Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Extreme Import Bottlenecks

The tables below show South Sudan'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.

South Sudan

11 bottlenecks
#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Uganda730690Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73202599.97%11,294,318
2Uganda110220Cereal flour; of maize (corn)202599.94%43,162,249
3Uganda340239Anionic organic surface-active agents (other than soap); other than linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts, whether or not put up for retail sale202599.94%10,473,439
4Uganda721420Iron 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 rolling202599.58%19,898,170
5Uganda170199Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter202599.08%53,780,330
6Uganda110100Wheat or meslin flour202597.29%63,522,372
7Uganda220210Waters; including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured202596.97%21,504,093
8Uganda071331Vegetables, leguminous; beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried202596.39%13,856,998
9Netherlands300490Medicaments; consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale202593.04%64,624,633
10Uganda151190Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202589.37%36,178,303
11Kenya190110Food preparations; of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale202588.70%10,274,633

Partner frequency summary:

Uganda: 9 occurrences

Kenya: 1 occurrence

Netherlands: 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.