Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Extreme Import Bottlenecks

The tables below show Lao People's Dem. Rep.'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.

Lao People's Dem. Rep.

31 bottlenecks
#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1China8603Railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks; self-propelled tenders, other than those of heading no. 86042023100.00%13,234,000
2China8605Railway or tramway coaches; passenger coaches, luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading no. 8604)2023100.00%34,950,000
3China8606Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; not self-propelled202399.96%36,854,000
4China7305Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (e.g. welded, riveted or similarly closed), having circular cross-sections, external diameter of which exceeds 406.4mm, not seamless202396.61%76,493,978
5Thailand2202Waters, including mineral and aerated waters, containing added sugar or sweetening matter, flavoured; other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009202394.11%194,896,185
6Thailand1108Starches; inulin202391.91%19,258,279
7Thailand4401Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms; wood in chip or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms202391.88%70,234,516
8Thailand0810Fruit, fresh; n.e.c. in chapter 08202391.47%14,773,518
9Thailand1901Malt extract; flour/groats/meal/starch/malt extract products, no cocoa (or less than 40% by weight) and food preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04, no cocoa (or less than 5% by weight), weights calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.c.202391.02%17,867,373
10Thailand3305Hair preparations; for use on the hair202390.94%10,065,064
11Thailand1701Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form202390.72%177,582,716
12Thailand3907Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms202390.43%10,198,157
13Singapore3302Odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for beverage manufacture202389.71%11,761,170
14China7208Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated202389.04%16,293,712
15Thailand7612Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes etc (including rigid, collapsible tubular containers), for materials other than compressed, liquefied gas, 300l capacity or less, lined, heat-insulated or not202389.01%14,852,286
16Thailand8529Transmission apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8524 to 8528202388.30%73,513,676
17Thailand4107Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 41.14202388.08%15,247,676
18Thailand9619Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material202387.18%12,455,419
19China7325Iron or steel; cast articles202386.99%16,455,252
20Thailand2710Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils202386.39%1,087,512,234
21China8430Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals, or ores; pile drivers and extractors; snow ploughs and snow blowers202385.76%24,161,803
22Thailand6811Asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like202385.63%12,299,432
23Thailand2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons202385.45%13,608,952
24China8716Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof202385.14%15,145,558
25Thailand2807Sulphuric acid; oleum202384.10%18,504,335
26Japan8702Vehicles; public transport passenger type202382.14%16,503,885
27China7210Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, clad, plated or coated202381.99%33,967,540
28Belgium7102Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set202381.84%14,598,240
29China1107Malt; whether or not roasted202381.78%23,971,626
30Thailand2523Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers202381.62%28,314,423
31Singapore2402Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes; of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes202380.83%15,312,413

Partner frequency summary:

Thailand: 17 occurrences

China: 10 occurrences

Singapore: 2 occurrences

Belgium: 1 occurrence

Japan: 1 occurrence

Legend:

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