Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Extreme Import Bottlenecks

The tables below show Trinidad and Tobago'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.

Trinidad and Tobago

15 bottlenecks
#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1USA1001Wheat and meslin2025100.00%34,475,214
2USA0407Birds' eggs, in shell; fresh, preserved or cooked202599.13%28,081,917
3USA8904Tugs and pusher craft202597.23%11,297,608
4Germany7408Copper wire202596.74%22,176,628
5Türkiye7228Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel202595.72%35,713,716
6USA2304Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil202595.68%17,510,568
7USA1005Maize (corn)202594.05%22,643,952
8Viet Nam0801Nuts, edible; coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled202592.71%10,390,177
9USA3904Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms202589.44%11,909,515
10Malaysia1511Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202587.56%15,173,367
11USA1202Ground-nuts; not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken202586.94%10,115,901
12USA0207Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozen202586.40%25,242,607
13USA3901Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms202583.15%15,801,314
14Brazil2601Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites202582.68%272,699,730
15Singapore8430Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals, or ores; pile drivers and extractors; snow ploughs and snow blowers202581.17%50,185,405

Partner frequency summary:

USA: 9 occurrences

Brazil: 1 occurrence

Germany: 1 occurrence

Malaysia: 1 occurrence

Singapore: 1 occurrence

Türkiye: 1 occurrence

Viet Nam: 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.