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

20 bottlenecks
#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Argentina2304Oil-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
2Switzerland9101Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches; with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal202497.78%12,484,266
3China8541Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based transducers); including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) assembled with other LEDs or not, mounted piezo-electric crystals202496.97%72,891,775
4Switzerland7106Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum); unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form202496.13%34,453,647
5China8517Telephone 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 8528202495.76%207,991,985
6China8426Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane202494.36%12,663,992
7China6001Fabrics; pile fabrics, including long pile fabrics and terry fabrics, knitted or crocheted202494.19%27,463,608
8Brazil0207Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozen202491.09%24,664,840
9Brazil0201Meat of bovine animals; fresh or chilled202490.56%76,236,784
10Türkiye6106Blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses; women's or girls', knitted or crocheted202489.26%32,342,017
11USA8411Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines202489.23%40,076,466
12China9503Tricycles, 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
13Egypt2523Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers202485.85%48,802,087
14Switzerland9102Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches, other than those of heading no. 9101202485.43%23,269,919
15China3925Plastics; builders' wares n.e.c. or included202484.60%13,028,643
16Spain2713Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals202482.65%12,278,608
17China1206Sunflower seeds; whether or not broken202480.85%11,020,743
18Greece2715Bituminous 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
19China8415Air conditioning machines; comprising a motor driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated202480.38%37,555,437
20China8467Tools; for working in the hand, pneumatic, hydraulic or with self-contained electric or non-electric motor202480.38%10,085,295

Partner frequency summary:

China: 9 occurrences

Switzerland: 3 occurrences

Brazil: 2 occurrences

Argentina: 1 occurrence

Egypt: 1 occurrence

Greece: 1 occurrence

Spain: 1 occurrence

Türkiye: 1 occurrence

USA: 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.