Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Panama'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.
Panama
28 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 860310 | Railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks; self-propelled, powered from an external source of electricity (excluding those of heading no. 8604) | 2025 | 100.00% | 108,787,013 |
| 2 | USA | 020322 | Meat; of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, frozen | 2025 | 100.00% | 10,358,593 |
| 3 | USA | 271311 | Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals | 2025 | 100.00% | 11,243,487 |
| 4 | USA | 040210 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | 2025 | 99.97% | 12,337,581 |
| 5 | Germany | 843039 | Coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery; not self-propelled | 2025 | 99.96% | 19,395,366 |
| 6 | 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 | 2025 | 99.96% | 1,496,034,998 | |
| 7 | USA | 230400 | 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 | 99.90% | 93,738,058 |
| 8 | USA | 120190 | Soya beans; other than seed, whether or not broken | 2025 | 99.88% | 18,533,897 |
| 9 | USA | 100590 | Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed | 2025 | 99.82% | 148,631,300 |
| 10 | Chile | 030481 | Fish fillets; frozen, salmon, Pacific (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou, Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic (Salmo salar), and Danube (Hucho hucho) | 2025 | 99.34% | 12,755,601 |
| 11 | USA | 480431 | Kraft paper and paperboard; uncoated, unbleached, weight 150g/m2 or less, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803 | 2025 | 98.46% | 17,154,982 |
| 12 | China | 760612 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | 2025 | 98.10% | 21,169,897 |
| 13 | China | 842611 | Cranes; overhead travelling cranes on fixed support | 2025 | 97.78% | 36,497,184 |
| 14 | USA | 010511 | Poultry; live, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing not more than 185g | 2025 | 97.34% | 10,809,789 |
| 15 | Canada | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous; lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2025 | 95.64% | 10,238,486 |
| 16 | USA | 020714 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | 2025 | 94.65% | 18,077,275 |
| 17 | USA | 381129 | Lubricating oil additives; not containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | 2025 | 94.58% | 20,056,686 |
| 18 | USA | 020329 | Meat; of swine, n.e.c. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | 2025 | 94.22% | 25,225,246 |
| 19 | USA | 100630 | Cereals; rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | 2025 | 94.17% | 10,527,513 |
| 20 | China | 854143 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels | 2025 | 93.30% | 31,735,971 |
| 21 | New Zealand | 040590 | Dairy produce; fats and oils derived from milk (other than butter or dairy spreads) | 2025 | 92.93% | 12,557,313 |
| 22 | USA | 160100 | Meat preparations; sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, and food preparations based on these products | 2025 | 92.04% | 19,795,054 |
| 23 | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes | 2025 | 91.45% | 60,308,845 | |
| 24 | USA | 040620 | Dairy produce; cheese of all kinds, grated or powdered | 2025 | 89.72% | 23,335,633 |
| 25 | 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 | 2025 | 88.91% | 781,670,861 | |
| 26 | USA | 040610 | Dairy produce; fresh cheese (including whey cheese), not fermented, and curd | 2025 | 87.40% | 11,063,479 |
| 27 | USA | 020230 | Meat; of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | 2025 | 85.47% | 26,791,617 |
| 28 | 271500 | Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (e.g. bituminous mastics, cut-backs) | 2025 | 84.57% | 24,681,052 |
USA: 16 occurrences
: 4 occurrences
China: 3 occurrences
Canada: 1 occurrence
Chile: 1 occurrence
Germany: 1 occurrence
Japan: 1 occurrence
New Zealand: 1 occurrence
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