Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show United Kingdom'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.
United Kingdom
33 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 0102 | Bovine animals; live | 2025 | 99.62% | 62,251,871 |
| 2 | Spain | 8602 | Rail locomotives; (other than those of heading no. 8601), locomotive tenders | 2025 | 99.04% | 69,436,786 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 7501 | Nickel mattes; nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy | 2025 | 98.56% | 413,627,168 |
| 4 | Ireland | 1503 | Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil; not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared | 2025 | 97.60% | 47,924,225 |
| 5 | Ireland | 0103 | Swine; live | 2025 | 96.98% | 106,310,423 |
| 6 | China | 6702 | Flowers, foliage and fruit, artificial, and parts thereof; articles made of artificial flowers, foliage or fruit | 2025 | 96.78% | 164,019,023 |
| 7 | China | 3604 | Fireworks, signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles | 2025 | 96.63% | 38,651,317 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 0601 | Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes; dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading no. 1212 | 2025 | 96.19% | 121,386,004 |
| 9 | China | 8715 | Baby carriages and parts thereof | 2025 | 95.59% | 136,592,801 |
| 10 | Portugal | 4503 | Cork; articles of natural cork | 2025 | 92.65% | 22,468,037 |
| 11 | China | 9617 | Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners | 2025 | 92.26% | 168,119,938 |
| 12 | Spain | 1510 | Vegetable oils; oils and their fractions n.e.c. in chapter 15, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading no. 1509 | 2025 | 91.91% | 15,308,914 |
| 13 | China | 9505 | Festive, carnival or other entertainment articles, including conjuring tricks and novelty jokes | 2025 | 91.78% | 485,984,383 |
| 14 | Italy | 5108 | Yarn of fine animal hair (carded or combed), not put up for retail sale | 2025 | 90.81% | 16,770,534 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 9101 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches; with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2025 | 89.63% | 734,086,920 |
| 16 | Spain | 0705 | Lettuce (lactuca sativa) and chicory (cichorium spp.) fresh or chilled | 2025 | 88.86% | 232,774,146 |
| 17 | China | 6601 | Umbrellas; sun umbrellas (including walking stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas and similar umbrellas) | 2025 | 87.77% | 74,868,175 |
| 18 | Australia | 7801 | Lead; unwrought | 2025 | 86.24% | 300,816,751 |
| 19 | China | 9615 | Combs, hair-slides and similar; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips and hair curlers and the like, other than those of heading no. 8516 and parts thereof | 2025 | 85.96% | 66,304,396 |
| 20 | China | 8513 | Lamps; portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy (e.g. dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), excluding lighting equipment of heading no. 8512 | 2025 | 85.21% | 74,365,735 |
| 21 | USA | 2613 | Molybdenum ores and concentrates | 2025 | 85.13% | 323,923,926 |
| 22 | USA | 2207 | Ethyl alcohol, undenatured; of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength | 2025 | 84.90% | 919,059,208 |
| 23 | Netherlands | 5904 | Linoleum, whether or not cut to shape; floor coverings consisting of a coating or covering applied on a textile backing, whether or not cut to shape | 2025 | 84.83% | 14,236,970 |
| 24 | China | 4909 | Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings | 2025 | 84.29% | 68,516,970 |
| 25 | 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 | 83.78% | 197,204,918 |
| 26 | Ireland | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2025 | 83.36% | 229,922,987 |
| 27 | Switzerland | 9114 | Clock or watch parts; n.e.c. in chapter 91 | 2025 | 83.17% | 28,831,734 |
| 28 | China | 4903 | Children's picture, drawing or colouring books | 2025 | 83.00% | 117,352,598 |
| 29 | Germany | 2812 | Halides and halide oxides of non-metals | 2025 | 82.94% | 22,501,006 |
| 30 | Greece | 2513 | Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat treated | 2025 | 81.48% | 16,417,344 |
| 31 | Switzerland | 9102 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches, other than those of heading no. 9101 | 2025 | 81.16% | 1,258,723,244 |
| 32 | Germany | 8705 | Special purpose motor vehicles; not those for the transport of persons or goods (e.g. breakdown lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units etc) | 2025 | 81.12% | 214,995,995 |
| 33 | China | 6301 | Blankets and travelling rugs | 2025 | 80.19% | 125,486,775 |
China: 11 occurrences
Ireland: 4 occurrences
Spain: 3 occurrences
Switzerland: 3 occurrences
Germany: 2 occurrences
Netherlands: 2 occurrences
USA: 2 occurrences
Australia: 1 occurrence
Greece: 1 occurrence
Indonesia: 1 occurrence
Italy: 1 occurrence
Japan: 1 occurrence
Portugal: 1 occurrence
Legend:
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