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
26 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 2822 | Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides | 2025 | 100.00% | 17,381,410 |
| 2 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 2608 | Zinc ores and concentrates | 2025 | 99.90% | 375,464,461 |
| 3 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 7903 | Zinc; dust, powders and flakes | 2025 | 99.87% | 14,013,269 |
| 4 | South Africa | 1003 | Barley | 2025 | 99.84% | 11,650,742 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 2701 | Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal | 2025 | 99.80% | 36,882,808 |
| 6 | South Africa | 7612 | Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes etc (including rigid, collapsible tubular containers), for materials other than compressed, liquefied gas, 300l capacity or less, lined, heat-insulated or not | 2025 | 99.72% | 24,313,587 |
| 7 | South Africa | 2834 | Nitrites; nitrates | 2025 | 99.57% | 22,410,678 |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 2704 | Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon | 2025 | 99.31% | 38,554,553 |
| 9 | South Africa | 1516 | Animal, vegetable or microbial 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 | 98.67% | 11,542,949 |
| 10 | China | 3207 | Pigments, prepared; opacifiers, colours, vitrifiable enamels, glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres etc as used in the ceramic enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and powder, granules or flakes | 2025 | 97.87% | 13,377,087 |
| 11 | China | 2842 | Salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, n.e.c. including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined, but excluding azides | 2025 | 96.70% | 10,136,387 |
| 12 | South Africa | 2203 | Beer made from malt | 2025 | 96.33% | 37,179,434 |
| 13 | Namibia | 0303 | Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 | 2025 | 96.24% | 218,958,305 |
| 14 | China | 8479 | Machinery and mechanical appliances; having individual functions, n.e.c. in this chapter | 2025 | 90.83% | 183,130,183 |
| 15 | China | 8402 | Boilers; steam or other vapour generating (other than central heating hot water boilers, capable also of producing low pressure steam), super heated water boilers | 2025 | 90.59% | 35,788,090 |
| 16 | South Africa | 1901 | Malt extract; flour/groats/meal/starch/malt extract products, no cocoa (or less than 40% by weight) and food preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04, no cocoa (or less than 5% by weight), weights calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.c. | 2025 | 90.17% | 12,627,545 |
| 17 | China | 2830 | Sulphides; polysulphides whether or not chemically defined | 2025 | 89.78% | 26,385,813 |
| 18 | South Africa | 3401 | Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent | 2025 | 88.67% | 18,610,860 |
| 19 | China | 5602 | Felt; whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated | 2025 | 88.10% | 10,018,293 |
| 20 | South Africa | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2025 | 87.69% | 61,272,294 |
| 21 | South Africa | 2103 | Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings, mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard | 2025 | 86.91% | 13,475,552 |
| 22 | South Africa | 7314 | Cloth (including endless bands), grill, netting and fencing, of iron or steel wire; expanded metal of iron or steel | 2025 | 86.56% | 13,191,001 |
| 23 | China | 7228 | Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel | 2025 | 82.57% | 44,136,788 |
| 24 | Germany | 4911 | Printed matter, n.e.c., including printed pictures and photographs | 2025 | 82.18% | 14,435,879 |
| 25 | South Africa | 3602 | Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders | 2025 | 81.57% | 10,587,235 |
| 26 | China | 2930 | Organo-sulphur compounds | 2025 | 80.56% | 24,111,970 |
South Africa: 11 occurrences
China: 8 occurrences
Dem. Rep. of the Congo: 3 occurrences
Zimbabwe: 2 occurrences
Germany: 1 occurrence
Namibia: 1 occurrence
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