Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Iran'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.
Iran
72 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 310311 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; phosphatic, superphosphates, containing by weight 35% or more of diphosphorus pentaoxide (P2O5) | 2020 | 100.00% | 28,780,264 |
| 2 | Germany | 848610 | Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers | 2020 | 100.00% | 52,694,427 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 840140 | Nuclear reactors; parts thereof | 2020 | 100.00% | 49,170,100 |
| 4 | Syria | 251020 | Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; ground | 2020 | 100.00% | 17,339,763 |
| 5 | China | 854519 | Carbon electrodes; with or without metal, of a kind used for other than furnaces | 2020 | 99.80% | 12,825,618 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 080450 | Fruit, edible; guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried | 2020 | 99.70% | 16,942,240 |
| 7 | Türkiye | 381512 | Catalysts, supported; reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, n.e.c. or included | 2020 | 99.70% | 59,949,574 |
| 8 | Türkiye | 550630 | Fibres; synthetic staple fibres, acrylic or modacrylic, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning | 2020 | 99.60% | 10,761,269 |
| 9 | China | 840734 | Engines; reciprocating piston engines, of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1000cc | 2020 | 99.05% | 28,068,749 |
| 10 | China | 720851 | Iron or non-alloy steel; (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm | 2020 | 98.89% | 298,275,315 |
| 11 | China | 630790 | Textiles; made up articles (including dress patterns), n.e.c. in chapter 63, n.e.c. in heading no. 6307 | 2020 | 98.00% | 16,545,646 |
| 12 | China | 600122 | Fabrics; looped pile fabrics, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | 2020 | 97.66% | 13,251,800 |
| 13 | China | 853990 | Lamps; parts of the lamps of heading no. 8539 | 2020 | 97.45% | 69,684,388 |
| 14 | China | 842191 | Centrifuges; parts thereof, including parts for centrifugal dryers | 2020 | 97.11% | 14,230,807 |
| 15 | China | 721061 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | 2020 | 96.80% | 12,629,459 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | 2020 | 96.79% | 2,384,384,965 |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 530710 | Yarn; of jute or of other textile bast fibres, single | 2020 | 95.72% | 34,031,779 |
| 18 | China | 590700 | Textile fabrics; otherwise impregnated, coated or covered, painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio back-cloths or the like | 2020 | 95.62% | 10,654,650 |
| 19 | China | 940190 | Seat; parts | 2020 | 95.34% | 10,459,305 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 852852 | Monitors; other than cathode-ray tube; capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 84.71 | 2020 | 94.69% | 10,777,317 |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines; portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | 2020 | 93.45% | 84,763,258 |
| 22 | China | 720918 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of less than 0.5mm | 2020 | 93.13% | 21,599,233 |
| 23 | China | 845229 | Sewing machines; not household or automatic unit type | 2020 | 93.12% | 22,205,215 |
| 24 | China | 871499 | Cycles; parts thereof, n.e.c. in item no. 8714.9 | 2020 | 92.99% | 11,497,877 |
| 25 | China | 701912 | Glass fibres; (including glass wool), rovings | 2020 | 92.98% | 21,498,891 |
| 26 | China | 843231 | Seeders, planters and transplanters; no-till direct seeders, planters and transplanters | 2020 | 92.95% | 13,712,868 |
| 27 | China | 283711 | Cyanides and cyanide oxides; of sodium | 2020 | 92.90% | 10,356,792 |
| 28 | China | 851410 | Furnaces and ovens; electric, for industrial or laboratory use, resistance heated | 2020 | 92.44% | 11,697,930 |
| 29 | Areas, nes | 760110 | Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed) | 2020 | 92.24% | 66,598,871 |
| 30 | China | 847981 | Machines and mechanical appliances; for treating metal, including electric wire coil-winders | 2020 | 92.18% | 13,472,215 |
| 31 | Türkiye | 180400 | Cocoa; butter, fat and oil | 2020 | 91.89% | 12,444,072 |
| 32 | China | 853950 | Lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) lamps | 2020 | 91.84% | 15,388,654 |
| 33 | Türkiye | 540419 | Monofilament n.e.c. in heading no 5404; of 67 decitex or more and of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm | 2020 | 91.68% | 14,235,511 |
| 34 | China | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network; parts | 2020 | 91.29% | 68,248,111 |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 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 | 2020 | 91.18% | 104,820,020 |
| 36 | China | 844400 | Textile machinery; for extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting man-made textile materials | 2020 | 90.90% | 14,500,869 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 292529 | Imines and their derivatives; salts thereof; other than chlordimeform (ISO) | 2020 | 90.90% | 12,754,711 |
| 38 | China | 870895 | Vehicle parts; safety airbags with inflater system; parts thereof | 2020 | 90.07% | 29,299,516 |
| 39 | China | 722592 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, n.e.c. in heading no. 7225, plated or coated with zinc (other than electrolytically) | 2020 | 90.05% | 16,158,606 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 870431 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | 2020 | 89.65% | 13,473,980 |
| 41 | China | 720917 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of 0.5mm or more but not exceeding 1mm | 2020 | 89.22% | 61,504,746 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 720219 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-manganese, containing by weight 2% or less of carbon | 2020 | 88.74% | 37,474,366 |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 843420 | Dairy machinery | 2020 | 88.67% | 46,574,061 |
| 44 | China | 851190 | Ignition or starting equipment; parts of the equipment of heading no. 8511, for use in spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines | 2020 | 88.47% | 17,573,448 |
| 45 | China | 293890 | Glycosides; natural or reproduced by synthesis, other than rutoside (rutin) and its derivatives | 2020 | 88.40% | 21,128,610 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 292610 | Nitrile-function compounds; acrylonitrile | 2020 | 88.15% | 28,946,470 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 720293 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-niobium | 2020 | 88.01% | 29,494,975 |
| 48 | China | 730459 | Steel, alloy (not stainless steel); (excluding cold-drawn or cold-rolled), tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of circular cross-section | 2020 | 86.72% | 19,110,609 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 040210 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | 2020 | 86.53% | 11,997,796 |
| 50 | China | 760711 | Aluminium; foil, (not backed), rolled (but not further worked), of a thickness not exceeding 0.2mm | 2020 | 86.27% | 30,588,251 |
| 51 | China | 730640 | Steel, stainless; tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, welded, of circular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2020 | 85.47% | 15,268,238 |
| 52 | China | 846721 | Tools; for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor; drills of all kinds | 2020 | 85.43% | 15,305,052 |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 842410 | Fire extinguishers; whether or not charged | 2020 | 85.21% | 14,226,566 |
| 54 | China | 940599 | Lamps and light fittings; parts thereof, of materials other than glass or plastics | 2020 | 84.37% | 15,219,074 |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 843610 | Machinery; for preparing animal feeding stuffs | 2020 | 82.99% | 36,985,834 |
| 56 | China | 999999 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 2020 | 82.72% | 933,774,510 |
| 57 | India | 091030 | Spices; turmeric (curcuma) | 2020 | 82.70% | 17,896,033 |
| 58 | China | 940540 | Lamps and light fittings; electric, n.e.c. in heading no. 9405 | 2020 | 82.68% | 16,090,305 |
| 59 | China | 842010 | Machines; calendering or other rolling machines, for other than metal or glass | 2020 | 82.59% | 21,012,014 |
| 60 | China | 851769 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations); machines for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), n.e.c. in item no. 8517.6 | 2020 | 82.55% | 13,405,256 |
| 61 | Türkiye | 730210 | Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material; rails | 2020 | 82.36% | 23,886,660 |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 841381 | Pumps and liquid elevators; n.e.c. in heading no. 8413 | 2020 | 82.23% | 33,654,656 |
| 63 | China | 540247 | Yarn, synthetic; filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), polyesters (not high tenacity or textured), not partially oriented, single, untwisted or twisted 50 turns or less per metre, not for retail sale, not sewing thread | 2020 | 82.02% | 18,373,965 |
| 64 | China | 481420 | Wallpaper and similar wall coverings; coated or covered on the face side, with a grained, embossed, coloured, design-printed or otherwise decorated layer of plastics | 2020 | 81.70% | 46,863,719 |
| 65 | China | 851690 | Electro-thermic appliances; parts, of heating resistors, of water, space and soil heaters, hair-dressing apparatus, hand dryers, smoothing irons and other domestic appliances of heading no. 8516 | 2020 | 81.69% | 12,160,825 |
| 66 | Germany | 843830 | Machinery; industrial, for sugar manufacture | 2020 | 81.43% | 21,944,979 |
| 67 | China | 290339 | Fluorinated, brominated or iodinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons; other than ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane) | 2020 | 81.35% | 12,522,861 |
| 68 | China | 731210 | Iron or steel; stranded wire, ropes and cables, not electrically insulated | 2020 | 80.97% | 27,659,055 |
| 69 | China | 854430 | Insulated electric conductors; ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships | 2020 | 80.46% | 16,589,421 |
| 70 | China | 590310 | Textile fabrics; impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with poly(vinyl chloride) | 2020 | 80.34% | 25,258,198 |
| 71 | Türkiye | 830241 | Mountings, fittings and similar articles; of base metal, suitable for buildings | 2020 | 80.23% | 18,001,486 |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | 847180 | Units of automatic data processing machines; n.e.c. in item no. 8471.50, 8471.60 or 8471.70 | 2020 | 80.14% | 27,711,679 |
China: 43 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 14 occurrences
Türkiye: 6 occurrences
Germany: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Areas, nes: 1 occurrence
Bangladesh: 1 occurrence
India: 1 occurrence
Pakistan: 1 occurrence
Syria: 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.