Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Extreme Import Bottlenecks

The tables below show North Macedonia'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.

North Macedonia

29 bottlenecks
#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1United Kingdom284390Inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, n.e.c.; amalgams202499.97%173,267,113
2United Kingdom711021Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form202499.74%566,393,106
3Albania270112Coal; bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated202499.71%11,672,908
4Greece270210Lignite; whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated, excluding jet202499.34%41,753,422
5China390761Poly(ethylene terephthalate); in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher202498.93%13,769,951
6United Kingdom711011Metals; platinum, unwrought or in powder form202498.64%469,890,071
7China854143Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels202498.53%47,065,837
8Bulgaria780110Lead; unwrought, refined202498.29%10,293,865
9Thailand021099Meat and edible meat offal; salted, in brine, dried or smoked, and edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal, other than of primates, whales, dolphins, porpoises, manatees, dugongs, seals, sea lions, walruses, reptiles (including snakes and turtles)202496.13%14,301,039
10Serbia100199Cereals; wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed202494.93%12,597,440
11Türkiye720916Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness exceeding 1mm but less than 3mm202494.83%11,448,179
12Germany842199Machinery; parts for filtering or purifying liquids or gases202493.25%27,985,588
13Serbia100590Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed202492.47%10,516,218
14Italy720712Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section202492.45%12,281,657
15China847130Automatic data processing machines; portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display202492.37%27,300,069
16India294190Antibiotics; n.e.c. in heading no. 2941202492.11%12,852,992
17Türkiye720918Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of less than 0.5mm202492.09%37,030,275
18Serbia151219Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202492.03%14,986,658
19Argentina230400Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil202491.99%14,166,699
20Greece271320Petroleum bitumen; obtained from bituminous minerals202491.70%22,961,792
21Greece720711Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel; containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness202490.25%45,636,442
22Türkiye720917Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of 0.5mm or more but not exceeding 1mm202488.40%11,744,418
23China841510Air 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'202488.05%31,493,357
24Serbia200520Vegetable preparations; potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen202486.78%12,475,530
25China853400Circuits; printed202485.29%53,225,738
26Serbia110100Wheat or meslin flour202485.27%17,527,540
27Greece271019Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; not light oils and preparations202481.01%596,194,165
28Serbia240220Cigarettes; containing tobacco202480.95%22,227,065
29Indonesia151190Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202480.52%11,930,614

Partner frequency summary:

Serbia: 6 occurrences

China: 5 occurrences

Greece: 4 occurrences

Türkiye: 3 occurrences

United Kingdom: 3 occurrences

Albania: 1 occurrence

Argentina: 1 occurrence

Bulgaria: 1 occurrence

Germany: 1 occurrence

India: 1 occurrence

Indonesia: 1 occurrence

Italy: 1 occurrence

Thailand: 1 occurrence

Legend:

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