230 | Bran, sharps and other residues; of wheat, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | 2025 | 99.27% | 17,238,674 |
| 15 | China | 310221 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium sulphate | 2025 | 99.01% | 36,871,815 |
| 16 | China | 720851 | Iron or non-alloy steel; (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm | 2025 | 99.01% | 33,240,831 |
| 17 | Argentina | 100590 | Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed | 2025 | 98.95% | 35,345,264 |
| 18 | Chile | 110412 | Cereal grains; rolled or flaked, of oats | 2025 | 98.46% | 11,846,648 |
| 19 | China | 720852 | Iron or non-alloy steel; (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm | 2025 | 98.39% | 29,866,169 |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 220830 | Whiskies | 2025 | 98.06% | 22,518,744 |
| 21 | Canada | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous; lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2025 | 97.95% | 28,974,946 |
| 22 | China | 721061 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | 2025 | 97.88% | 90,456,380 |
| 23 | China | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2025 | 97.82% | 140,258,228 |
| 24 | China | 870410 | Vehicles; dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods | 2025 | 97.44% | 10,884,249 |
| 25 | China | 950510 | Christmas festivity articles | 2025 | 97.41% | 10,201,517 |
| 26 | China | 070320 | Vegetables, alliaceous; garlic, fresh or chilled | 2025 | 97.33% | 23,648,211 |
| 27 | China | 841510 | Air conditioning machines; comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or 'split-system' | 2025 | 96.45% | 46,079,541 |
| 28 | China | 841821 | Refrigerators; for household use, compression-type, electric or other | 2025 | 96.42% | 14,655,089 |
| 29 | Peru | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | 2025 | 96.36% | 12,981,045 |
| 30 | China | 851761 | Base stations | 2025 | 96.32% | 33,038,198 |
| 31 | USA | 470321 | Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of coniferous wood | 2025 | 96.09% | 16,359,729 |
| 32 | China | 851679 | Electro-thermic appliances; n.e.c. in heading no. 8516, used for domestic purposes | 2025 | 95.88% | 15,991,877 |
| 33 | China | 854143 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels | 2025 | 95.88% | 25,510,358 |
| 34 | Chile | 290511 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, methanol (methyl alcohol) | 2025 | 95.39% | 14,258,412 |
| 35 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 150710 | Vegetable oils; soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | 2025 | 95.35% | 111,850,768 |
| 36 | Brazil | 870333 | Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc | 2025 | 95.21% | 11,161,182 |
| 37 | China | 853952 | Lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources, light-emitting diode (LED) lamps | 2025 | 95.17% | 23,238,837 |
| 38 | China | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate); in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | 2025 | 94.74% | 61,700,032 |
| 39 | China | 292241 | Amino-acids, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function, and their esters; lysine and its esters; salts thereof | 2025 | 94.66% | 11,320,090 |
| 40 | China | 730619 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (other than of stainless steel or seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2025 | 94.50% | 10,943,909 |
| 41 | China | 843780 | Machinery; for use in the milling industry or for the working of cereals or dried leguminous vegetables, other than farm-type machinery | 2025 | 94.04% | 11,539,791 |
| 42 | China | 551643 | Fabrics, woven; of yarns of different colours, containing less than 85% by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton | 2025 | 93.64% | 17,608,481 |
| 43 | Colombia | 731029 | Tanks, casks, drums, boxes and similar containers for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas) less than 50l capacity, n.e.c. in item no. 7310.2, of iron or steel | 2025 | 93.59% | 12,381,769 |
| 44 | USA | 390140 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2025 | 93.36% | 23,857,558 |
| 45 | China | 850423 | Electrical transformers; liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000kVA | 2025 | 93.35% | 17,902,809 |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 090619 | Spices; cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers, other than cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume), neither crushed nor ground | 2025 | 93.16% | 10,035,411 |
| 47 | China | 600192 | Fabrics; pile fabrics (excluding long pile and loop pile), of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | 2025 | 92.68% | 15,473,506 |
| 48 | Peru | 230120 | Flours, meals and pellets; of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 2025 | 92.51% | 82,987,844 |
| 49 | Peru | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2025 | 91.89% | 45,621,308 |
| 50 | China | 540769 | Fabrics, woven; containing less than 85% by weight of non-textured polyester filaments | 2025 | 91.57% | 18,545,092 |
| 51 | Colombia | 600410 | Fabrics; knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread | 2025 | 90.96% | 24,155,202 |
| 52 | China | 730419 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron or stainless steel); seamless, line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines | 2025 | 90.93% | 20,300,919 |
| 53 | China | 871160 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with auxiliary motor, with electric motor for propulsion, with or without side-cars; side-cars | 2025 | 90.74% | 14,727,395 |
| 54 | China | 843041 | Boring or sinking machinery; self-propelled, n.e.c. in heading no. 8430 | 2025 | 89.86% | 12,994,262 |
| 55 | China | 420292 | Cases and containers; n.e.c. in heading 4202, with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials | 2025 | 88.88% | 17,280,129 |
| 56 | China | 940542 | Luminaires and light fittings; electric, designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2025 | 88.88% | 12,781,325 |
| 57 | China | 540233 | Yarn, synthetic; filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), textured, of polyesters, not for retail sale, not sewing thread | 2025 | 88.80% | 12,004,068 |
| 58 | USA | 271019 | Petroleum 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 preparations | 2025 | 88.75% | 3,234,415,783 |
| 59 | Argentina | 150790 | Vegetable oils; soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 87.81% | 22,387,700 |
| 60 | China | 870870 | Vehicle parts; road wheels and parts and accessories thereof | 2025 | 86.95% | 21,091,733 |
| 61 | China | 293628 | Vitamins; vitamin E and its derivatives, unmixed | 2025 | 86.67% | 13,085,950 |
| 62 | China | 854470 | Insulated electric conductors; optical fibre cables | 2025 | 86.02% | 17,095,888 |
| 63 | China | 870360 | Vehicles; with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | 2025 | 85.73% | 50,158,660 |
| 64 | China | 847982 | Machines; for mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screening, sifting, homogenising, emulsifying or stirring | 2025 | 85.34% | 39,110,113 |
| 65 | China | 722830 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | 2025 | 85.20% | 17,175,973 |
| 66 | China | 392590 | Plastics; builders' ware, n.e.c. or included in heading no. 3925 | 2025 | 84.93% | 37,176,530 |
| 67 | China | 290613 | Alcohols; cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic and derivatives, sterols and inositols | 2025 | 84.84% | 44,667,832 |
| 68 | Canada | 100119 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | 2025 | 84.74% | 214,760,104 |
| 69 | China | 950691 | Athletics and gymnastics equipment | 2025 | 84.26% | 16,755,455 |
| 70 | Russian Federation | 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | 2025 | 84.09% | 23,303,158 |
| 71 | China | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2025 | 83.48% | 27,516,558 |
| 72 | Russian Federation | 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | 2025 | 83.13% | 50,582,176 |
| 73 | China | 940511 | Luminaires and light fittings; chandeliers and electric ceiling or wall light fittings; (excluding those used for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares), for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2025 | 82.98% | 16,574,158 |
| 74 | Colombia | 380991 | Finishing agents and dye carriers; to accelerate dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs, other products and preparations, used in the textile industry (excluding those with a basis of amylaceous substances) | 2025 | 82.73% | 11,929,096 |
| 75 | China | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds); parts and accessories | 2025 | 82.60% | 22,039,327 |
| 76 | China | 870380 | Vehicles; with only electric motor for propulsion | 2025 | 82.42% | 89,798,811 |
| 77 | Peru | 360200 | Explosives, prepared; other than propellent powders | 2025 | 82.19% | 23,590,671 |
| 78 | China | 850212 | Electric generating sets; with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 75kVA but not exceeding 375kVA | 2025 | 82.16% | 18,021,172 |
| 79 | Australia | 100390 | Cereals; barley, other than seed | 2025 | 82.10% | 10,216,868 |
| 80 | China | 391810 | Floor, wall or ceiling coverings; of polymers of vinyl chloride, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles | 2025 | 81.81% | 12,833,427 |
| 81 | China | 846729 | Tools; for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor; other than saws and drills | 2025 | 81.80% | 17,816,071 |
| 82 | China | 850211 | Electric generating sets; with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output not exceeding 75kVA | 2025 | 81.78% | 16,734,037 |
| 83 | China | 401140 | Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motorcycles | 2025 | 81.55% | 13,023,180 |
| 84 | China | 293629 | Vitamins; n.e.c. in item no. 2936.2, and their derivatives, unmixed | 2025 | 81.43% | 11,701,799 |
| 85 | USA | 230110 | Flours, meals and pellets; of meat or meat offal, greaves | 2025 | 80.67% | 47,167,698 |
China: 52 occurrences
Peru: 7 occurrences
USA: 7 occurrences
Colombia: 5 occurrences
Argentina: 2 occurrences
Canada: 2 occurrences
Chile: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Australia: 1 occurrence
Bolivia (Plurinational State of): 1 occurrence
Brazil: 1 occurrence
Spain: 1 occurrence
Sri Lanka: 1 occurrence
United Kingdom: 1 occurrence
Legend:
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