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
26 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 | 2024 | 98.94% | 119,038,292 |
| 2 | Spain | 4206 | Articles of gut (other than silk-worm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons | 2024 | 98.34% | 15,999,662 |
| 3 | Finland | 7501 | Nickel mattes; nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy | 2024 | 98.11% | 117,119,881 |
| 4 | Germany | 4701 | Wood pulp, mechanical wood pulp | 2024 | 92.53% | 14,712,183 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 9101 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches; with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2024 | 92.33% | 1,025,687,957 |
| 6 | Spain | 0104 | Sheep and goats; live | 2024 | 88.87% | 22,915,129 |
| 7 | China | 6702 | Flowers, foliage and fruit, artificial, and parts thereof; articles made of artificial flowers, foliage or fruit | 2024 | 88.40% | 100,290,205 |
| 8 | Portugal | 4503 | Cork; articles of natural cork | 2024 | 86.98% | 97,548,428 |
| 9 | Belgium | 4406 | Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood | 2024 | 86.92% | 13,202,090 |
| 10 | Spain | 0809 | Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh | 2024 | 86.04% | 247,901,619 |
| 11 | USA | 8109 | Zirconium; articles thereof, including waste and scrap | 2024 | 85.79% | 26,944,265 |
| 12 | Spain | 6803 | Slate, worked; and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate | 2024 | 85.70% | 204,212,520 |
| 13 | Italy | 5108 | Yarn of fine animal hair (carded or combed), not put up for retail sale | 2024 | 85.65% | 18,674,904 |
| 14 | Spain | 0705 | Lettuce (lactuca sativa) and chicory (cichorium spp.) fresh or chilled | 2024 | 85.26% | 156,946,374 |
| 15 | Germany | 8602 | Rail locomotives; (other than those of heading no. 8601), locomotive tenders | 2024 | 83.98% | 13,362,984 |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 0105 | Poultry; live, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls | 2024 | 82.97% | 109,190,412 |
| 17 | Madagascar | 0905 | Vanilla | 2024 | 82.71% | 98,751,177 |
| 18 | Slovakia | 8606 | Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; not self-propelled | 2024 | 82.49% | 37,326,583 |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 7801 | Lead; unwrought | 2024 | 82.41% | 69,316,631 |
| 20 | Switzerland | 9102 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches, other than those of heading no. 9101 | 2024 | 82.21% | 1,720,312,406 |
| 21 | Italy | 2201 | Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow | 2024 | 81.67% | 256,983,662 |
| 22 | Tajikistan | 8110 | Antimony; articles thereof, including waste and scrap | 2024 | 81.14% | 111,341,172 |
| 23 | China | 6601 | Umbrellas; sun umbrellas (including walking stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas and similar umbrellas) | 2024 | 81.04% | 98,785,784 |
| 24 | Spain | 4102 | Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split | 2024 | 80.81% | 10,400,679 |
| 25 | Morocco | 0702 | Tomatoes; fresh or chilled | 2024 | 80.44% | 918,997,838 |
| 26 | Italy | 2205 | Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes, flavoured with plants or aromatic substances | 2024 | 80.04% | 71,080,896 |
Spain: 6 occurrences
Italy: 3 occurrences
Belgium: 2 occurrences
China: 2 occurrences
Germany: 2 occurrences
Switzerland: 2 occurrences
United Kingdom: 2 occurrences
Finland: 1 occurrence
Madagascar: 1 occurrence
Morocco: 1 occurrence
Portugal: 1 occurrence
Slovakia: 1 occurrence
Tajikistan: 1 occurrence
USA: 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.