Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Dem. Rep. of the Congo'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.
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
52 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 930690 | Ammunition; n.e.c. in chapter 93 | 2025 | 100.00% | 12,620,079 |
| 2 | Zambia | 271600 | Electrical energy | 2025 | 100.00% | 277,067,007 |
| 3 | China | 841710 | Furnaces and ovens; non-electric, for the roasting, melting or other heat-treatment of ores, pyrites or of metals, for industrial or laboratory use | 2025 | 99.93% | 14,971,214 |
| 4 | China | 283711 | Cyanides and cyanide oxides; of sodium | 2025 | 99.91% | 10,957,756 |
| 5 | China | 283010 | Sulphides; of sodium, whether or not chemically defined | 2025 | 99.69% | 80,847,821 |
| 6 | India | 382211 | Reagents; diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits; for malaria | 2025 | 99.29% | 10,300,494 |
| 7 | China | 850423 | Electrical transformers; liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000kVA | 2025 | 99.04% | 23,040,199 |
| 8 | Belgium | 340319 | Lubricating preparations; (other than for the treatment of textile and similar materials), containing less than 70% (by weight) of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | 2025 | 98.97% | 56,334,701 |
| 9 | China | 850760 | Electric accumulators; lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | 2025 | 98.84% | 98,955,865 |
| 10 | China | 200290 | Vegetable preparations; tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | 2025 | 98.46% | 12,110,700 |
| 11 | Poland | 842630 | Cranes; portal or pedestal jib cranes | 2025 | 98.40% | 13,058,396 |
| 12 | China | 854330 | Electrical machines and apparatus; for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis | 2025 | 98.15% | 15,776,168 |
| 13 | China | 854143 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels | 2025 | 97.73% | 84,190,754 |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 270400 | Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon | 2025 | 97.72% | 20,531,576 |
| 15 | China | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate); in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | 2025 | 97.64% | 27,143,841 |
| 16 | China | 842833 | Elevators and conveyors; continuous-action, for goods or materials, belt type, n.e.c. in item no. 8428.20 or 8428.31 | 2025 | 96.20% | 16,205,618 |
| 17 | France | 340239 | Anionic organic surface-active agents (other than soap); other than linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts, whether or not put up for retail sale | 2025 | 96.18% | 10,563,988 |
| 18 | China | 721922 | Steel, stainless; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, (not in coils), of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm | 2025 | 96.13% | 13,417,419 |
| 19 | China | 293090 | Organo-sulphur compounds; n.e.c. in heading no. 2930 | 2025 | 95.75% | 80,451,234 |
| 20 | Norway | 030559 | Fish; dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.5 | 2025 | 95.72% | 10,585,132 |
| 21 | China | 854390 | Electrical machines and apparatus; parts of the electrical goods of heading no. 8543 | 2025 | 95.31% | 11,931,712 |
| 22 | Türkiye | 190219 | Food preparations; pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | 2025 | 94.94% | 10,695,077 |
| 23 | China | 842920 | Graders and levellers | 2025 | 94.89% | 14,640,866 |
| 24 | China | 842940 | Tamping machines and road rollers; self-propelled | 2025 | 94.71% | 13,189,847 |
| 25 | China | 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus; having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | 2025 | 93.11% | 14,758,355 |
| 26 | South Africa | 321490 | Mastics; n.e.c. in heading no. 3214 | 2025 | 92.74% | 21,241,216 |
| 27 | China | 847439 | Machines; for mixing or kneading mineral substances, excluding concrete mixers and machines for mixing mineral substances with bitumen | 2025 | 92.62% | 10,134,751 |
| 28 | China | 283210 | Sulphites; of sodium | 2025 | 92.05% | 57,275,204 |
| 29 | Japan | 870333 | Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc | 2025 | 91.87% | 14,544,407 |
| 30 | China | 847420 | Machines; for crushing or grinding earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | 2025 | 91.86% | 50,686,113 |
| 31 | China | 890510 | Dredgers | 2025 | 91.30% | 28,665,269 |
| 32 | China | 847410 | Machines; for sorting, screening, separating or washing earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | 2025 | 91.29% | 48,061,579 |
| 33 | China | 780600 | Lead; articles n.e.c. in chapter 78 | 2025 | 90.99% | 11,029,677 |
| 34 | China | 871639 | Trailers and semi-trailers; (other than tanker type) | 2025 | 89.84% | 11,204,145 |
| 35 | 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 | 2025 | 89.82% | 10,458,966 |
| 36 | China | 841510 | Air conditioning machines; comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or 'split-system' | 2025 | 89.74% | 11,978,367 |
| 37 | China | 850300 | Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502 | 2025 | 89.66% | 18,171,458 |
| 38 | China | 903289 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; automatic, other than hydraulic or pneumatic | 2025 | 89.36% | 17,812,781 |
| 39 | China | 842930 | Scrapers; self-propelled | 2025 | 88.20% | 21,660,811 |
| 40 | China | 870121 | Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) | 2025 | 88.04% | 46,989,024 |
| 41 | China | 732611 | Iron or steel; grinding balls and similar articles for mills, forged or stamped, but not further worked | 2025 | 87.91% | 52,256,560 |
| 42 | China | 841989 | Machinery, plant and laboratory equipment; for treating materials by change of temperature, other than for making hot drinks or cooking or heating food | 2025 | 87.73% | 32,742,558 |
| 43 | China | 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 | 2025 | 86.52% | 79,537,421 |
| 44 | Spain | 210410 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor | 2025 | 85.38% | 11,572,139 |
| 45 | China | 401120 | Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | 2025 | 84.52% | 18,683,036 |
| 46 | China | 850440 | Electrical static converters | 2025 | 84.22% | 116,347,120 |
| 47 | 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 | 2025 | 83.39% | 69,462,072 |
| 48 | Japan | 870321 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | 2025 | 82.90% | 14,682,596 |
| 49 | China | 851779 | Communication apparatus; parts, other than aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds | 2025 | 81.73% | 11,916,210 |
| 50 | Angola | 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 | 2025 | 81.32% | 14,439,412 |
| 51 | Mauritania | 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 | 80.88% | 114,264,378 |
| 52 | China | 842139 | Machinery; for filtering or purifying gases, other than intake air filters, catalytic converters or particulate filters for internal combustion engines | 2025 | 80.63% | 29,772,989 |
China: 37 occurrences
Japan: 2 occurrences
Angola: 1 occurrence
Belgium: 1 occurrence
Brazil: 1 occurrence
France: 1 occurrence
India: 1 occurrence
Mauritania: 1 occurrence
Norway: 1 occurrence
Poland: 1 occurrence
South Africa: 1 occurrence
Spain: 1 occurrence
Türkiye: 1 occurrence
Zambia: 1 occurrence
Zimbabwe: 1 occurrence
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