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
33 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 8401 | Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors, machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation | 2022 | 100.00% | 110,495,149 |
| 2 | Syria | 2510 | Natural calcium phosphates; natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk | 2022 | 100.00% | 22,427,268 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2022 | 100.00% | 16,705,985 |
| 4 | China | 3103 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, phosphatic | 2022 | 99.83% | 172,725,748 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 1801 | Cocoa beans; whole or broken, raw or roasted | 2022 | 99.49% | 25,972,407 |
| 6 | Türkiye | 5506 | Synthetic staple fibres, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning | 2022 | 99.02% | 15,774,974 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 5307 | Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5305 | 2022 | 97.93% | 34,382,133 |
| 8 | China | 8407 | Reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines | 2022 | 95.39% | 154,781,962 |
| 9 | China | 9401 | Seats (not those of heading no. 9402), whether or not convertible into beds and parts thereof | 2022 | 90.55% | 46,461,068 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 8517 | Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular/wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), excluding items of 8443, 8525, 8527, or 8528 | 2022 | 90.35% | 3,418,948,917 |
| 11 | Türkiye | 2608 | Zinc ores and concentrates | 2022 | 90.31% | 18,031,504 |
| 12 | China | 9405 | Luminaires and light fittings; including searchlights, spotlights and parts thereof, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, name-plates and the like, having permanently fixed light source and parts thereof n.e.c. or included | 2022 | 89.75% | 59,356,138 |
| 13 | China | 8714 | Vehicles; parts and accessories of heading no. 8711 to 8713 | 2022 | 89.47% | 61,789,821 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 4803 | Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar; for household or sanitary uses, cellulose wadding, webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls over 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side exceeding 36cm when unfolded | 2022 | 89.29% | 10,839,469 |
| 15 | China | 8452 | Sewing machines; other than book-sewing machines of heading no. 8440; furniture, bases and covers specially designed for sewing machines; sewing machine needles | 2022 | 87.56% | 59,997,740 |
| 16 | Thailand | 4007 | Vulcanised rubber thread and cord | 2022 | 87.53% | 10,372,790 |
| 17 | China | 8450 | Household or laundry-type washing machines; including machines which both wash and dry | 2022 | 86.51% | 57,523,615 |
| 18 | China | 8539 | Lamps; electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps, arc lamps, light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2022 | 86.23% | 90,194,311 |
| 19 | China | 8521 | Video recording or reproducing apparatus | 2022 | 86.01% | 26,704,643 |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 8471 | Automatic data processing machines and units thereof, magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included | 2022 | 85.79% | 593,674,778 |
| 21 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 8486 | Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays; machines & apparatus specified in note 11 (C) to this Chapter | 2022 | 85.23% | 32,099,413 |
| 22 | China | 7209 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated | 2022 | 85.06% | 95,289,434 |
| 23 | China | 9503 | 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 | 2022 | 85.03% | 12,250,804 |
| 24 | China | 2704 | Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon | 2022 | 84.86% | 405,751,056 |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 2403 | Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes n.e.c; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences | 2022 | 84.03% | 97,123,668 |
| 26 | Türkiye | 5404 | Synthetic monofilament of 67 decitex or more, of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm; strip and the like (e.g. artificial straw) of synthetic textile materials of an apparent width not exceeding 5mm | 2022 | 83.29% | 17,017,716 |
| 27 | China | 3801 | Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures | 2022 | 83.27% | 22,082,622 |
| 28 | China | 7019 | Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (e.g. yarn, rovings, woven fabrics) | 2022 | 82.63% | 59,996,876 |
| 29 | China | 9999 | Commodities not specified according to kind | 2022 | 82.22% | 2,654,278,296 |
| 30 | China | 8545 | Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon; with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes | 2022 | 81.82% | 215,986,628 |
| 31 | 2402 | Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes; of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes | 2022 | 81.69% | 38,919,094 | |
| 32 | China | 2941 | Antibiotics | 2022 | 80.63% | 157,348,316 |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 8434 | Milking machines and dairy machinery | 2022 | 80.05% | 34,848,660 |
China: 17 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 7 occurrences
Türkiye: 3 occurrences
Bangladesh: 1 occurrence
China, Hong Kong SAR: 1 occurrence
Russian Federation: 1 occurrence
Syria: 1 occurrence
Thailand: 1 occurrence
: 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.