Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Nicaragua'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.
Nicaragua
28 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA | 0203 | Meat of swine; fresh, chilled or frozen | 2025 | 100.00% | 73,660,016 |
| 2 | USA | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2025 | 100.00% | 556,203,304 |
| 3 | USA | 2711 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons | 2025 | 99.82% | 82,013,645 |
| 4 | USA | 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 | 2025 | 99.79% | 19,120,674 |
| 5 | USA | 5201 | Cotton; not carded or combed | 2025 | 99.65% | 46,151,214 |
| 6 | 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 | 2025 | 99.63% | 68,501,121 |
| 7 | Mexico | 7408 | Copper wire | 2025 | 99.53% | 51,125,388 |
| 8 | China | 9028 | Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor | 2025 | 98.27% | 20,549,024 |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 2105 | Ice cream and other edible ice; whether or not containing cocoa | 2025 | 97.85% | 10,401,204 |
| 10 | 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 | 2025 | 97.74% | 25,453,699 |
| 11 | USA | 5512 | Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic staple fibres | 2025 | 95.23% | 54,995,057 |
| 12 | Honduras | 6217 | Clothing accessories n.e.c.; parts of garments or accessories other than those of heading no. 6212 (not knitted or crocheted) | 2025 | 94.14% | 35,468,910 |
| 13 | China | 7213 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils | 2025 | 93.27% | 19,181,762 |
| 14 | China | 4412 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood | 2025 | 92.24% | 10,320,025 |
| 15 | China | 7311 | Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel | 2025 | 91.78% | 25,417,229 |
| 16 | China | 8539 | Lamps; electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps, arc lamps, light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2025 | 91.74% | 32,116,827 |
| 17 | China | 8426 | Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane | 2025 | 89.69% | 24,796,061 |
| 18 | China | 4202 | Trunks; suit, camera, jewellery, cutlery cases; travel, tool, similar bags; wholly or mainly covered by leather, composition leather, plastic sheeting, textile materials, vulcanised fibre, paperboard | 2025 | 88.54% | 62,434,349 |
| 19 | USA | 6309 | Textiles; worn clothing and other worn articles | 2025 | 86.26% | 76,571,062 |
| 20 | USA | 2837 | Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides | 2025 | 84.36% | 10,901,465 |
| 21 | Honduras | 6110 | Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles; knitted or crocheted | 2025 | 83.86% | 183,091,368 |
| 22 | Canada | 3104 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassic | 2025 | 83.74% | 32,603,651 |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 3602 | Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders | 2025 | 83.66% | 17,402,403 |
| 24 | China | 8415 | Air conditioning machines; comprising a motor driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated | 2025 | 82.76% | 26,794,262 |
| 25 | China | 9405 | Luminaires and light fittings; including searchlights, spotlights and parts thereof, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, name-plates and the like, having permanently fixed light source and parts thereof n.e.c. or included | 2025 | 82.70% | 16,007,653 |
| 26 | China | 8516 | Electric water, space, soil heaters; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus; hand dryers, irons; electro-thermic appliances for domestic purposes; electro heating resistors, not of heading no. 8545 | 2025 | 81.40% | 13,179,548 |
| 27 | Honduras | 6103 | Suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches, shorts (not swimwear); men's or boys', knitted or crocheted | 2025 | 81.11% | 18,518,610 |
| 28 | Germany | 8422 | Dish washing machines; machinery for cleaning, drying, filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags, etc, machinery for aerating beverages | 2025 | 80.93% | 41,375,597 |
China: 11 occurrences
USA: 9 occurrences
Honduras: 3 occurrences
Costa Rica: 2 occurrences
Canada: 1 occurrence
Germany: 1 occurrence
Mexico: 1 occurrence
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