Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Rwanda'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.
Rwanda
29 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 380869 | Insecticides; containing goods named in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles, in packings of a net weight content exceeding 7.5kg | 2025 | 99.87% | 13,491,703 |
| 2 | China | 871160 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with auxiliary motor, with electric motor for propulsion, with or without side-cars; side-cars | 2025 | 99.72% | 12,546,198 |
| 3 | China | 871631 | Tanker trailers and tanker semi-trailers | 2025 | 99.32% | 20,462,524 |
| 4 | China | 847420 | Machines; for crushing or grinding earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | 2025 | 99.26% | 39,513,613 |
| 5 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 252329 | Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2025 | 99.13% | 16,960,320 |
| 6 | China | 030323 | Fish; frozen, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2025 | 99.08% | 11,869,980 |
| 7 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 070200 | Vegetables; tomatoes, fresh or chilled | 2025 | 97.93% | 19,394,255 |
| 8 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 271119 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711 | 2025 | 97.85% | 10,695,958 |
| 9 | USA | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes | 2025 | 97.60% | 26,870,259 |
| 10 | Uganda | 110220 | Cereal flour; of maize (corn) | 2025 | 97.48% | 13,919,114 |
| 11 | China | 721061 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | 2025 | 97.30% | 20,535,537 |
| 12 | China | 640690 | Footwear; parts, n.e.c. in heading 6406 | 2025 | 96.23% | 10,981,388 |
| 13 | China | 551219 | Fabrics, woven; of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of polyester staple fibres, other than unbleached or bleached | 2025 | 95.92% | 13,823,654 |
| 14 | China | 401120 | Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | 2025 | 95.54% | 14,607,418 |
| 15 | China | 850760 | Electric accumulators; lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | 2025 | 94.05% | 15,076,593 |
| 16 | China | 870121 | Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) | 2025 | 93.79% | 31,078,525 |
| 17 | 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 | 92.15% | 15,433,672 |
| 18 | China | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2025 | 91.96% | 23,642,892 |
| 19 | Egypt | 151219 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 91.38% | 12,756,945 |
| 20 | Türkiye | 190219 | Food preparations; pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 2025 | 90.40% | 13,681,185 |
| 21 | India | 845521 | Metal-rolling mills; hot or combination hot and cold rolling mills | 2025 | 89.35% | 13,159,429 |
| 22 | China | 030354 | Fish; frozen, mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2025 | 88.23% | 34,621,727 |
| 23 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 120242 | Ground-nuts; other than seed, not roasted or otherwise cooked, shelled, whether or not broken, | 2025 | 86.43% | 34,827,394 |
| 24 | China | 870380 | Vehicles; with only electric motor for propulsion | 2025 | 85.46% | 19,267,629 |
| 25 | 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 | 85.29% | 30,240,145 |
| 26 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 071410 | Vegetable roots and tubers; manioc (cassava), with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets | 2025 | 84.51% | 34,065,424 |
| 27 | Kenya | 250100 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt); pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water | 2025 | 84.34% | 14,257,735 |
| 28 | Uganda | 441299 | Plywood; n.e.c. in heading 4412, with both outer plies of coniferous wood | 2025 | 84.25% | 10,778,665 |
| 29 | Japan | 870333 | Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc | 2025 | 81.17% | 21,856,187 |
China: 15 occurrences
United Rep. of Tanzania: 5 occurrences
Japan: 2 occurrences
Uganda: 2 occurrences
Egypt: 1 occurrence
India: 1 occurrence
Kenya: 1 occurrence
Türkiye: 1 occurrence
USA: 1 occurrence
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