Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Dominican Rep.'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.
Dominican Rep.
104 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 870240 | Vehicles; public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with only electric motor for propulsion, new or used | 2024 | 100.00% | 17,968,899 |
| 2 | Germany | 840681 | Turbines; steam and other vapour turbines, (for other than marine propulsion), of an output exceeding 40MW | 2024 | 100.00% | 45,205,546 |
| 3 | Rep. of Korea | 870390 | Vehicles; for transport of persons (other than those of heading no. 8702) n.e.c. in heading no. 8703 | 2024 | 100.00% | 32,354,796 |
| 4 | USA | 270900 | Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | 2024 | 100.00% | 801,988,314 |
| 5 | USA | 271311 | Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals | 2024 | 100.00% | 29,175,032 |
| 6 | USA | 711291 | Waste and scrap of precious metals; of gold, including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals | 2024 | 100.00% | 24,603,953 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 860310 | Railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks; self-propelled, powered from an external source of electricity (excluding those of heading no. 8604) | 2024 | 100.00% | 22,258,376 |
| 8 | China | 070320 | Vegetables, alliaceous; garlic, fresh or chilled | 2024 | 99.99% | 24,189,781 |
| 9 | USA | 120190 | Soya beans; other than seed, whether or not broken | 2024 | 99.98% | 15,339,351 |
| 10 | USA | 760200 | Aluminium; waste and scrap | 2024 | 99.96% | 11,747,048 |
| 11 | Spain | 860500 | Railway or tramway coaches; passenger coaches, luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading no. 8604) | 2024 | 99.92% | 14,360,474 |
| 12 | USA | 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 | 2024 | 99.87% | 110,042,548 |
| 13 | USA | 520710 | Cotton yarn; (not sewing thread), containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, put up for retail sale | 2024 | 99.60% | 136,056,940 |
| 14 | Colombia | 580710 | Labels, badges and similar articles; woven, of textile materials, in the piece, in strips or cut to shape or size, not embroidered | 2024 | 99.49% | 186,809,783 |
| 15 | Norway | 030551 | Fish; dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) | 2024 | 99.48% | 66,516,210 |
| 16 | China | 721061 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | 2024 | 99.33% | 61,561,037 |
| 17 | USA | 130220 | Pectic substances; pectinates and pectates | 2024 | 98.97% | 13,319,121 |
| 18 | China | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2024 | 98.93% | 73,630,363 |
| 19 | USA | 710692 | Metals; silver, semi-manufactured | 2024 | 98.93% | 39,337,425 |
| 20 | USA | 120810 | Flours and meals; of soya beans | 2024 | 98.90% | 149,442,271 |
| 21 | USA | 021012 | Meat; salted, in brine, dried or smoked, of swine, bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof | 2024 | 98.81% | 10,181,909 |
| 22 | USA | 240319 | Tobacco; smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | 2024 | 98.71% | 64,860,507 |
| 23 | USA | 020230 | Meat; of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | 2024 | 98.56% | 106,027,400 |
| 24 | Germany | 842630 | Cranes; portal or pedestal jib cranes | 2024 | 98.40% | 15,490,216 |
| 25 | China | 721230 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2024 | 98.39% | 31,258,221 |
| 26 | USA | 481390 | Paper, cigarette; (other than in rolls of a width not exceeding 5cm, or in booklets or tubes) | 2024 | 98.39% | 41,138,536 |
| 27 | USA | 520513 | Cotton yarn; (not sewing thread), single, of uncombed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, less than 232.56 but not less than 192.31 decitex (exceeding 43 but not exceeding 52 metric number), not for retail sale | 2024 | 98.02% | 11,467,438 |
| 28 | India | 030619 | Crustaceans; frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0306.1, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | 2024 | 97.60% | 12,879,545 |
| 29 | USA | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | 2024 | 97.59% | 12,609,565 |
| 30 | USA | 846890 | Machinery and apparatus; parts, soldering, brazing or welding, whether or not capable of cutting, parts thereof | 2024 | 97.53% | 17,954,360 |
| 31 | USA | 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane | 2024 | 97.18% | 397,413,378 |
| 32 | USA | 844391 | Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442; parts and accessories | 2024 | 96.13% | 47,865,822 |
| 33 | USA | 080810 | Fruit, edible; apples, fresh | 2024 | 96.12% | 34,313,380 |
| 34 | China | 721069 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium, other than plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | 2024 | 95.56% | 16,902,823 |
| 35 | USA | 390330 | Styrene polymers; acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers, in primary forms | 2024 | 95.55% | 36,380,614 |
| 36 | USA | 160232 | Meat preparations; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | 2024 | 95.21% | 11,030,103 |
| 37 | South Africa | 760110 | Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed) | 2024 | 94.85% | 42,904,052 |
| 38 | USA | 020322 | Meat; of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, frozen | 2024 | 94.85% | 79,957,035 |
| 39 | Spain | 200911 | Juice; orange, frozen, unfermented, (not containing added spirit), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2024 | 94.84% | 51,061,347 |
| 40 | China | 841590 | Air conditioning machines; with motor driven fan and elements for temperature control, parts thereof | 2024 | 94.72% | 130,534,494 |
| 41 | Mexico | 902830 | Meters; electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof | 2024 | 94.59% | 78,515,145 |
| 42 | USA | 480411 | Kraft paper and paperboard; kraftliner, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803 | 2024 | 94.55% | 90,513,457 |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 220830 | Whiskies | 2024 | 94.49% | 135,563,127 |
| 44 | China | 760810 | Aluminium; tubes and pipes, not alloyed | 2024 | 94.48% | 13,769,815 |
| 45 | USA | 071333 | Vegetables, leguminous; kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2024 | 94.47% | 65,916,088 |
| 46 | China | 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 | 2024 | 94.33% | 12,255,407 |
| 47 | China | 851713 | Telephone sets; smartphones for cellular or other wireless networks | 2024 | 94.08% | 183,218,996 |
| 48 | China | 840212 | Boilers; watertube boilers with a steam production not exceeding 45t per hour | 2024 | 93.83% | 13,190,000 |
| 49 | China | 730661 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), welded, of square or rectangular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2024 | 93.73% | 13,793,614 |
| 50 | USA | 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 | 2024 | 93.67% | 83,926,690 |
| 51 | USA | 392390 | Plastics; articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923 | 2024 | 93.63% | 121,187,474 |
| 52 | China | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2024 | 93.23% | 13,827,217 |
| 53 | USA | 902580 | Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, barometers, hygrometers, psychrometers, thermometers, pyrometers; recording or not, any combination of these instruments (excluding thermometers and barometers not combined with other instruments) | 2024 | 93.06% | 11,522,833 |
| 54 | China | 871499 | Cycles; parts thereof, n.e.c. in item no. 8714.9 | 2024 | 92.59% | 18,732,066 |
| 55 | USA | 390422 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; plasticised poly(vinyl chloride), in primary forms, mixed with other substances | 2024 | 92.56% | 11,398,810 |
| 56 | USA | 721410 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling | 2024 | 92.43% | 20,818,876 |
| 57 | Denmark | 300431 | Medicaments; containing insulin, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | 2024 | 92.37% | 17,358,171 |
| 58 | China | 630710 | Cloths; floor cloths, dish-cloths, dusters and similar cleaning cloths | 2024 | 91.91% | 21,827,291 |
| 59 | USA | 854411 | Insulated electric conductors; winding wire, of copper | 2024 | 91.91% | 13,914,576 |
| 60 | USA | 200819 | Nuts and other seeds; whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding ground-nuts except in mixtures) | 2024 | 91.80% | 10,771,866 |
| 61 | China | 390130 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers | 2024 | 91.78% | 11,744,719 |
| 62 | 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 | 2024 | 91.15% | 44,351,776 |
| 63 | China | 841830 | Freezers; of the chest type, not exceeding 800l capacity | 2024 | 90.83% | 15,047,181 |
| 64 | USA | 853890 | Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537 | 2024 | 90.54% | 78,488,058 |
| 65 | USA | 631090 | Rags; used or new, scrap twine, cordage, rope and cables and worn out articles of twine, cordage, rope or cables, of textile materials; other than sorted | 2024 | 90.03% | 41,757,305 |
| 66 | Colombia | 151110 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2024 | 89.65% | 52,789,197 |
| 67 | China | 841451 | Fans; table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125W | 2024 | 89.49% | 36,729,806 |
| 68 | Spain | 150920 | Vegetable oils; olive oil and its fractions, extra virgin olive oil, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2024 | 89.32% | 25,876,226 |
| 69 | China | 852550 | Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus, not incorporating reception apparatus | 2024 | 88.68% | 10,811,056 |
| 70 | 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 | 2024 | 88.54% | 67,981,399 |
| 71 | Mexico | 220890 | Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; n.e.c. in heading no. 2208 | 2024 | 88.49% | 22,348,143 |
| 72 | USA | 020329 | Meat; of swine, n.e.c. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | 2024 | 88.49% | 179,828,951 |
| 73 | China | 851829 | Loudspeakers; not mounted in their enclosures | 2024 | 87.81% | 14,187,557 |
| 74 | China | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations); machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | 2024 | 87.72% | 74,756,065 |
| 75 | USA | 600410 | Fabrics; knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread | 2024 | 87.60% | 13,209,386 |
| 76 | USA | 520511 | Cotton yarn; (not sewing thread), single, of uncombed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, measuring 714.29 decitex or more, (not exceeding 14 metric number), not for retail sale | 2024 | 87.58% | 115,782,251 |
| 77 | USA | 210320 | Sauces; tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces | 2024 | 86.89% | 10,766,807 |
| 78 | China | 854470 | Insulated electric conductors; optical fibre cables | 2024 | 86.73% | 12,693,364 |
| 79 | China | 640299 | Footwear; n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | 2024 | 86.63% | 19,682,676 |
| 80 | China | 640319 | Sports footwear; (other than ski-boots, snowboard boots or cross-country ski footwear), with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather | 2024 | 86.61% | 25,556,768 |
| 81 | Belgium | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2024 | 86.29% | 15,953,697 |
| 82 | USA | 482390 | Paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres; articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4823 | 2024 | 86.18% | 25,702,709 |
| 83 | China | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds | 2024 | 86.03% | 35,370,723 |
| 84 | USA | 071331 | Vegetables, leguminous; beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2024 | 85.88% | 34,643,888 |
| 85 | China | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2024 | 85.02% | 57,510,993 |
| 86 | USA | 847810 | Machinery; for preparing or making up tobacco, n.e.c. in this chapter | 2024 | 84.81% | 23,526,124 |
| 87 | USA | 392062 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of poly(ethylene terephthalate), non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2024 | 84.37% | 22,710,716 |
| 88 | Italy | 710813 | Metals; gold, semi-manufactured | 2024 | 83.91% | 244,900,786 |
| 89 | China | 760421 | Aluminium; alloys, hollow profiles | 2024 | 83.89% | 25,385,475 |
| 90 | China | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds); parts and accessories | 2024 | 83.58% | 26,945,255 |
| 91 | China | 700529 | Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, non-wired, (other than coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or merely surface ground) | 2024 | 83.10% | 14,959,983 |
| 92 | USA | 392329 | Plastics; sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics other than ethylene polymers | 2024 | 82.93% | 24,261,317 |
| 93 | USA | 560312 | Nonwovens; whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 25g/m2 but not more than 70g/m2) | 2024 | 82.76% | 18,894,672 |
| 94 | USA | 845390 | Machinery; parts of those for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather, for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skin or leather, other than sewing machines | 2024 | 82.71% | 12,732,661 |
| 95 | China | 160413 | Fish preparations; sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | 2024 | 82.31% | 37,409,734 |
| 96 | USA | 190120 | Food preparations; mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares | 2024 | 82.13% | 10,564,123 |
| 97 | China | 851779 | Communication apparatus; parts, other than aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds | 2024 | 81.89% | 12,633,163 |
| 98 | USA | 731990 | Sewing and knitting needles, bodkins, crochet hooks, embroidery stilettos and similar articles, for use in the hand, not elsewhere specified or included, of iron or steel | 2024 | 81.29% | 21,389,013 |
| 99 | USA | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes | 2024 | 81.22% | 76,630,084 |
| 100 | USA | 390950 | Polyurethanes; in primary forms | 2024 | 81.07% | 27,598,979 |
| 101 | Canada | 030542 | Fish; smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal | 2024 | 80.64% | 31,959,603 |
| 102 | USA | 392049 | Plastics; polymers of vinyl chloride, containing by weight, less than 6% of plasticisers; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2024 | 80.36% | 15,660,841 |
| 103 | USA | 390110 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2024 | 80.22% | 68,078,968 |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 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 | 2024 | 80.04% | 38,994,764 |
USA: 51 occurrences
China: 32 occurrences
Spain: 3 occurrences
Colombia: 2 occurrences
Germany: 2 occurrences
Mexico: 2 occurrences
United Kingdom: 2 occurrences
Belgium: 1 occurrence
Brazil: 1 occurrence
Canada: 1 occurrence
Costa Rica: 1 occurrence
Denmark: 1 occurrence
India: 1 occurrence
Italy: 1 occurrence
Norway: 1 occurrence
Rep. of Korea: 1 occurrence
South Africa: 1 occurrence
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