Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

Extreme Import Bottlenecks

The tables below show Papua New Guinea'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.

Papua New Guinea

18 bottlenecks
#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1Singapore890120Tankers2023100.00%11,289,076
2Australia271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane202399.94%11,816,644
3Qatar250300Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur202399.76%19,911,749
4Thailand100640Cereals; rice, broken202398.47%14,129,754
5Australia020442Meat; of sheep (including lamb), cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), frozen202397.80%71,215,684
6China730820Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, towers and lattice masts202397.30%22,159,826
7Japan870290Vehicles; public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), n.e.c. in heading 8702, new or used202397.25%17,965,669
8Australia100199Cereals; wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed202395.72%85,636,596
9Australia230990Dog or cat food; (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding202395.17%30,713,314
10Australia840890Engines; compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for other than marine propulsion or the vehicles of chapter 87202392.24%18,927,730
11Japan870210Vehicles; public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), new or used202389.26%46,341,808
12China281512Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda)202387.65%18,749,264
13China721061Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys202387.19%16,381,455
14Japan870323Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc202386.59%17,939,723
15Australia847490Machines, for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing etc mineral substances, for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid fuels, ceramic pastes etc, for forming foundry moulds of sand; parts202386.35%50,901,343
16Australia870840Vehicle parts; gear boxes and parts thereof202384.76%11,726,661
17Malaysia252210Quicklime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825202382.50%25,658,448
18Australia210390Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings202381.32%12,660,748

Partner frequency summary:

Australia: 8 occurrences

China: 3 occurrences

Japan: 3 occurrences

Malaysia: 1 occurrence

Qatar: 1 occurrence

Singapore: 1 occurrence

Thailand: 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.