Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show New Zealand'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.
New Zealand
36 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 1001 | Wheat and meslin | 2025 | 100.00% | 168,478,778 |
| 2 | Australia | 2818 | Aluminium oxide (including artificial corundum); aluminium hydroxide | 2025 | 98.68% | 309,686,976 |
| 3 | Australia | 7207 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof | 2025 | 98.68% | 13,382,915 |
| 4 | Australia | 0201 | Meat of bovine animals; fresh or chilled | 2025 | 97.18% | 37,352,489 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 97.03% | 37,690,435 |
| 6 | Rep. of Korea | 7209 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated | 2025 | 96.56% | 11,105,237 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 9101 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches; with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | 2025 | 96.29% | 62,808,588 |
| 8 | Mexico | 8601 | Rail locomotives; powered from an external source of electricity or by electric accumulators | 2025 | 94.78% | 104,596,650 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 4808 | Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without glued flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets other than paper of the kind described in heading 4803 | 2025 | 94.30% | 16,530,271 |
| 10 | USA | 0504 | Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish); whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked | 2025 | 93.47% | 14,075,074 |
| 11 | China | 9617 | Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners | 2025 | 92.75% | 13,914,157 |
| 12 | Indonesia | 4803 | Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar; for household or sanitary uses, cellulose wadding, webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls over 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side exceeding 36cm when unfolded | 2025 | 91.86% | 36,916,653 |
| 13 | USA | 1005 | Maize (corn) | 2025 | 91.83% | 18,339,265 |
| 14 | China | 9505 | Festive, carnival or other entertainment articles, including conjuring tricks and novelty jokes | 2025 | 91.00% | 19,866,281 |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 4401 | Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms; wood in chip or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms | 2025 | 90.61% | 12,884,491 |
| 16 | Australia | 0202 | Meat of bovine animals; frozen | 2025 | 89.88% | 38,989,624 |
| 17 | Australia | 2711 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons | 2025 | 89.51% | 57,200,707 |
| 18 | Australia | 2520 | Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate), coloured or not, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders | 2025 | 87.84% | 12,977,963 |
| 19 | USA | 1506 | Animal fats and oils and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, n.e.c. in chapter 15 | 2025 | 87.17% | 13,194,657 |
| 20 | China | 6912 | Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles; other than of porcelain or china | 2025 | 87.13% | 18,112,869 |
| 21 | China | 8806 | Unmanned aircraft | 2025 | 86.75% | 10,770,295 |
| 22 | China | 6301 | Blankets and travelling rugs | 2025 | 86.46% | 13,822,864 |
| 23 | 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 | 86.00% | 121,174,516 |
| 24 | China | 8609 | Containers; (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | 2025 | 85.72% | 13,838,792 |
| 25 | USA | 8805 | Aircraft launching gear, deck-arrestor or similar gear, ground flying trainers; parts of the foregoing articles | 2025 | 83.65% | 128,159,818 |
| 26 | Australia | 6811 | Asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like | 2025 | 83.11% | 40,620,820 |
| 27 | China | 2404 | Products containing tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, or tobacco or nicotine substitutes, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body | 2025 | 82.23% | 64,701,403 |
| 28 | China | 7615 | Aluminium; table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, sanitary ware and parts thereof | 2025 | 82.05% | 14,483,843 |
| 29 | China | 9404 | Mattress supports; articles of bedding (e.g. mattresses, quilts, eiderdowns, cushions pouffes and pillows), fitted with springs or stuffed, whether or not covered | 2025 | 81.72% | 74,683,956 |
| 30 | China | 6303 | Curtains (including drapes) and interior blinds; curtain or bed valances | 2025 | 81.18% | 17,079,531 |
| 31 | France | 4416 | Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves | 2025 | 81.10% | 12,010,783 |
| 32 | China | 6910 | Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures | 2025 | 80.94% | 22,390,786 |
| 33 | Australia | 0204 | Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozen | 2025 | 80.91% | 12,494,083 |
| 34 | China | 7323 | Table, kitchen, other household articles and parts, of iron or steel; iron or steel wool; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of iron or steel | 2025 | 80.35% | 39,989,539 |
| 35 | Indonesia | 1803 | Cocoa; paste; whether or not defatted | 2025 | 80.18% | 12,599,658 |
| 36 | China | 9503 | 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 | 2025 | 80.02% | 166,690,295 |
China: 14 occurrences
Australia: 9 occurrences
USA: 4 occurrences
Indonesia: 2 occurrences
Malaysia: 2 occurrences
France: 1 occurrence
Mexico: 1 occurrence
Rep. of Korea: 1 occurrence
Switzerland: 1 occurrence
Viet Nam: 1 occurrence
Legend:
Highlight - the row matches a Danger Zone country and/or a Critical Goods HS code.
ABCBold red partner name - the import source country is flagged in the Danger Zone.
1234Bold lime HS code - the product code is flagged in Critical Goods.