Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Botswana'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.
Botswana
53 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 040110 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1% | 2023 | 100.00% | 10,069,206 |
| 2 | South Africa | 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | 2023 | 100.00% | 17,291,352 |
| 3 | South Africa | 220600 | Beverages, fermented; (e.g. cider, perry, mead, sake) | 2023 | 99.99% | 38,782,228 |
| 4 | South Africa | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes | 2023 | 99.99% | 15,194,573 |
| 5 | South Africa | 100590 | Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed | 2023 | 99.97% | 61,597,750 |
| 6 | South Africa | 220300 | Beer; made from malt | 2023 | 99.97% | 49,224,109 |
| 7 | South Africa | 190490 | Food preparations; cereal or cereal products (excluding maize), in grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared | 2023 | 99.95% | 11,008,187 |
| 8 | South Africa | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2023 | 99.93% | 14,593,284 |
| 9 | South Africa | 210320 | Sauces; tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces | 2023 | 99.92% | 10,306,164 |
| 10 | South Africa | 720810 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, with patterns in relief | 2023 | 99.90% | 42,541,236 |
| 11 | South Africa | 220210 | Waters; including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | 2023 | 99.80% | 133,403,858 |
| 12 | South Africa | 091099 | Spices; n.e.c. in heading no. 0910 | 2023 | 99.59% | 14,407,707 |
| 13 | South Africa | 340120 | Soap; in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | 2023 | 99.38% | 25,686,535 |
| 14 | South Africa | 200990 | Juices; mixtures of fruits or vegetables (but not nut juice), unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2023 | 99.33% | 12,089,175 |
| 15 | South Africa | 210390 | Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | 2023 | 99.14% | 23,148,892 |
| 16 | South Africa | 340290 | Washing and cleaning preparations; surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), including auxiliary washing preparations, not for retail sale | 2023 | 99.04% | 25,917,344 |
| 17 | Canada | 710210 | Diamonds; whether or not worked, but not mounted or set, unsorted | 2023 | 98.82% | 249,646,561 |
| 18 | South Africa | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2023 | 98.77% | 20,382,642 |
| 19 | South Africa | 390190 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, n.e.c. in heading no. 3901 | 2023 | 98.62% | 11,813,878 |
| 20 | South Africa | 870333 | Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc | 2023 | 98.59% | 20,688,191 |
| 21 | South Africa | 220299 | Non-alcoholic beverages; other than non-alcoholic beer, n.e.c. in item no. 2202.10, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009 | 2023 | 98.47% | 24,224,115 |
| 22 | Zambia | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2023 | 98.33% | 17,288,808 |
| 23 | South Africa | 100640 | Cereals; rice, broken | 2023 | 98.24% | 10,345,114 |
| 24 | South Africa | 151219 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2023 | 98.16% | 34,782,052 |
| 25 | South Africa | 681291 | Asbestos or mixtures with a basis of asbestos (other than crocidolite); clothing, clothing accessories, footwear and headgear, whether or not reinforced, not goods of heading 6811 or 6813 | 2023 | 97.78% | 14,139,721 |
| 26 | South Africa | 170490 | Sugar confectionery; (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | 2023 | 97.62% | 15,235,405 |
| 27 | South Africa | 100630 | Cereals; rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | 2023 | 97.12% | 26,061,949 |
| 28 | South Africa | 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 | 2023 | 97.08% | 11,502,261 |
| 29 | South Africa | 200989 | Juice; of any single fruit, nut or vegetable n.e.c. in heading no. 2009, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2023 | 97.06% | 12,854,381 |
| 30 | South Africa | 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations; n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | 2023 | 96.99% | 29,386,170 |
| 31 | South Africa | 640590 | Footwear; n.e.c. in chapter 64 | 2023 | 96.88% | 13,930,486 |
| 32 | South Africa | 870431 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | 2023 | 96.77% | 27,639,107 |
| 33 | South Africa | 230990 | Dog or cat food; (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | 2023 | 96.09% | 16,028,149 |
| 34 | South Africa | 730890 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | 2023 | 94.37% | 18,464,341 |
| 35 | South Africa | 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | 2023 | 93.42% | 13,341,452 |
| 36 | South Africa | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories; n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | 2023 | 93.35% | 39,396,440 |
| 37 | South Africa | 190531 | Food preparations; sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | 2023 | 93.15% | 10,587,934 |
| 38 | China | 851779 | Communication apparatus; parts, other than aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds | 2023 | 92.89% | 17,457,479 |
| 39 | South Africa | 210690 | Food preparations; n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | 2023 | 92.79% | 12,608,392 |
| 40 | South Africa | 040320 | Dairy produce; yoghurt, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa | 2023 | 92.50% | 10,509,018 |
| 41 | South Africa | 870421 | Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | 2023 | 92.40% | 49,724,895 |
| 42 | South Africa | 100199 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | 2023 | 89.97% | 44,944,179 |
| 43 | South Africa | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | 2023 | 89.70% | 19,848,207 |
| 44 | South Africa | 843149 | Machinery; parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | 2023 | 88.18% | 59,717,245 |
| 45 | South Africa | 190230 | Food preparations; pasta (excluding stuffed), cooked or otherwise prepared | 2023 | 87.89% | 11,089,643 |
| 46 | South Africa | 401180 | Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machines | 2023 | 86.94% | 17,752,595 |
| 47 | South Africa | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances; for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | 2023 | 85.67% | 11,483,002 |
| 48 | South Africa | 300390 | Medicaments; (not containing antibiotics, hormones, alkaloids or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale) | 2023 | 85.55% | 24,089,060 |
| 49 | South Africa | 440711 | Wood; coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | 2023 | 84.65% | 15,832,651 |
| 50 | Zambia | 310520 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium | 2023 | 83.93% | 16,327,299 |
| 51 | South Africa | 252329 | Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2023 | 82.58% | 45,193,538 |
| 52 | USA | 292419 | Acyclic amides (including acyclic carbamates) and their derivatives; salts thereof, other than meprobamate (INN), fluoroacetamide (ISO), monocrotophos (ISO) or phosphamidon (ISO) | 2023 | 82.00% | 11,595,570 |
| 53 | South Africa | 847490 | Machines, for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing etc mineral substances, for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid fuels, ceramic pastes etc, for forming foundry moulds of sand; parts | 2023 | 80.15% | 15,115,481 |
South Africa: 48 occurrences
Zambia: 2 occurrences
Canada: 1 occurrence
China: 1 occurrence
USA: 1 occurrence
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