Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Lesotho'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.
Lesotho
25 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2024 | 100.00% | 12,734,656 |
| 2 | South Africa | 1005 | Maize (corn) | 2024 | 100.00% | 34,152,273 |
| 3 | South Africa | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2024 | 100.00% | 19,480,750 |
| 4 | South Africa | 1102 | Cereal flours; other than of wheat or meslin | 2024 | 100.00% | 32,749,615 |
| 5 | South Africa | 1214 | Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets | 2024 | 100.00% | 14,014,392 |
| 6 | South Africa | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2024 | 100.00% | 10,694,487 |
| 7 | South Africa | 1601 | Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products | 2024 | 100.00% | 12,071,490 |
| 8 | South Africa | 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | 2024 | 100.00% | 12,340,622 |
| 9 | South Africa | 2202 | Waters, 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. 2009 | 2024 | 100.00% | 16,430,199 |
| 10 | South Africa | 2203 | Beer made from malt | 2024 | 100.00% | 10,007,234 |
| 11 | South Africa | 2206 | Fermented beverages, n.e.c. in chapter 22; (e.g. cider, perry, mead, sake) | 2024 | 100.00% | 13,601,416 |
| 12 | South Africa | 2711 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons | 2024 | 100.00% | 13,993,514 |
| 13 | South Africa | 1904 | Prepared foods obtained by swelling or roasting cereals or cereal products (e.g. corn flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (not flour and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, n.e.c. | 2024 | 99.94% | 12,375,032 |
| 14 | South Africa | 3402 | Organic surface-active agents (not soap); surface-active, washing (including auxiliary washing) and cleaning preparations, containing soap or not, excluding those of heading no. 3401 | 2024 | 99.89% | 15,784,020 |
| 15 | South Africa | 2523 | Portland cement, aluminous cement (ciment fondu), slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers | 2024 | 99.63% | 26,246,104 |
| 16 | South Africa | 1001 | Wheat and meslin | 2024 | 99.05% | 22,119,332 |
| 17 | South Africa | 2710 | Petroleum 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 oils | 2024 | 98.75% | 200,576,502 |
| 18 | South Africa | 0207 | Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozen | 2024 | 97.49% | 32,549,653 |
| 19 | South Africa | 8538 | Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 and 8537 | 2024 | 97.34% | 26,421,402 |
| 20 | China | 8430 | Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals, or ores; pile drivers and extractors; snow ploughs and snow blowers | 2024 | 93.70% | 31,418,043 |
| 21 | South Africa | 2716 | Electrical energy | 2024 | 89.42% | 53,567,070 |
| 22 | South Africa | 8704 | Vehicles; for the transport of goods | 2024 | 88.57% | 29,068,326 |
| 23 | South Africa | 3923 | Plastic articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures of plastics | 2024 | 88.03% | 10,289,865 |
| 24 | South Africa | 8708 | Motor vehicles; parts and accessories, of heading no. 8701 to 8705 | 2024 | 86.81% | 11,853,851 |
| 25 | South Africa | 7326 | Iron or steel; articles, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2024 | 84.51% | 11,982,828 |
South Africa: 24 occurrences
China: 1 occurrence
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