Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Bangladesh'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.
Bangladesh
66 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 170114 | Sugars; cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | 2018 | 100.00% | 611,179,253 |
| 2 | India | 230649 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of rape seed oils (other than low erucic acid rape or colza) | 2018 | 100.00% | 52,769,333 |
| 3 | Italy | 890610 | Vessels; warships | 2018 | 100.00% | 48,916,873 |
| 4 | Qatar | 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas | 2018 | 100.00% | 186,944,279 |
| 5 | Qatar | 720711 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness | 2018 | 100.00% | 29,648,962 |
| 6 | Singapore | 890520 | Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | 2018 | 100.00% | 25,319,447 |
| 7 | India | 070200 | Vegetables; tomatoes, fresh or chilled | 2018 | 99.96% | 13,387,387 |
| 8 | India | 090421 | Spices; fruits of the genus Capsicum or Pimenta, dried, neither crushed nor ground | 2018 | 99.92% | 84,710,284 |
| 9 | Areas, nes | 580219 | Fabrics; terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, of cotton, bleached, excluding narrow fabrics of heading no. 5806 | 2018 | 99.86% | 27,377,696 |
| 10 | India | 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous; onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | 2018 | 99.86% | 290,474,876 |
| 11 | India | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2018 | 99.77% | 53,473,614 |
| 12 | India | 720230 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-silico-manganese | 2018 | 99.52% | 43,402,108 |
| 13 | India | 081090 | Fruit, edible; fruits n.e.c. in heading no. 0801 to 0810, fresh | 2018 | 99.43% | 27,413,314 |
| 14 | India | 230690 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of oils, n.e.c. in heading no. 2306 | 2018 | 99.40% | 69,726,267 |
| 15 | China | 930310 | Firearms; muzzle-loading | 2018 | 99.37% | 58,854,843 |
| 16 | India | 870193 | Tractors; n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709); of an engine power exceeding 37kW but not exceeding 75kW | 2018 | 99.32% | 42,283,702 |
| 17 | Japan | 870290 | Vehicles; public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), n.e.c. in heading 8702, new or used | 2018 | 99.25% | 33,683,910 |
| 18 | India | 262099 | Slag, ash and residues; (not from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing mainly metals or their compounds, n.e.c. in heading no. 2620 | 2018 | 99.20% | 13,924,294 |
| 19 | Japan | 902810 | Meters; gas, supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof | 2018 | 99.04% | 22,366,671 |
| 20 | India | 870192 | Tractors; n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709); of an engine power exceeding 18kW but not exceeding 37kW | 2018 | 98.40% | 38,081,985 |
| 21 | Qatar | 720719 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, other than rectangular or square cross-section | 2018 | 98.32% | 27,776,363 |
| 22 | India | 870390 | Vehicles; for transport of persons (other than those of heading no. 8702) n.e.c. in heading no. 8703 | 2018 | 98.30% | 72,502,462 |
| 23 | India | 140490 | Vegetable products; n.e.c. in chapter 14 | 2018 | 98.20% | 13,618,662 |
| 24 | India | 721499 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, n.e.c. in heading no. 7214, other than of rectangular cross-section | 2018 | 98.09% | 12,196,595 |
| 25 | Japan | 870340 | Vehicles; with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | 2018 | 97.88% | 136,608,828 |
| 26 | Romania | 120600 | Oil seeds; sunflower seeds, whether or not broken | 2018 | 97.35% | 12,999,882 |
| 27 | Qatar | 890110 | Cruise ships, excursion boats and similar vessels, principally designed for the transport of persons, ferry boats of all kinds | 2018 | 96.93% | 192,016,126 |
| 28 | Areas, nes | 900219 | Lenses; objective, (other than for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers), mounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) | 2018 | 96.20% | 13,676,173 |
| 29 | China | 730630 | Iron or non-alloy steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (not seamless), welded, of circular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2018 | 95.57% | 20,211,301 |
| 30 | Viet Nam | 400121 | Rubber; natural (excluding latex), in smoked sheets | 2018 | 95.52% | 16,365,970 |
| 31 | China | 730210 | Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material; rails | 2018 | 95.27% | 12,325,205 |
| 32 | India | 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 | 2018 | 94.90% | 83,081,792 |
| 33 | Germany | 841182 | Turbines; gas-turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers), of a power exceeding 5000kW | 2018 | 94.81% | 106,199,949 |
| 34 | India | 091030 | Spices; turmeric (curcuma) | 2018 | 94.58% | 28,412,113 |
| 35 | India | 100640 | Cereals; rice, broken | 2018 | 94.11% | 13,064,147 |
| 36 | China | 283321 | Sulphates; of magnesium | 2018 | 93.79% | 11,397,300 |
| 37 | USA | 230330 | Brewing or distilling dregs and waste; whether or not in the form of pellets | 2018 | 93.55% | 40,389,674 |
| 38 | Singapore | 890120 | Tankers | 2018 | 93.53% | 47,931,590 |
| 39 | India | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with an auxiliary motor, internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars; side-cars | 2018 | 93.25% | 296,512,921 |
| 40 | Areas, nes | 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 | 2018 | 92.57% | 11,846,607 |
| 41 | India | 100630 | Cereals; rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | 2018 | 92.36% | 519,316,737 |
| 42 | Rep. of Korea | 844120 | Machines; for making bags, sacks or envelopes of paper pulp, paper or paperboard | 2018 | 92.36% | 11,822,285 |
| 43 | Japan | 870322 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | 2018 | 92.17% | 218,684,981 |
| 44 | India | 120999 | Seeds; n.e.c. in heading 1209, of a kind used for sowing | 2018 | 91.88% | 12,309,631 |
| 45 | India | 870422 | Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | 2018 | 91.72% | 312,913,801 |
| 46 | USA | 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft, except unmanned; of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | 2018 | 91.66% | 247,183,297 |
| 47 | India | 320500 | Colour lakes; preparations based on colour lakes as specified in note 3 to this chapter | 2018 | 91.54% | 13,884,024 |
| 48 | India | 844311 | Printing machinery; offset, reel-fed | 2018 | 88.87% | 10,484,613 |
| 49 | Other Asia, nes | 390311 | Styrene polymers; expansible polystyrene, in primary forms | 2018 | 88.02% | 11,750,670 |
| 50 | USA | 120190 | Soya beans; other than seed, whether or not broken | 2018 | 87.34% | 435,477,371 |
| 51 | Australia | 071320 | Vegetables, leguminous; chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2018 | 86.89% | 124,711,910 |
| 52 | Indonesia | 151190 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2018 | 86.41% | 1,563,636,677 |
| 53 | China | 283311 | Sodium sulphates; disodium sulphate | 2018 | 84.99% | 60,737,370 |
| 54 | India | 870120 | Tractors; road, for semi-trailers | 2018 | 84.51% | 34,340,293 |
| 55 | New Zealand | 040221 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | 2018 | 84.35% | 274,457,615 |
| 56 | Viet Nam | 252100 | Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | 2018 | 84.35% | 110,196,893 |
| 57 | Other Europe, nes | 845929 | Machine-tools; for drilling by removing metal, other than numerically controlled | 2018 | 84.22% | 10,503,317 |
| 58 | India | 090931 | Spices; cumin seeds, neither crushed nor ground | 2018 | 83.40% | 55,762,118 |
| 59 | Rep. of Korea | 480100 | Newsprint; made of fibres obtained essentially by a chemi-mechanical process or of a weight, per m2, of more than 57g but not more than 65g, in rolls or sheets | 2018 | 83.09% | 33,822,226 |
| 60 | India | 870790 | Vehicles; bodies (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8701, 8702, 8704 or 8705 | 2018 | 83.04% | 10,909,772 |
| 61 | Viet Nam | 481320 | Paper, cigarette; in rolls of a width not exceeding 5cm | 2018 | 82.58% | 10,476,542 |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 381700 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2018 | 82.19% | 17,273,246 |
| 63 | India | 761410 | Aluminium; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, (not electrically insulated), with steel core | 2018 | 82.06% | 11,999,279 |
| 64 | China | 070320 | Vegetables, alliaceous; garlic, fresh or chilled | 2018 | 81.29% | 53,354,831 |
| 65 | Malaysia | 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 | 2018 | 80.54% | 13,620,145 |
| 66 | Viet Nam | 252210 | Quicklime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825 | 2018 | 80.25% | 12,418,802 |
India: 27 occurrences
China: 6 occurrences
Japan: 4 occurrences
Qatar: 4 occurrences
Viet Nam: 4 occurrences
Areas, nes: 3 occurrences
USA: 3 occurrences
Rep. of Korea: 2 occurrences
Singapore: 2 occurrences
Australia: 1 occurrence
Brazil: 1 occurrence
Germany: 1 occurrence
Indonesia: 1 occurrence
Italy: 1 occurrence
Malaysia: 1 occurrence
New Zealand: 1 occurrence
Other Asia, nes: 1 occurrence
Other Europe, nes: 1 occurrence
Romania: 1 occurrence
Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence
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