Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Namibia'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.
Namibia
52 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | 2820 | Manganese oxides | 2024 | 99.91% | 15,733,867 |
| 2 | South Africa | 2205 | Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes, flavoured with plants or aromatic substances | 2024 | 99.84% | 13,107,487 |
| 3 | South Africa | 1517 | Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16 | 2024 | 99.58% | 10,360,470 |
| 4 | South Africa | 2104 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations | 2024 | 99.45% | 11,030,950 |
| 5 | South Africa | 0910 | Ginger, saffron, tumeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices | 2024 | 99.34% | 14,818,636 |
| 6 | South Africa | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2024 | 99.17% | 14,866,209 |
| 7 | South Africa | 2206 | Fermented beverages, n.e.c. in chapter 22; (e.g. cider, perry, mead, sake) | 2024 | 98.98% | 20,923,921 |
| 8 | South Africa | 0701 | Potatoes; fresh or chilled | 2024 | 98.96% | 11,204,783 |
| 9 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 2822 | Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides | 2024 | 98.95% | 142,296,512 |
| 10 | Areas, nes | 7102 | Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set | 2024 | 98.83% | 176,161,471 |
| 11 | Zambia | 2604 | Nickel ores and concentrates | 2024 | 98.67% | 238,634,193 |
| 12 | South Africa | 4403 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared | 2024 | 98.33% | 12,427,022 |
| 13 | South Africa | 4818 | Toilet paper, width 36cm or less or cut to size/shape; handkerchiefs, tissues, towels, serviettes, bed sheets and similar household or hospital articles, apparel and clothing accessories of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres | 2024 | 98.29% | 18,806,146 |
| 14 | Germany | 8503 | Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502 | 2024 | 98.25% | 38,206,224 |
| 15 | South Africa | 2203 | Beer made from malt | 2024 | 97.92% | 12,240,265 |
| 16 | South Africa | 1512 | Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2024 | 97.55% | 42,148,803 |
| 17 | South Africa | 2005 | Vegetables preparations n.e.c.; prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading no. 2006 | 2024 | 97.33% | 14,560,349 |
| 18 | South Africa | 2103 | Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings, mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard | 2024 | 97.00% | 24,462,097 |
| 19 | South Africa | 2009 | Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2024 | 96.36% | 24,803,245 |
| 20 | South Africa | 1005 | Maize (corn) | 2024 | 95.87% | 94,874,020 |
| 21 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 2608 | Zinc ores and concentrates | 2024 | 95.14% | 29,341,207 |
| 22 | South Africa | 7216 | Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections | 2024 | 94.34% | 13,268,694 |
| 23 | South Africa | 2204 | Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading no. 2009 | 2024 | 94.22% | 49,229,403 |
| 24 | China | 7228 | Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel | 2024 | 94.11% | 30,739,551 |
| 25 | 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 | 93.85% | 19,347,533 |
| 26 | South Africa | 2309 | Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding | 2024 | 93.16% | 49,423,747 |
| 27 | South Africa | 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | 2024 | 92.86% | 93,549,833 |
| 28 | South Africa | 9619 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2024 | 92.86% | 20,537,766 |
| 29 | South Africa | 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 | 92.47% | 27,630,270 |
| 30 | South Africa | 3305 | Hair preparations; for use on the hair | 2024 | 92.18% | 10,441,545 |
| 31 | South Africa | 1901 | Malt extract; flour/groats/meal/starch/malt extract products, no cocoa (or less than 40% by weight) and food preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04, no cocoa (or less than 5% by weight), weights calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.c. | 2024 | 91.10% | 12,938,909 |
| 32 | China | 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 | 91.09% | 119,194,424 |
| 33 | China | 2815 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) peroxides of sodium or potassium | 2024 | 90.78% | 14,899,931 |
| 34 | South Africa | 0406 | Cheese and curd | 2024 | 90.69% | 15,450,489 |
| 35 | South Africa | 3209 | Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | 2024 | 90.50% | 14,296,619 |
| 36 | South Africa | 2711 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons | 2024 | 90.42% | 15,530,806 |
| 37 | South Africa | 1704 | Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | 2024 | 89.63% | 20,637,073 |
| 38 | South Africa | 9404 | Mattress supports; articles of bedding (e.g. mattresses, quilts, eiderdowns, cushions pouffes and pillows), fitted with springs or stuffed, whether or not covered | 2024 | 89.44% | 12,965,012 |
| 39 | China | 8541 | Semiconductor 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 crystals | 2024 | 88.51% | 34,785,244 |
| 40 | South Africa | 6305 | Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods | 2024 | 88.39% | 14,327,538 |
| 41 | South Africa | 4819 | Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and the like, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or fibres; box files, letter trays and the like, of paper or paperboard, of a kind used in offices, shops or the like | 2024 | 88.18% | 21,931,516 |
| 42 | South Africa | 3923 | Plastic articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures of plastics | 2024 | 87.59% | 45,414,540 |
| 43 | South Africa | 2106 | Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included | 2024 | 86.62% | 26,376,375 |
| 44 | South Africa | 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 | 86.46% | 10,482,459 |
| 45 | South Africa | 3307 | Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations; pre-shave, shaving, after-shave, bath preparations; personal deodorants and depilatories; room deodorisers, perfumed or not with disinfectant properties or not | 2024 | 85.83% | 18,135,492 |
| 46 | South Africa | 3602 | Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders | 2024 | 85.61% | 10,894,845 |
| 47 | South Africa | 1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa | 2024 | 85.44% | 14,384,906 |
| 48 | South Africa | 1602 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects | 2024 | 85.23% | 12,882,934 |
| 49 | South Africa | 1905 | Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products | 2024 | 83.87% | 18,988,818 |
| 50 | South Africa | 3808 | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators, disinfectants and the like, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2024 | 82.40% | 15,070,337 |
| 51 | South Africa | 8716 | Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof | 2024 | 81.94% | 30,782,285 |
| 52 | China | 2519 | Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; magnesium oxide, pure or not | 2024 | 80.34% | 17,689,938 |
South Africa: 41 occurrences
China: 5 occurrences
Dem. Rep. of the Congo: 2 occurrences
Areas, nes: 1 occurrence
Germany: 1 occurrence
Morocco: 1 occurrence
Zambia: 1 occurrence
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