Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Nigeria'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.
Nigeria
124 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 150710 | Vegetable oils; soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | 2024 | 100.00% | 17,227,776 |
| 2 | China | 310221 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium sulphate | 2024 | 100.00% | 102,170,497 |
| 3 | China | 720827 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, pickled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | 2024 | 100.00% | 19,070,072 |
| 4 | China | 721050 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with chromium oxides or with chromium and chromium oxides | 2024 | 100.00% | 13,806,125 |
| 5 | China | 840681 | Turbines; steam and other vapour turbines, (for other than marine propulsion), of an output exceeding 40MW | 2024 | 100.00% | 11,609,831 |
| 6 | China | 870123 | Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motors for propulsion | 2024 | 100.00% | 82,096,774 |
| 7 | China | 870129 | Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with other propulsion methods n.e.c. in item no 8701.2 | 2024 | 100.00% | 12,310,155 |
| 8 | Morocco | 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | 2024 | 100.00% | 74,155,723 |
| 9 | Thailand | 100620 | Cereals; husked (brown) rice | 2024 | 100.00% | 27,919,750 |
| 10 | USA | 880230 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft, except unmanned; of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg | 2024 | 100.00% | 52,548,761 |
| 11 | Brazil | 170114 | Sugars; cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | 2024 | 99.99% | 617,848,299 |
| 12 | China | 540743 | Fabrics, woven; containing 85% or more by weight of filaments of nylon or other polyamides, of yarns of different colours | 2024 | 99.97% | 27,220,715 |
| 13 | China | 870710 | Vehicles; bodies (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8703 | 2024 | 99.97% | 19,511,302 |
| 14 | China | 283311 | Sodium sulphates; disodium sulphate | 2024 | 99.96% | 22,085,878 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 310430 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, potassium sulphate | 2024 | 99.95% | 49,196,955 |
| 16 | China | 551349 | Fabrics, woven; printed, containing less than 85% by weight of synthetic staple fibres (other than polyester, plain weave), mixed mainly or solely with cotton, not exceeding 170g/m2 | 2024 | 99.89% | 29,322,904 |
| 17 | China | 440839 | Wood, of tropical wood; as in Subheading note 2 to this Chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 4408.31, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn length wise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not thicker than 6mm | 2024 | 99.85% | 151,089,064 |
| 18 | China | 551443 | Fabrics, woven; printed, containing less than 85% by weight of polyester staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, weight exceeding 170g/m2, n.e.c. in heading no. 5514 | 2024 | 99.84% | 19,524,857 |
| 19 | Azerbaijan | 930190 | Military weapons; other than revolvers, pistols, and arms of heading 9307, n.e.c. in heading 9301 | 2024 | 99.75% | 322,439,736 |
| 20 | China | 830520 | Stationery; staples in strips, (e.g. for offices, upholstery, packaging), of base metal | 2024 | 99.75% | 17,037,290 |
| 21 | China | 520852 | Fabrics, woven; containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, printed, plain weave, weighing more than 100g/m2 but not more than 200g/m2 | 2024 | 99.66% | 15,234,286 |
| 22 | China | 940370 | Furniture; plastic | 2024 | 99.66% | 10,992,581 |
| 23 | Indonesia | 720711 | Iron 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 thickness | 2024 | 99.54% | 11,886,309 |
| 24 | China | 440611 | Wood; railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties), not impregnated, coniferous | 2024 | 99.09% | 45,005,553 |
| 25 | China | 830230 | Mountings, fittings and similar articles; for motor vehicles, of base metal | 2024 | 99.01% | 16,161,710 |
| 26 | China | 844313 | Printing machinery; offset, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.1 | 2024 | 98.98% | 23,238,982 |
| 27 | China | 520859 | Fabrics, woven; containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, printed, of weaves n.e.c. in item no. 5208.5, weighing not more than 200g/m2 | 2024 | 98.84% | 20,262,139 |
| 28 | China | 850220 | Electric generating sets; with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines | 2024 | 98.77% | 11,205,399 |
| 29 | Cyprus | 880623 | Unmanned aircraft; for remote-controlled flight only, for other than for carriage of passengers, with the maximum take-off weight of more than 7kg but not more than 25kg | 2024 | 98.76% | 13,677,314 |
| 30 | USA | 550210 | Fibres; artificial filament tow of cellulose acetate | 2024 | 98.55% | 13,389,855 |
| 31 | China | 482030 | Paper and paperboard; binders, folders and file covers | 2024 | 98.54% | 64,843,875 |
| 32 | China | 440890 | Wood; n.e.c. in heading no. 4408, sheets for veneer or plywood, other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, not exceeding 6mm in thickness | 2024 | 98.41% | 13,816,246 |
| 33 | China | 851310 | Lamps; portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy (excluding lighting equipment of heading no. 8512) | 2024 | 98.01% | 25,403,594 |
| 34 | China | 870490 | Vehicles; for transport of goods, n.e.c. in heading no. 8704 | 2024 | 97.83% | 16,203,657 |
| 35 | China | 848620 | Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits | 2024 | 97.72% | 48,871,116 |
| 36 | China | 420500 | Leather articles; n.e.c. in chapter 42, of leather or composition leather | 2024 | 97.61% | 28,367,513 |
| 37 | China | 761510 | Aluminium; table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like | 2024 | 97.39% | 15,532,984 |
| 38 | China | 840790 | Engines; rotary internal combustion piston engines, for other than aircraft or marine propulsion | 2024 | 97.30% | 53,946,472 |
| 39 | China | 380893 | Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators; other than containing goods of Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter; put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2024 | 97.21% | 231,138,507 |
| 40 | China | 870121 | Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) | 2024 | 97.09% | 28,519,246 |
| 41 | Ghana | 180610 | Cocoa; powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2024 | 97.08% | 16,757,619 |
| 42 | China | 730300 | Cast iron; tubes, pipes and hollow profiles | 2024 | 96.93% | 12,661,776 |
| 43 | China | 390769 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate); in primary forms, having a viscosity of less than 78ml/g | 2024 | 96.68% | 135,466,288 |
| 44 | China | 870540 | Vehicles; concrete-mixer lorries | 2024 | 96.52% | 17,473,627 |
| 45 | China | 482090 | Paper or paperboard; stationery n.e.c. in heading no. 4820 | 2024 | 96.42% | 63,540,525 |
| 46 | China | 854151 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, semiconductor-based transducers | 2024 | 96.20% | 17,052,235 |
| 47 | China | 854142 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells not assembled in modules or made up into panels | 2024 | 96.12% | 156,847,304 |
| 48 | China | 460290 | Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles; of non-vegetable materials, made directly to shape from plaiting materials or made up from goods of heading no. 4601 | 2024 | 96.10% | 10,946,762 |
| 49 | China | 842010 | Machines; calendering or other rolling machines, for other than metal or glass | 2024 | 95.97% | 23,996,108 |
| 50 | South Africa | 080810 | Fruit, edible; apples, fresh | 2024 | 95.82% | 24,002,704 |
| 51 | China | 850172 | Electric generators; photovoltaic DC generators, of an output exceeding 50W | 2024 | 95.81% | 10,196,640 |
| 52 | China | 551323 | Fabrics, woven; dyed, containing less than 85% by weight of polyester staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, not exceeding 170g/m2 | 2024 | 95.79% | 12,568,521 |
| 53 | China | 841360 | Pumps; rotary positive displacement pumps, n.e.c. in heading no. 8413, for liquids | 2024 | 95.74% | 76,487,408 |
| 54 | China | 940542 | Luminaires and light fittings; electric, designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2024 | 95.68% | 15,663,312 |
| 55 | China | 480256 | Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); printing, writing or graphic, 10% or less by weight of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibre, weight 40-150g/m2, in sheets 435mm or less by 297mm or less (unfolded) | 2024 | 95.65% | 48,226,319 |
| 56 | India | 300390 | Medicaments; (not containing antibiotics, hormones, alkaloids or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale) | 2024 | 95.61% | 25,683,586 |
| 57 | China | 830210 | Hinges; suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets or the like, of base metal | 2024 | 95.28% | 11,691,119 |
| 58 | China | 841510 | Air 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' | 2024 | 95.26% | 170,043,308 |
| 59 | China | 845229 | Sewing machines; not household or automatic unit type | 2024 | 95.01% | 13,387,438 |
| 60 | China | 851829 | Loudspeakers; not mounted in their enclosures | 2024 | 94.45% | 11,969,453 |
| 61 | China | 871631 | Tanker trailers and tanker semi-trailers | 2024 | 94.21% | 10,242,953 |
| 62 | China | 440726 | Wood, tropical; white lauan, white meranti, white seraya, yellow meranti and alan, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, thicker than 6mm | 2024 | 94.12% | 15,469,106 |
| 63 | China | 841451 | Fans; table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125W | 2024 | 94.09% | 20,980,763 |
| 64 | China | 691010 | Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures; of porcelain or china | 2024 | 93.94% | 58,977,013 |
| 65 | China | 851830 | Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers | 2024 | 93.78% | 10,790,471 |
| 66 | China | 760711 | Aluminium; foil, (not backed), rolled (but not further worked), of a thickness not exceeding 0.2mm | 2024 | 93.75% | 16,617,030 |
| 67 | China | 844180 | Machinery; n.e.c. in heading no. 8441, for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard | 2024 | 93.42% | 15,564,432 |
| 68 | China | 320720 | Enamels and glazes; vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar preparations | 2024 | 93.41% | 41,997,229 |
| 69 | Brazil | 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft, except unmanned; of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | 2024 | 93.31% | 27,139,272 |
| 70 | China | 291249 | Aldehyde-alcohols, aldehyde-ethers, aldehyde-phenols and aldehydes with other oxygen function; other than vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde) and ethylvanillin (3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde) | 2024 | 93.26% | 11,320,724 |
| 71 | China | 200290 | Vegetable preparations; tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | 2024 | 93.22% | 15,081,853 |
| 72 | China | 760429 | Aluminium; alloys, bars, rods and profiles, other than hollow | 2024 | 93.10% | 17,557,515 |
| 73 | China | 843239 | Seeders, planters and transplanters; other than no-till direct seeders, planters and transplanters | 2024 | 92.99% | 12,466,983 |
| 74 | Indonesia | 151620 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions; partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | 2024 | 92.96% | 45,405,958 |
| 75 | China | 950300 | Tricycles, 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 kinds | 2024 | 92.63% | 10,420,172 |
| 76 | China | 730210 | Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material; rails | 2024 | 92.56% | 24,168,255 |
| 77 | China | 730419 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron or stainless steel); seamless, line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines | 2024 | 92.19% | 44,130,341 |
| 78 | China | 871640 | Trailers and semi-trailers; n.e.c. in item no. 8716.3 | 2024 | 90.37% | 15,565,203 |
| 79 | China | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate); in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | 2024 | 90.34% | 61,406,368 |
| 80 | China | 843351 | Combine harvester-threshers | 2024 | 90.17% | 10,187,420 |
| 81 | China | 870110 | Tractors; single axle | 2024 | 90.09% | 18,688,246 |
| 82 | China | 841830 | Freezers; of the chest type, not exceeding 800l capacity | 2024 | 89.94% | 54,948,705 |
| 83 | Denmark | 830710 | Tubing; flexible, with or without fittings, of iron or steel | 2024 | 89.87% | 56,373,294 |
| 84 | Italy | 340399 | Lubricating preparations; other than for the treatment of textile and similar materials, not containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | 2024 | 89.78% | 26,783,144 |
| 85 | China | 401120 | Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | 2024 | 89.61% | 173,839,343 |
| 86 | China | 293499 | Nucleic acids and their salts, other heterocyclic compounds, n.e.c. in heading number 2934 | 2024 | 89.24% | 10,133,107 |
| 87 | China | 843229 | Harrows; (excluding disc), scarifiers, cultivators, weeders and hoes | 2024 | 89.12% | 12,006,626 |
| 88 | China | 846490 | Machine-tools; for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral materials or for cold working glass, (other than sawing, grinding or polishing machines) | 2024 | 88.74% | 20,058,249 |
| 89 | China | 854149 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, diodes other than light emitting diodes and photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels | 2024 | 88.58% | 10,747,349 |
| 90 | China | 841381 | Pumps and liquid elevators; n.e.c. in heading no. 8413 | 2024 | 87.78% | 96,549,143 |
| 91 | China | 850940 | Electro-mechanical domestic appliances; food grinders and mixers, fruit or vegetable juice extractors, with self-contained electric motor | 2024 | 87.60% | 17,883,886 |
| 92 | China | 852871 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus; not designed to incorporate a video display or screen | 2024 | 87.55% | 12,332,316 |
| 93 | China | 854470 | Insulated electric conductors; optical fibre cables | 2024 | 87.42% | 24,869,812 |
| 94 | China | 730490 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); seamless, tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, n.e.c. in heading no. 7304 | 2024 | 87.04% | 11,831,374 |
| 95 | China | 843629 | Poultry-keeping machinery; other than incubators and brooders | 2024 | 86.90% | 16,042,266 |
| 96 | China | 350610 | Glues or adhesives; prepared, products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1kg | 2024 | 86.89% | 19,884,031 |
| 97 | USA | 870332 | Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 2500cc | 2024 | 86.39% | 110,605,723 |
| 98 | India | 300450 | Medicaments; containing vitamins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic use, packaged for retail sale | 2024 | 85.63% | 22,902,729 |
| 99 | Malta | 491199 | Printed matter; n.e.c. in heading no. 4911 | 2024 | 85.59% | 16,247,995 |
| 100 | Malaysia | 151110 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2024 | 85.33% | 109,971,421 |
| 101 | China | 841810 | Refrigerators and freezers; combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors, electric or other | 2024 | 84.84% | 42,970,516 |
| 102 | China | 841430 | Compressors; of a kind used in refrigerating equipment | 2024 | 84.46% | 13,215,812 |
| 103 | China | 850650 | Cells and batteries; primary, lithium | 2024 | 84.44% | 11,307,573 |
| 104 | China | 841981 | Machinery, plant and equipment; for making hot drinks, for cooking or heating food | 2024 | 84.43% | 19,957,694 |
| 105 | United Kingdom | 110510 | Flour, meal and powder; of potatoes | 2024 | 84.37% | 14,396,330 |
| 106 | China | 210210 | Yeasts; active | 2024 | 84.26% | 11,057,339 |
| 107 | China | 850212 | Electric generating sets; with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 75kVA but not exceeding 375kVA | 2024 | 84.17% | 23,488,444 |
| 108 | China | 730511 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines (not seamless), longitudinally submerged arc welded, having circular cross-sections, external diameter exceeds 406.4mm | 2024 | 83.97% | 53,950,515 |
| 109 | China | 871639 | Trailers and semi-trailers; (other than tanker type) | 2024 | 83.85% | 22,648,797 |
| 110 | China | 854110 | Electrical apparatus; diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LED) | 2024 | 83.17% | 10,149,711 |
| 111 | Germany | 847910 | Machinery and mechanical appliances; for public works, building or the like | 2024 | 82.60% | 32,704,860 |
| 112 | China | 900220 | Filters; mounted as parts or fittings for instruments or apparatus, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) | 2024 | 82.54% | 79,332,025 |
| 113 | France | 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value; stamp-impressed paper; cheque forms; banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | 2024 | 82.38% | 79,484,610 |
| 114 | China | 841382 | Liquid elevators | 2024 | 82.04% | 13,882,218 |
| 115 | Netherlands | 381512 | Catalysts, supported; reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, n.e.c. or included | 2024 | 81.91% | 32,767,788 |
| 116 | USA | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes | 2024 | 81.81% | 396,271,865 |
| 117 | Japan | 550290 | Fibres; artificial filament tow, other than cellulose acetate | 2024 | 81.80% | 13,076,527 |
| 118 | China | 841821 | Refrigerators; for household use, compression-type, electric or other | 2024 | 81.09% | 11,180,678 |
| 119 | China | 851610 | Heaters; electric, instantaneous or storage water and immersion heaters | 2024 | 81.08% | 12,624,584 |
| 120 | China | 847410 | Machines; for sorting, screening, separating or washing earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | 2024 | 80.76% | 19,798,949 |
| 121 | Iceland | 030572 | Fish; edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws | 2024 | 80.58% | 37,188,318 |
| 122 | Spain | 252010 | Gypsum; anhydrite | 2024 | 80.54% | 43,883,971 |
| 123 | China | 320611 | Colouring matter; pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, containing 80% or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter | 2024 | 80.41% | 12,056,265 |
| 124 | India | 291531 | Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; ethyl acetate | 2024 | 80.00% | 25,444,344 |
China: 94 occurrences
USA: 4 occurrences
India: 3 occurrences
Brazil: 2 occurrences
Indonesia: 2 occurrences
Argentina: 1 occurrence
Azerbaijan: 1 occurrence
Cyprus: 1 occurrence
Denmark: 1 occurrence
France: 1 occurrence
Germany: 1 occurrence
Ghana: 1 occurrence
Iceland: 1 occurrence
Italy: 1 occurrence
Japan: 1 occurrence
Malaysia: 1 occurrence
Malta: 1 occurrence
Morocco: 1 occurrence
Netherlands: 1 occurrence
Russian Federation: 1 occurrence
South Africa: 1 occurrence
Spain: 1 occurrence
Thailand: 1 occurrence
United Kingdom: 1 occurrence
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