Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show France'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.
France
24 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 1506 | Animal fats and oils and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, n.e.c. in chapter 15 | 2025 | 99.27% | 281,377,188 |
| 2 | Spain | 4206 | Articles of gut (other than silk-worm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons | 2025 | 98.68% | 23,531,587 |
| 3 | Germany | 8602 | Rail locomotives; (other than those of heading no. 8601), locomotive tenders | 2025 | 97.53% | 86,651,102 |
| 4 | Spain | 0104 | Sheep and goats; live | 2025 | 96.08% | 15,844,354 |
| 5 | Belgium | 4406 | Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood | 2025 | 95.85% | 14,283,901 |
| 6 | Germany | 4701 | Wood pulp, mechanical wood pulp | 2025 | 94.68% | 15,652,253 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 9101 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches; with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2025 | 93.60% | 1,169,556,366 |
| 8 | Germany | 8444 | Textile machinery; for extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting man-made textile materials | 2025 | 92.95% | 13,343,677 |
| 9 | Germany | 7118 | Coin | 2025 | 91.80% | 15,622,187 |
| 10 | Rep. of Korea | 8901 | Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods | 2025 | 90.95% | 8,210,357,965 |
| 11 | Portugal | 4503 | Cork; articles of natural cork | 2025 | 86.93% | 92,361,098 |
| 12 | China | 6702 | Flowers, foliage and fruit, artificial, and parts thereof; articles made of artificial flowers, foliage or fruit | 2025 | 86.83% | 104,954,828 |
| 13 | Spain | 0705 | Lettuce (lactuca sativa) and chicory (cichorium spp.) fresh or chilled | 2025 | 86.78% | 174,525,298 |
| 14 | Spain | 6803 | Slate, worked; and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate | 2025 | 85.20% | 206,954,719 |
| 15 | China | 6601 | Umbrellas; sun umbrellas (including walking stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas and similar umbrellas) | 2025 | 84.34% | 99,287,823 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 9108 | Watch movements; complete and assembled | 2025 | 83.04% | 30,397,549 |
| 17 | Japan | 3707 | Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations); unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or for retail sale | 2025 | 82.94% | 143,239,659 |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 0105 | Poultry; live, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls | 2025 | 82.70% | 114,507,671 |
| 19 | Spain | 0809 | Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh | 2025 | 82.68% | 261,606,057 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 8905 | Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, other vessels; the navigability of which is subsidiary to main function; floating docks, floating, submersible drilling, production platforms | 2025 | 82.53% | 12,039,826 |
| 21 | China | 9617 | Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners | 2025 | 81.93% | 74,648,615 |
| 22 | Switzerland | 9102 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches, other than those of heading no. 9101 | 2025 | 80.31% | 1,784,507,196 |
| 23 | Italy | 5108 | Yarn of fine animal hair (carded or combed), not put up for retail sale | 2025 | 80.28% | 11,951,910 |
| 24 | Morocco | 0702 | Tomatoes; fresh or chilled | 2025 | 80.04% | 958,904,521 |
Spain: 5 occurrences
Germany: 4 occurrences
China: 3 occurrences
Switzerland: 3 occurrences
Belgium: 2 occurrences
Italy: 1 occurrence
Japan: 1 occurrence
Morocco: 1 occurrence
Netherlands: 1 occurrence
Portugal: 1 occurrence
Rep. of Korea: 1 occurrence
United Kingdom: 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.