Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Zambia'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.
Zambia
43 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 282200 | Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides | 2025 | 100.00% | 17,381,410 |
| 2 | USA | 271311 | Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals | 2025 | 100.00% | 15,428,083 |
| 3 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 260800 | Zinc ores and concentrates | 2025 | 99.90% | 375,464,461 |
| 4 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 790310 | Zinc dust | 2025 | 99.87% | 14,013,269 |
| 5 | South Africa | 100390 | Cereals; barley, other than seed | 2025 | 99.82% | 10,518,349 |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 270112 | Coal; bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | 2025 | 99.82% | 36,664,110 |
| 7 | South Africa | 761290 | Aluminium; casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | 2025 | 99.76% | 24,298,901 |
| 8 | Namibia | 030366 | Fish; frozen, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2025 | 99.70% | 11,894,816 |
| 9 | South Africa | 283410 | Nitrites | 2025 | 99.68% | 22,398,443 |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 270400 | Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon | 2025 | 99.31% | 38,554,553 |
| 11 | China | 722830 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | 2025 | 99.28% | 43,352,793 |
| 12 | South Africa | 151620 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions; partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | 2025 | 98.68% | 11,542,864 |
| 13 | China | 320720 | Enamels and glazes; vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar preparations | 2025 | 98.26% | 12,177,329 |
| 14 | Namibia | 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 | 97.57% | 181,061,209 |
| 15 | China | 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances; having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter | 2025 | 97.40% | 171,066,705 |
| 16 | China | 284210 | Salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically defined, excluding azides | 2025 | 96.83% | 10,129,944 |
| 17 | South Africa | 220300 | Beer; made from malt | 2025 | 96.33% | 37,179,434 |
| 18 | South Africa | 310290 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, other kinds including mixtures not specified in the foregoing subheadings | 2025 | 96.24% | 55,798,072 |
| 19 | China | 850422 | Electrical transformers; liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 650kVA but not exceeding 10,000kVA | 2025 | 95.90% | 18,048,633 |
| 20 | Japan | 870322 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | 2025 | 95.29% | 84,905,778 |
| 21 | South Africa | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products; in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | 2025 | 94.62% | 14,892,865 |
| 22 | South Africa | 340250 | Washing and cleaning preparations; powders, flakes and granules, surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | 2025 | 94.57% | 11,401,793 |
| 23 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 100590 | Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed | 2025 | 94.03% | 42,073,910 |
| 24 | China | 840220 | Boilers; super-heated water boilers | 2025 | 93.65% | 26,766,042 |
| 25 | South Africa | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms | 2025 | 93.42% | 48,561,549 |
| 26 | Namibia | 030353 | Fish; frozen, sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2025 | 92.72% | 12,975,149 |
| 27 | Germany | 491199 | Printed matter; n.e.c. in heading no. 4911 | 2025 | 90.29% | 14,410,647 |
| 28 | China | 853530 | Electrical apparatus; isolating and make-and-break switches, for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | 2025 | 89.93% | 11,119,308 |
| 29 | South Africa | 151190 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 88.93% | 20,633,657 |
| 30 | China | 283010 | Sulphides; of sodium, whether or not chemically defined | 2025 | 88.90% | 24,039,755 |
| 31 | China | 847480 | Machines; for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials in powder or paste form, machines for forming foundry moulds of sand | 2025 | 87.97% | 31,853,403 |
| 32 | China | 293090 | Organo-sulphur compounds; n.e.c. in heading no. 2930 | 2025 | 87.11% | 21,647,316 |
| 33 | China | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2025 | 87.09% | 50,067,838 |
| 34 | South Africa | 210390 | Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | 2025 | 86.77% | 12,457,838 |
| 35 | Morocco | 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | 2025 | 86.70% | 14,822,036 |
| 36 | China | 401120 | Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | 2025 | 86.21% | 37,487,641 |
| 37 | South Africa | 391721 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of ethylene | 2025 | 85.97% | 10,235,985 |
| 38 | India | 392063 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of unsaturated polyesters, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2025 | 84.65% | 34,617,762 |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 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 | 84.57% | 12,522,656 |
| 40 | China | 843031 | Coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery; self-propelled | 2025 | 83.25% | 16,930,691 |
| 41 | China | 390190 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, n.e.c. in heading no. 3901 | 2025 | 82.93% | 11,545,718 |
| 42 | South Africa | 360200 | Explosives, prepared; other than propellent powders | 2025 | 81.57% | 10,587,235 |
| 43 | China | 850760 | Electric accumulators; lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | 2025 | 81.29% | 32,508,876 |
China: 15 occurrences
South Africa: 13 occurrences
Dem. Rep. of the Congo: 3 occurrences
Namibia: 3 occurrences
Zimbabwe: 3 occurrences
Germany: 1 occurrence
India: 1 occurrence
Japan: 1 occurrence
Morocco: 1 occurrence
USA: 1 occurrence
United Rep. of Tanzania: 1 occurrence
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