Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Sri Lanka'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.
Sri Lanka
25 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2024 | 100.00% | 766,316,511 |
| 2 | Malaysia | 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2024 | 99.19% | 29,321,590 |
| 3 | China | 7225 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more | 2024 | 99.14% | 98,684,656 |
| 4 | China | 8426 | Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane | 2024 | 98.28% | 249,759,424 |
| 5 | India | 0904 | Pepper of the genus piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta | 2024 | 97.83% | 81,941,331 |
| 6 | China | 5007 | Woven fabrics of silk or of silk waste | 2024 | 96.93% | 25,633,413 |
| 7 | China | 9028 | Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor | 2024 | 95.71% | 12,235,071 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 2701 | Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal | 2024 | 94.65% | 295,607,312 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 0402 | Milk and cream; concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2024 | 91.96% | 200,417,384 |
| 10 | France | 8802 | Aircraft n.e.c. in heading no. 8801, except unmanned aircraft of heading 8806, (e.g. helicopters, aeroplanes); spacecraft (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles | 2024 | 90.84% | 127,314,933 |
| 11 | China | 8501 | Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets) | 2024 | 88.98% | 115,364,967 |
| 12 | Türkiye | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2024 | 88.48% | 47,617,050 |
| 13 | Austria | 5504 | Artificial staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning | 2024 | 88.25% | 10,406,080 |
| 14 | USA | 5605 | Yarn; metallised, whether or not gimped, of textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading no. 5404 or 5405, combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or covered with metal | 2024 | 87.35% | 13,075,262 |
| 15 | Malaysia | 3401 | Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent | 2024 | 87.26% | 12,586,177 |
| 16 | China | 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 | 2024 | 86.05% | 206,642,835 |
| 17 | China | 3103 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, phosphatic | 2024 | 85.74% | 13,129,551 |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 2524 | Asbestos | 2024 | 85.44% | 17,958,526 |
| 19 | China | 0303 | Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 | 2024 | 84.40% | 13,525,172 |
| 20 | USA | 2304 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | 2024 | 84.00% | 125,081,567 |
| 21 | China | 2936 | Provitamins, vitamins; natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates) derivatives thereof used as vitamins, and intermixtures of the fore-going, whether or not in any solvent | 2024 | 83.08% | 43,457,719 |
| 22 | India | 1006 | Rice | 2024 | 82.49% | 69,472,902 |
| 23 | India | 2803 | Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. | 2024 | 82.00% | 48,753,570 |
| 24 | China | 2922 | Oxygen-function amino-compounds | 2024 | 81.95% | 21,251,478 |
| 25 | India | 5206 | Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale | 2024 | 80.95% | 28,338,414 |
China: 10 occurrences
India: 4 occurrences
Malaysia: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
USA: 2 occurrences
Austria: 1 occurrence
France: 1 occurrence
New Zealand: 1 occurrence
Türkiye: 1 occurrence
United Arab Emirates: 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.