Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show South Sudan'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.
South Sudan
13 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | 2025 | 99.09% | 54,524,750 |
| 2 | Uganda | 3402 | Organic surface-active agents (not soap); surface-active, washing (including auxiliary washing) and cleaning preparations, containing soap or not, excluding those of heading no. 3401 | 2025 | 97.49% | 11,283,052 |
| 3 | Uganda | 1101 | Wheat or meslin flour | 2025 | 97.29% | 63,522,372 |
| 4 | Uganda | 1102 | Cereal flours; other than of wheat or meslin | 2025 | 96.70% | 43,171,862 |
| 5 | Uganda | 2202 | Waters, including mineral and aerated waters, containing added sugar or sweetening matter, flavoured; other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009 | 2025 | 96.65% | 21,760,884 |
| 6 | Uganda | 0402 | Milk and cream; concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2025 | 96.42% | 14,111,022 |
| 7 | Uganda | 7306 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2025 | 95.93% | 11,682,445 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 3004 | Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic use, put up in measured doses (incl. those in the form of transdermal admin. systems) or packed for retail sale | 2025 | 91.33% | 65,401,365 |
| 9 | Uganda | 3923 | Plastic articles for the conveyance or packing of goods; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures of plastics | 2025 | 91.29% | 10,085,834 |
| 10 | Uganda | 3401 | Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent | 2025 | 91.12% | 15,354,696 |
| 11 | Kenya | 1901 | Malt extract; flour/groats/meal/starch/malt extract products, no cocoa (or less than 40% by weight) and food preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04, no cocoa (or less than 5% by weight), weights calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.c. | 2025 | 90.31% | 12,934,270 |
| 12 | Uganda | 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 89.37% | 36,178,303 |
| 13 | Uganda | 7214 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling | 2025 | 85.56% | 20,787,245 |
Uganda: 11 occurrences
Kenya: 1 occurrence
Netherlands: 1 occurrence
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