Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Extreme Import Bottlenecks

The tables below show 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.

Congo

10 bottlenecks
#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Brazil0102Bovine animals; live2022100.00%14,797,540
2China2923Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined202299.94%51,640,579
3China3809Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing, fixing of dyestuffs, other products and preparations, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.c. or included202299.75%82,330,781
4Germany9018Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight testing instruments202297.65%168,515,653
5Côte d'Ivoire2403Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes n.e.c; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences202296.91%11,019,287
6Norway0305Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before, or during the smoking process202295.86%53,101,669
7China3402Organic surface-active agents (not soap); surface-active, washing (including auxiliary washing) and cleaning preparations, containing soap or not, excluding those of heading no. 3401202293.25%91,693,618
8France3004Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic use, put up in measured doses (incl. those in the form of transdermal admin. systems) or packed for retail sale202293.03%74,077,180
9China2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives202290.69%21,592,571
10India0202Meat of bovine animals; frozen202282.54%13,741,672

Partner frequency summary:

China: 4 occurrences

Brazil: 1 occurrence

Côte d'Ivoire: 1 occurrence

France: 1 occurrence

Germany: 1 occurrence

India: 1 occurrence

Norway: 1 occurrence

Legend:

Highlight - the row matches a Danger Zone country and/or a Critical Goods HS code.
ABCBold red partner name - the import source country is flagged in the Danger Zone.
1234Bold lime HS code - the product code is flagged in Critical Goods.