Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Ghana'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.
Ghana
51 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 722710 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of high speed steel | 2025 | 100.00% | 57,337,083 |
| 2 | China | 720827 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, pickled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | 2025 | 99.95% | 20,300,019 |
| 3 | Ireland | 281820 | Aluminium oxide; other than artificial corundum | 2025 | 99.77% | 53,740,514 |
| 4 | China | 721790 | Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, n.e.c. in heading no. 7217 | 2025 | 99.70% | 18,373,913 |
| 5 | China | 721650 | Iron or non-alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, n.e.c. in heading no. 7216, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | 2025 | 99.29% | 26,689,240 |
| 6 | China | 721391 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.c. in heading no. 7213, of circular cross-section measuring less than 14mm in diameter | 2025 | 98.88% | 43,385,070 |
| 7 | China | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2025 | 98.32% | 171,411,716 |
| 8 | China | 721632 | Iron or non-alloy steel; I sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2025 | 97.89% | 13,285,818 |
| 9 | China | 841830 | Freezers; of the chest type, not exceeding 800l capacity | 2025 | 97.66% | 17,759,968 |
| 10 | China | 640220 | Footwear; with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics, upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by plugs | 2025 | 97.14% | 42,183,582 |
| 11 | China | 560314 | Nonwovens; whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 150g/m2) | 2025 | 96.90% | 29,666,166 |
| 12 | China | 380893 | Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators; other than containing goods of Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter; put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2025 | 96.24% | 204,054,084 |
| 13 | China | 200290 | Vegetable preparations; tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | 2025 | 96.06% | 27,677,009 |
| 14 | China | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate); in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | 2025 | 96.03% | 34,200,532 |
| 15 | China | 721061 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | 2025 | 95.94% | 69,689,177 |
| 16 | China | 841829 | Refrigerators; household, electric or not, other than compression-type | 2025 | 95.89% | 15,852,535 |
| 17 | China | 420212 | Cases and containers; trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or of textile materials | 2025 | 95.86% | 10,537,369 |
| 18 | China | 720917 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of 0.5mm or more but not exceeding 1mm | 2025 | 95.72% | 52,388,801 |
| 19 | China | 902830 | Meters; electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof | 2025 | 95.63% | 12,578,056 |
| 20 | China | 320720 | Enamels and glazes; vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar preparations | 2025 | 95.44% | 10,889,269 |
| 21 | China | 390769 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate); in primary forms, having a viscosity of less than 78ml/g | 2025 | 94.98% | 60,150,910 |
| 22 | India | 630510 | Sacks and bags; of a kind used for the packing of goods, of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5303 | 2025 | 94.66% | 10,343,342 |
| 23 | China | 761490 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), other than steel core | 2025 | 94.16% | 13,584,183 |
| 24 | Morocco | 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | 2025 | 94.08% | 11,593,689 |
| 25 | China | 871631 | Tanker trailers and tanker semi-trailers | 2025 | 93.68% | 10,874,369 |
| 26 | South Africa | 080810 | Fruit, edible; apples, fresh | 2025 | 93.43% | 10,278,693 |
| 27 | Nigeria | 240220 | Cigarettes; containing tobacco | 2025 | 91.69% | 15,210,025 |
| 28 | China | 940549 | Luminaires and light fittings; electric, designed for other than use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2025 | 91.48% | 16,678,501 |
| 29 | China | 854143 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels | 2025 | 91.17% | 24,027,115 |
| 30 | Brazil | 160100 | Meat preparations; sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, and food preparations based on these products | 2025 | 90.76% | 10,758,107 |
| 31 | China | 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 | 90.28% | 13,581,809 |
| 32 | Canada | 100199 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | 2025 | 89.93% | 14,681,736 |
| 33 | China | 851771 | Communication apparatus; parts, aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds, part suitable for use therewith | 2025 | 88.94% | 33,138,286 |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 151590 | Fixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions n.e.c. in heading 1515; other than linseed, maize (corn), castor, sesame, microbial oils, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 88.61% | 21,917,290 |
| 35 | Argentina | 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 | 88.09% | 59,842,841 |
| 36 | China | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds); parts and accessories | 2025 | 88.05% | 10,148,226 |
| 37 | China | 392410 | Plastics; tableware and kitchenware | 2025 | 86.93% | 13,703,315 |
| 38 | China | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2025 | 86.82% | 11,938,578 |
| 39 | China | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with an auxiliary motor, internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars; side-cars | 2025 | 86.72% | 141,230,215 |
| 40 | China | 160415 | Fish preparations; mackerel, prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | 2025 | 85.33% | 11,675,324 |
| 41 | Egypt | 252020 | Plasters; (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders | 2025 | 84.30% | 21,045,691 |
| 42 | Viet Nam | 100630 | Cereals; rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | 2025 | 84.28% | 192,212,192 |
| 43 | USA | 470321 | Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of coniferous wood | 2025 | 84.04% | 26,792,322 |
| 44 | China | 871640 | Trailers and semi-trailers; n.e.c. in item no. 8716.3 | 2025 | 83.86% | 28,904,938 |
| 45 | China | 870423 | Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | 2025 | 82.92% | 93,003,740 |
| 46 | 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 | 82.90% | 23,419,648 |
| 47 | Indonesia | 340120 | Soap; in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | 2025 | 82.82% | 12,560,979 |
| 48 | Türkiye | 190230 | Food preparations; pasta (excluding stuffed), cooked or otherwise prepared | 2025 | 81.59% | 15,359,183 |
| 49 | China | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2025 | 80.98% | 41,415,367 |
| 50 | Mauritania | 030355 | Fish; frozen, jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2025 | 80.70% | 27,180,760 |
| 51 | Switzerland | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes | 2025 | 80.59% | 97,044,575 |
China: 35 occurrences
Argentina: 1 occurrence
Brazil: 1 occurrence
Burkina Faso: 1 occurrence
Canada: 1 occurrence
Egypt: 1 occurrence
India: 1 occurrence
Indonesia: 1 occurrence
Ireland: 1 occurrence
Mauritania: 1 occurrence
Morocco: 1 occurrence
Nigeria: 1 occurrence
South Africa: 1 occurrence
Switzerland: 1 occurrence
Türkiye: 1 occurrence
USA: 1 occurrence
Viet Nam: 1 occurrence
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