Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Nepal'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.
Nepal
106 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous; onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | 2022 | 100.00% | 50,631,882 |
| 2 | India | 100199 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | 2022 | 100.00% | 21,506,121 |
| 3 | India | 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 | 2022 | 100.00% | 21,197,195 |
| 4 | India | 240120 | Tobacco; partly or wholly stemmed or stripped | 2022 | 100.00% | 25,675,483 |
| 5 | India | 262190 | Slag and ash n.e.c. in chapter 26; including seaweed ash (kelp) but excluding ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste | 2022 | 100.00% | 16,296,977 |
| 6 | India | 270400 | Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon | 2022 | 100.00% | 16,269,470 |
| 7 | India | 271012 | Petroleum 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; light oils and preparations | 2022 | 100.00% | 603,985,211 |
| 8 | India | 271119 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711 | 2022 | 100.00% | 516,422,710 |
| 9 | India | 271311 | Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals | 2022 | 100.00% | 17,173,132 |
| 10 | India | 680223 | Granite; articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface | 2022 | 100.00% | 27,217,184 |
| 11 | India | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2022 | 100.00% | 31,104,463 |
| 12 | India | 720230 | Ferro-alloys; ferro-silico-manganese | 2022 | 100.00% | 14,600,629 |
| 13 | India | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2022 | 100.00% | 259,395,118 |
| 14 | India | 722530 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, in coils | 2022 | 100.00% | 98,547,314 |
| 15 | India | 760110 | Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed) | 2022 | 100.00% | 13,227,186 |
| 16 | India | 760511 | Aluminium; (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm | 2022 | 100.00% | 25,682,131 |
| 17 | India | 870321 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | 2022 | 100.00% | 11,144,469 |
| 18 | Indonesia | 080280 | Nuts, edible; areca nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled | 2022 | 100.00% | 21,481,220 |
| 19 | India | 250100 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt); pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water | 2022 | 99.89% | 19,271,993 |
| 20 | India | 100610 | Cereals; rice in the husk (paddy or rough) | 2022 | 99.81% | 126,698,916 |
| 21 | India | 720839 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | 2022 | 99.81% | 150,274,292 |
| 22 | India | 721119 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, hot-rolled, of a width less than 600mm, less than 4.75mm thick, excluding those of item no. 7211.13 | 2022 | 99.75% | 38,207,875 |
| 23 | India | 300390 | Medicaments; (not containing antibiotics, hormones, alkaloids or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale) | 2022 | 99.66% | 24,907,597 |
| 24 | India | 090931 | Spices; cumin seeds, neither crushed nor ground | 2022 | 99.62% | 13,496,922 |
| 25 | China | 551449 | Fabrics, woven; printed, containing less than 85% by weight of synthetic staple fibres (other than polyesters), mixed mainly or solely with cotton, exceeding 170g/m2 | 2022 | 99.46% | 14,299,279 |
| 26 | India | 870600 | Chassis; fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8701 to 8705 | 2022 | 99.39% | 11,285,395 |
| 27 | India | 690740 | Finishing ceramics | 2022 | 99.37% | 60,972,800 |
| 28 | India | 190190 | Food preparations; of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.c. in heading no. 1901 | 2022 | 99.31% | 17,528,396 |
| 29 | India | 120750 | Oil seeds; mustard seeds, whether or not broken | 2022 | 99.24% | 28,825,335 |
| 30 | India | 080610 | Fruit, edible; grapes, fresh | 2022 | 99.14% | 17,511,223 |
| 31 | India | 721012 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with tin, thickness of less than 0.5mm | 2022 | 99.09% | 15,492,950 |
| 32 | India | 730820 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, towers and lattice masts | 2022 | 99.08% | 39,552,951 |
| 33 | India | 320910 | Paints and varnishes; based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | 2022 | 98.93% | 19,910,604 |
| 34 | India | 100630 | Cereals; rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | 2022 | 98.89% | 175,646,437 |
| 35 | India | 847920 | Machinery; for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils | 2022 | 98.88% | 11,051,013 |
| 36 | India | 870422 | Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | 2022 | 98.60% | 12,504,844 |
| 37 | India | 271019 | Petroleum 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 preparations | 2022 | 98.49% | 1,651,689,900 |
| 38 | China | 620339 | Jackets and blazers; men's or boys', of textile materials n.e.c. in item no. 6203.3 (not knitted or crocheted) | 2022 | 98.21% | 10,234,020 |
| 39 | China | 640219 | Sports footwear; (other than ski-boots, snowboard boots or cross-country ski footwear), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | 2022 | 97.82% | 10,342,154 |
| 40 | India | 100590 | Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed | 2022 | 97.76% | 125,763,792 |
| 41 | China | 510820 | Yarn; of fine animal hair, combed, not put up for retail sale | 2022 | 97.59% | 12,544,930 |
| 42 | India | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with an auxiliary motor, internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars; side-cars | 2022 | 97.59% | 141,583,765 |
| 43 | India | 853590 | Electrical apparatus; n.e.c. in heading no. 8535, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | 2022 | 97.35% | 13,548,825 |
| 44 | 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 | 2022 | 97.18% | 15,012,206 |
| 45 | India | 230240 | Bran, sharps and other residues; of other cereals, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | 2022 | 97.09% | 10,653,123 |
| 46 | India | 731210 | Iron or steel; stranded wire, ropes and cables, not electrically insulated | 2022 | 97.04% | 12,922,751 |
| 47 | India | 854460 | Insulated electric conductors; for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | 2022 | 96.84% | 31,151,139 |
| 48 | India | 070190 | Vegetables; potatoes (other than seed), fresh or chilled | 2022 | 96.68% | 58,771,116 |
| 49 | India | 720719 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, other than rectangular or square cross-section | 2022 | 96.35% | 278,430,986 |
| 50 | India | 790111 | Zinc; unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight 99.99% or more of zinc | 2022 | 96.23% | 34,834,930 |
| 51 | India | 150210 | Tallow; other than those of heading 1503 | 2022 | 96.05% | 13,092,950 |
| 52 | India | 710239 | Diamonds; non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | 2022 | 95.89% | 10,417,928 |
| 53 | India | 841451 | Fans; table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125W | 2022 | 95.82% | 14,949,956 |
| 54 | India | 401120 | Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | 2022 | 95.69% | 29,107,326 |
| 55 | China | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines; portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | 2022 | 95.47% | 62,463,687 |
| 56 | India | 841821 | Refrigerators; for household use, compression-type, electric or other | 2022 | 95.21% | 24,326,057 |
| 57 | India | 340290 | Washing and cleaning preparations; surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), including auxiliary washing preparations, not for retail sale | 2022 | 94.81% | 14,079,190 |
| 58 | India | 621142 | Track suits and other garments n.e.c.; women's or girls', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | 2022 | 94.61% | 11,579,377 |
| 59 | China | 640299 | Footwear; n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | 2022 | 94.57% | 24,011,967 |
| 60 | India | 701090 | Glass; carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers of glass, (not ampoules), used for the conveyance or packing of goods | 2022 | 94.40% | 32,839,771 |
| 61 | India | 300490 | Medicaments; consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | 2022 | 94.20% | 172,072,800 |
| 62 | India | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds); parts and accessories | 2022 | 94.13% | 23,220,953 |
| 63 | India | 550320 | Fibres; synthetic staple fibres, of polyesters, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning | 2022 | 93.45% | 48,107,530 |
| 64 | China | 722020 | Steel, stainless; flat-rolled, width less than 600mm, cold-rolled | 2022 | 93.39% | 27,201,484 |
| 65 | China | 600632 | Fabrics; knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, dyed | 2022 | 93.10% | 34,964,798 |
| 66 | Thailand | 550330 | Fibres; synthetic staple fibres, acrylic or modacrylic, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning | 2022 | 92.83% | 15,412,891 |
| 67 | India | 392099 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of plastics n.e.c. in heading no. 3920, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2022 | 92.68% | 11,369,027 |
| 68 | India | 870322 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | 2022 | 92.25% | 26,967,825 |
| 69 | India | 392190 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, other than cellular | 2022 | 91.75% | 16,910,679 |
| 70 | India | 480257 | 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, n.e.c. in item no. 4802.55 or 4802.56 | 2022 | 91.64% | 10,166,874 |
| 71 | India | 380891 | Insecticides; other than containing goods specified in Subheading Notes 1 & 2 to this Chapter; put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2022 | 91.31% | 22,280,286 |
| 72 | India | 350691 | Adhesives; prepared, based on polymers of heading 3901 to 3913 or on rubber | 2022 | 90.83% | 14,432,197 |
| 73 | India | 481159 | Paper and paperboard; coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives), other than bleached and weighing more than 150g/m2, other than goods of heading no. 4803, 4809, or 4810 | 2022 | 90.81% | 16,972,417 |
| 74 | India | 551219 | Fabrics, woven; of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of polyester staple fibres, other than unbleached or bleached | 2022 | 90.60% | 12,961,683 |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2022 | 90.50% | 33,473,460 |
| 76 | Australia | 071320 | Vegetables, leguminous; chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2022 | 89.80% | 27,113,638 |
| 77 | China | 851660 | Ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters; of a kind used for domestic purposes (excluding microwaves) | 2022 | 89.41% | 11,256,722 |
| 78 | India | 480255 | Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); printing, writing or graphic, 10% or less by weight of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibre, weighing 40g/m2 to 150g/m2, in rolls | 2022 | 89.25% | 14,086,669 |
| 79 | China | 620342 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts; men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | 2022 | 89.18% | 16,210,323 |
| 80 | China | 610990 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests; of textile materials (other than cotton), knitted or crocheted | 2022 | 88.99% | 19,063,733 |
| 81 | India | 700510 | Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, non-wired, having an absorbent reflecting or non-reflecting layer | 2022 | 88.98% | 10,752,768 |
| 82 | India | 482390 | Paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres; articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4823 | 2022 | 88.83% | 10,089,784 |
| 83 | United Arab Emirates | 710813 | Metals; gold, semi-manufactured | 2022 | 88.68% | 181,064,143 |
| 84 | India | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders; with a 360 degree revolving super structure | 2022 | 87.60% | 10,519,345 |
| 85 | Indonesia | 151110 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2022 | 86.99% | 195,830,948 |
| 86 | India | 392020 | Plastics; of polymers of propylene, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2022 | 86.64% | 11,631,420 |
| 87 | Ukraine | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2022 | 86.61% | 106,780,215 |
| 88 | India | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 2022 | 86.52% | 19,735,402 |
| 89 | India | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances; for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | 2022 | 86.21% | 20,105,782 |
| 90 | India | 850720 | Electric accumulators; lead-acid, (other than for starting piston engines), including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | 2022 | 86.19% | 12,789,647 |
| 91 | China | 851714 | Telephone sets; other than smartphones, for cellular or other wireless networks | 2022 | 85.69% | 10,344,051 |
| 92 | India | 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 | 2022 | 84.86% | 10,068,362 |
| 93 | Canada | 840710 | Engines; for aircraft, spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines | 2022 | 84.70% | 23,487,043 |
| 94 | China | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations); machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | 2022 | 84.53% | 40,735,628 |
| 95 | India | 847420 | Machines; for crushing or grinding earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | 2022 | 83.67% | 12,615,694 |
| 96 | India | 841370 | Pumps; centrifugal, n.e.c. in heading no. 8413, for liquids | 2022 | 83.39% | 12,812,285 |
| 97 | India | 110710 | Malt; not roasted | 2022 | 83.24% | 11,147,686 |
| 98 | India | 853710 | Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases; for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | 2022 | 83.06% | 18,779,089 |
| 99 | China | 843031 | Coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery; self-propelled | 2022 | 82.41% | 10,119,775 |
| 100 | India | 530310 | Jute and other textile bast fibres; raw or retted, but not spun, (excluding flax, hemp (cannabis sativa L.), and ramie) | 2022 | 82.37% | 29,565,511 |
| 101 | India | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories; n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | 2022 | 82.24% | 29,845,114 |
| 102 | USA | 120190 | Soya beans; other than seed, whether or not broken | 2022 | 81.70% | 78,830,160 |
| 103 | China | 850421 | Electrical transformers; liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity not exceeding 650kVA | 2022 | 81.33% | 10,353,280 |
| 104 | India | 190590 | Food preparations; bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | 2022 | 80.73% | 11,546,225 |
| 105 | China | 610910 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests; of cotton, knitted or crocheted | 2022 | 80.71% | 11,478,594 |
| 106 | India | 730890 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | 2022 | 80.15% | 16,151,783 |
India: 80 occurrences
China: 16 occurrences
Indonesia: 2 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences
Australia: 1 occurrence
Canada: 1 occurrence
France: 1 occurrence
Thailand: 1 occurrence
USA: 1 occurrence
Ukraine: 1 occurrence
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