Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Extreme Import Bottlenecks

The tables below show Lebanon'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.

Lebanon

31 bottlenecks
#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Switzerland910121Wrist-watches; (not electrically operated), automatic winding, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal2024100.00%10,812,480
2USA841112Turbo-jets; of a thrust exceeding 25kN2024100.00%32,692,314
3Türkiye030289Fish; fresh or chilled, n.e.c. in heading 0302, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99202499.98%11,114,898
4Egypt070190Vegetables; potatoes (other than seed), fresh or chilled202499.79%25,747,330
5China851712Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks202499.78%192,390,363
6China842619Cranes; transporter, gantry and bridge cranes202499.77%12,542,760
7Argentina230400Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil202499.72%67,925,537
8Romania240399Tobacco; other than homogenised or reconstituted or smoking202499.37%36,556,734
9China850760Electric accumulators; lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square)202499.06%25,698,608
10Switzerland710691Metals; silver, unwrought, (but not powder)202497.24%34,453,647
11China854140Electrical apparatus; photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED)202497.07%72,374,154
12Switzerland910221Wrist-watches; whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding202496.56%17,028,824
13Ukraine151211Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified202496.24%75,461,735
14China847130Automatic data processing machines; portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display202495.20%18,508,129
15China600199Fabrics; pile fabrics (excluding long pile and loop pile), of textile materials (other than cotton or man-made fibres), knitted or crocheted202495.04%16,909,062
16Brazil020714Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen202493.83%24,664,840
17USA080212Nuts, edible; almonds, fresh or dried, shelled202493.26%19,781,960
18Türkiye610620Blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses; women's or girls', of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted202491.13%32,214,073
19Brazil020130Meat; of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled202490.90%76,236,784
20China841510Air conditioning machines; comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or 'split-system'202489.98%33,909,114
21China401120Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries202489.83%10,192,825
22United Kingdom220830Whiskies202487.86%20,865,300
23China950300Tricycles, 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 kinds202487.17%31,941,021
24Brazil090111Coffee; not roasted or decaffeinated202486.99%79,202,670
25China392590Plastics; builders' ware, n.e.c. or included in heading no. 3925202486.54%12,784,124
26Egypt252310Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured)202486.00%48,793,059
27Spain271311Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals202482.65%12,278,608
28Türkiye722870Steel, alloy; angles, shapes and sections202482.05%14,247,760
29China850440Electrical static converters202481.75%22,481,684
30China120600Oil seeds; sunflower seeds, whether or not broken202480.85%11,020,743
31Greece271500Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (e.g. bituminous mastics, cut-backs)202480.67%11,500,622

Partner frequency summary:

China: 12 occurrences

Brazil: 3 occurrences

Switzerland: 3 occurrences

Türkiye: 3 occurrences

Egypt: 2 occurrences

USA: 2 occurrences

Argentina: 1 occurrence

Greece: 1 occurrence

Romania: 1 occurrence

Spain: 1 occurrence

Ukraine: 1 occurrence

United Kingdom: 1 occurrence

Legend:

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