Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Switzerland'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.
Switzerland
98 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 840130 | Fuel elements (cartridges); non-irradiated | 2025 | 100.00% | 84,610,183 |
| 2 | USA | 841111 | Turbo-jets; of a thrust not exceeding 25kN | 2025 | 100.00% | 93,725,340 |
| 3 | Germany | 240492 | Products n.e.c. in heading 2404, intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body, for transdermal application | 2025 | 99.99% | 12,633,428 |
| 4 | France | 390450 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; vinylidene chloride polymers, in primary forms | 2025 | 99.84% | 35,664,681 |
| 5 | Germany | 700232 | Glass; unworked, tubes, of glass having a linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 x 10 (to the minus 6), (or 0.000005) per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0-300 degrees C | 2025 | 99.71% | 11,360,153 |
| 6 | Germany | 860110 | Rail locomotives; powered from an external source of electricity | 2025 | 99.35% | 125,861,802 |
| 7 | Germany | 121291 | Sugar beet; fit for human consumption, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground | 2025 | 99.32% | 30,786,076 |
| 8 | France | 292122 | Amine-function compounds; acyclic polyamines and their derivatives, hexamethylenediamine and its salts | 2025 | 99.19% | 41,139,159 |
| 9 | Germany | 293920 | Alkaloids; of cinchona and their derivatives; salts thereof | 2025 | 98.95% | 21,814,928 |
| 10 | Germany | 844311 | Printing machinery; offset, reel-fed | 2025 | 98.91% | 11,035,942 |
| 11 | Italy | 511211 | Fabrics, woven; of combed wool or combed fine animal hair, containing 85% or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair, of a weight not exceeding 200g/m2 | 2025 | 98.31% | 12,381,589 |
| 12 | Germany | 120910 | Seed; sugar beet seeds, of a kind used for sowing | 2025 | 98.25% | 10,887,680 |
| 13 | Italy | 300320 | Medicaments; containing antibiotics other than penicillins, streptomycins and their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not in measured doses, not packaged for retail sale) | 2025 | 98.18% | 109,132,151 |
| 14 | Germany | 360330 | Percussion caps | 2025 | 97.74% | 15,080,262 |
| 15 | Germany | 291540 | Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; mono-, di- or trichloroacetic acids, their salts and esters | 2025 | 97.49% | 19,443,698 |
| 16 | Italy | 960711 | Slide fasteners; fitted with chain scoops of base metal | 2025 | 96.96% | 21,986,987 |
| 17 | Portugal | 293410 | Heterocyclic compounds; containing an unfused thiazole ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure | 2025 | 96.53% | 367,834,681 |
| 18 | Germany | 441194 | Fibreboard (other than MDF) of a density not exceeding 0.5g/cm3, of wood or other ligneous materials, bonded or not with resins or other organic substances | 2025 | 96.50% | 46,804,777 |
| 19 | Türkiye | 300460 | Medicaments; containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | 2025 | 96.41% | 13,568,941 |
| 20 | Germany | 844313 | Printing machinery; offset, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.1 | 2025 | 95.89% | 11,235,737 |
| 21 | Italy | 293722 | Steroidal hormones, their derivatives and structural analogues; halogenated derivatives of corticosteroidal hormones | 2025 | 94.93% | 31,043,435 |
| 22 | Brazil | 200919 | Juice; orange, not frozen, of a Brix value exceeding 20, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2025 | 94.23% | 30,100,366 |
| 23 | Italy | 200210 | Vegetable preparations; tomatoes, whole or in pieces, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | 2025 | 93.27% | 37,346,728 |
| 24 | USA | 853221 | Electrical capacitors; fixed, tantalum | 2025 | 93.02% | 49,438,526 |
| 25 | Germany | 251749 | Stones; of heading no. 2515 or 2516 (excluding marble), in granules, chippings and powder, whether or not heat-treated | 2025 | 91.91% | 26,104,831 |
| 26 | France | 880211 | Helicopters, except unmanned; of an unladen weight not exceeding 2000kg | 2025 | 91.81% | 55,087,278 |
| 27 | China | 240412 | Products containing nicotine, other than tobacco or reconstituted tobacco, intended for inhalation without combustion | 2025 | 91.46% | 44,342,004 |
| 28 | Spain | 721090 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with materials n.e.c. in heading no. 7210 | 2025 | 91.22% | 12,565,157 |
| 29 | Germany | 382410 | Binders, prepared; for foundry moulds or cores | 2025 | 91.10% | 22,368,705 |
| 30 | Netherlands | 060110 | Plants, live; bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant | 2025 | 91.04% | 16,238,870 |
| 31 | Germany | 290723 | Polyphenols; 4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts | 2025 | 91.01% | 16,135,950 |
| 32 | Netherlands | 293723 | Steroidal hormones, their derivatives and structural analogues; oestrogens and progestogens | 2025 | 90.97% | 27,490,601 |
| 33 | Germany | 841933 | Dryers; lyophilisation apparatus, freeze drying units and spray dryers, not used for domestic purposes | 2025 | 90.86% | 23,282,581 |
| 34 | Germany | 680710 | Asphalt or similar material; articles (e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch) in rolls | 2025 | 90.67% | 30,640,501 |
| 35 | Italy | 160241 | Meat preparations; of swine, hams and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved (excluding homogenised preparations) | 2025 | 90.36% | 11,332,579 |
| 36 | China | 620423 | Ensembles; women's or girls', of synthetic fibres (not knitted or crocheted) | 2025 | 90.04% | 13,087,333 |
| 37 | Germany | 252020 | Plasters; (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders | 2025 | 89.75% | 22,618,899 |
| 38 | Italy | 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value; stamp-impressed paper; cheque forms; banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | 2025 | 89.71% | 14,350,971 |
| 39 | India | 320416 | Dyes; reactive dyes and preparations based thereon | 2025 | 89.53% | 13,596,726 |
| 40 | Germany | 292029 | Esters; phosphite esters and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, n.e.c. in heading no. 2920 | 2025 | 89.37% | 20,771,247 |
| 41 | France | 040120 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6% | 2025 | 89.20% | 16,093,152 |
| 42 | Italy | 080241 | Nuts, edible; chestnuts (Castanea spp.), fresh or dried, in shell | 2025 | 88.95% | 16,664,507 |
| 43 | Netherlands | 060319 | Flowers, cut; flowers and buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh, other than roses, carnations, orchids, chrysanthemums or lillies | 2025 | 88.60% | 123,289,266 |
| 44 | Italy | 960720 | Slide fasteners; parts | 2025 | 88.54% | 19,084,419 |
| 45 | Germany | 732429 | Iron (other than cast) or steel; baths | 2025 | 88.25% | 10,082,991 |
| 46 | China | 660191 | Umbrellas and sun umbrellas; having a telescopic shaft, (excluding garden or similar umbrellas) | 2025 | 87.58% | 10,611,498 |
| 47 | China | 911120 | Watch cases; of base metal, whether or not gold-plated or silver-plated | 2025 | 87.11% | 167,106,114 |
| 48 | USA | 290944 | Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; monoalkylethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol n.e.c. in heading no. 2909 | 2025 | 87.07% | 19,782,681 |
| 49 | Spain | 080522 | Fruit, edible; clementines, fresh or dried | 2025 | 86.96% | 66,317,948 |
| 50 | Germany | 843353 | Harvesting machinery; for roots or tubers | 2025 | 86.24% | 11,040,958 |
| 51 | USA | 320418 | Dyes; carotenoid colouring matters and preparations based thereon | 2025 | 86.16% | 15,509,707 |
| 52 | Germany | 740322 | Copper; copper-tin base alloys (bronze) unwrought | 2025 | 85.95% | 18,326,266 |
| 53 | Netherlands | 040590 | Dairy produce; fats and oils derived from milk (other than butter or dairy spreads) | 2025 | 85.63% | 10,857,749 |
| 54 | Germany | 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) | 2025 | 85.61% | 20,016,760 |
| 55 | Slovenia | 293359 | Heterocyclic compounds; containing a pyrimidine ring (whether or not hydrogenated) or piperazine ring in the structure, (other than malonylurea and its derivatives, loprazolam, mecloqualone, methaqualone, zipeprol, and salts thereof) n.e.c. in 2933.5 | 2025 | 85.57% | 3,019,051,406 |
| 56 | India | 292229 | Amino-naphthols and other amino-phenols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function, their ethers and esters; salts thereof n.e.c. in item no. 2922.2 | 2025 | 85.49% | 30,988,040 |
| 57 | Germany | 392290 | Plastics; bidets, lavatory pans, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware n.e.c. in heading no. 3922 | 2025 | 85.27% | 58,899,283 |
| 58 | Austria | 520839 | Fabrics, woven; containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, dyed, of weaves n.e.c. in item no. 5208.3 weighing not more than 200g/m2 | 2025 | 85.14% | 12,129,601 |
| 59 | Germany | 845961 | Machine-tools; for milling by removing metal, (not knee-type), numerically controlled | 2025 | 84.39% | 14,636,489 |
| 60 | Italy | 040620 | Dairy produce; cheese of all kinds, grated or powdered | 2025 | 84.39% | 78,809,786 |
| 61 | Italy | 200290 | Vegetable preparations; tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | 2025 | 84.25% | 51,508,187 |
| 62 | USA | 750220 | Nickel; unwrought, alloys | 2025 | 84.16% | 22,902,033 |
| 63 | France | 290920 | Ethers; cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2025 | 84.01% | 29,306,995 |
| 64 | Germany | 690510 | Ceramic roofing tiles | 2025 | 83.90% | 10,164,715 |
| 65 | Germany | 741300 | Copper; stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, not electrically insulated | 2025 | 83.84% | 56,845,153 |
| 66 | Germany | 440141 | Wood; for fuel, sawdust and wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated; sawdust | 2025 | 83.81% | 17,205,656 |
| 67 | Germany | 470790 | Paper or paperboard; waste and scrap, of paper or paperboard n.e.c. in heading no. 4707 and of unsorted waste and scrap | 2025 | 83.74% | 14,683,511 |
| 68 | France | 300431 | Medicaments; containing insulin, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | 2025 | 83.70% | 22,478,178 |
| 69 | China | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines; portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | 2025 | 83.67% | 1,463,098,664 |
| 70 | Germany | 292149 | Amine-function compounds; aromatic monoamines and their derivatives; salts thereof; n.e.c. in item no. 2921.4 | 2025 | 83.59% | 105,047,613 |
| 71 | Italy | 190219 | Food preparations; pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 2025 | 83.59% | 79,538,402 |
| 72 | Netherlands | 890120 | Tankers | 2025 | 83.42% | 87,909,763 |
| 73 | Germany | 680919 | Plaster, or plaster compositions; boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, (other than faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only), not ornamented | 2025 | 83.20% | 43,986,526 |
| 74 | China | 871500 | Baby carriages and parts thereof | 2025 | 83.09% | 19,798,738 |
| 75 | Germany | 870540 | Vehicles; concrete-mixer lorries | 2025 | 82.88% | 17,841,692 |
| 76 | Italy | 021020 | Meat; salted, in brine, dried or smoked, of bovine animals | 2025 | 82.85% | 15,243,079 |
| 77 | China | 670210 | Flowers, foliage and fruit, artificial, and parts thereof; articles made of artificial flowers, foliage or fruit, of plastics | 2025 | 82.67% | 14,458,052 |
| 78 | Germany | 740990 | Copper; plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.15mm, of copper alloys (other than copper-zinc base alloys, copper-tin base alloys, copper-nickel base alloys or copper-nickel-zinc base alloys) | 2025 | 82.56% | 13,407,715 |
| 79 | Austria | 284990 | Carbides; whether or not chemically defined, other than of calcium or silicon | 2025 | 82.22% | 19,648,758 |
| 80 | Germany | 721123 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, cold-rolled, of a width less than 600mm, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon | 2025 | 82.08% | 30,271,492 |
| 81 | Germany | 846330 | Machine-tools; machines for working wire, without removing material | 2025 | 81.94% | 10,477,313 |
| 82 | Germany | 400599 | Rubber; unvulcanised, (compounded other than with carbon black or silica), in primary forms, (other than plates, sheets, strip, solutions or dispersions) | 2025 | 81.84% | 10,486,740 |
| 83 | Germany | 381512 | Catalysts, supported; reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, n.e.c. or included | 2025 | 81.80% | 51,713,776 |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 080430 | Fruit, edible; pineapples, fresh or dried | 2025 | 81.65% | 24,915,209 |
| 85 | France | 621139 | Track suits and other garments n.e.c.; men's or boys', of textile materials n.e.c. in item no. 6211.3 (not knitted or crocheted) | 2025 | 81.56% | 27,755,355 |
| 86 | Germany | 870510 | Vehicles; crane lorries | 2025 | 81.23% | 42,315,973 |
| 87 | Germany | 722692 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, (excluding silicon-electrical or high speed steel), cold-rolled | 2025 | 81.14% | 36,029,253 |
| 88 | Germany | 870195 | Tractors; n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709); of an engine power exceeding 130kW | 2025 | 81.04% | 59,669,524 |
| 89 | Germany | 842940 | Tamping machines and road rollers; self-propelled | 2025 | 81.02% | 13,708,487 |
| 90 | Germany | 720441 | Ferrous waste and scrap; turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust, filings, trimmings and stampings, whether or not in bundles | 2025 | 80.73% | 25,075,213 |
| 91 | Germany | 271012 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; light oils and preparations | 2025 | 80.67% | 868,583,627 |
| 92 | Germany | 880212 | Helicopters, except unmanned; of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg | 2025 | 80.65% | 110,215,529 |
| 93 | Germany | 760711 | Aluminium; foil, (not backed), rolled (but not further worked), of a thickness not exceeding 0.2mm | 2025 | 80.58% | 167,850,993 |
| 94 | Germany | 170211 | Sugars; lactose and lactose syrup, containing by weight 99% or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter | 2025 | 80.46% | 12,827,287 |
| 95 | United Kingdom | 284329 | Silver compounds; excluding silver nitrates | 2025 | 80.39% | 23,510,211 |
| 96 | Germany | 701980 | Glass fibres; glass wool and articles thereof | 2025 | 80.27% | 17,217,280 |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 730110 | Iron or steel; sheet piling, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements | 2025 | 80.27% | 15,188,974 |
| 98 | China | 853952 | Lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources, light-emitting diode (LED) lamps | 2025 | 80.22% | 39,349,025 |
Germany: 46 occurrences
Italy: 13 occurrences
China: 8 occurrences
France: 7 occurrences
Netherlands: 5 occurrences
USA: 5 occurrences
Austria: 2 occurrences
India: 2 occurrences
Spain: 2 occurrences
Brazil: 1 occurrence
Costa Rica: 1 occurrence
Luxembourg: 1 occurrence
Portugal: 1 occurrence
Slovenia: 1 occurrence
Sweden: 1 occurrence
Türkiye: 1 occurrence
United Kingdom: 1 occurrence
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