Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Uganda'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.
Uganda
27 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 2401 | Tobacco, unmanufactured; tobacco refuse | 2024 | 99.96% | 10,069,607 |
| 2 | China | 7225 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more | 2024 | 99.80% | 53,920,058 |
| 3 | China | 7302 | Railway or tramway track constructions of iron or steel; rails, check and track rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods, sleepers, fish-plates, chair wedges, sole plates, bedplates, ties and the like | 2024 | 99.40% | 12,267,798 |
| 4 | China | 8201 | Tools, hand; spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks, rakes; axes, bill hooks etc; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools used in agriculture, horticulture, forestry | 2024 | 99.27% | 12,502,332 |
| 5 | Italy | 8411 | Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines | 2024 | 99.12% | 27,215,075 |
| 6 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 0710 | Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water); frozen | 2024 | 99.08% | 15,400,150 |
| 7 | Kenya | 1517 | Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16 | 2024 | 99.02% | 21,400,717 |
| 8 | China | 6406 | Footwear; parts of footwear; removable in-soles, heel cushions and similar articles; gaiters, le.g.ings and similar articles, and parts thereof | 2024 | 98.28% | 15,070,190 |
| 9 | Kenya | 2501 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt); pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water | 2024 | 98.26% | 25,004,562 |
| 10 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 1006 | Rice | 2024 | 97.86% | 224,610,252 |
| 11 | China | 5407 | Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from materials of heading no. 5404 | 2024 | 97.13% | 26,985,777 |
| 12 | China | 9028 | Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor | 2024 | 96.88% | 30,360,107 |
| 13 | China | 4202 | Trunks; suit, camera, jewellery, cutlery cases; travel, tool, similar bags; wholly or mainly covered by leather, composition leather, plastic sheeting, textile materials, vulcanised fibre, paperboard | 2024 | 95.88% | 15,690,524 |
| 14 | USA | 8503 | Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502 | 2024 | 95.67% | 26,333,562 |
| 15 | 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 | 2024 | 94.46% | 26,680,075 |
| 16 | India | 7901 | Zinc; unwrought | 2024 | 93.16% | 11,629,438 |
| 17 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 1202 | Ground-nuts; not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken | 2024 | 91.06% | 22,053,426 |
| 18 | China | 8528 | Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus | 2024 | 90.73% | 29,002,011 |
| 19 | China | 8430 | Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals, or ores; pile drivers and extractors; snow ploughs and snow blowers | 2024 | 90.21% | 20,004,834 |
| 20 | China | 8517 | Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular/wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), excluding items of 8443, 8525, 8527, or 8528 | 2024 | 88.67% | 152,324,042 |
| 21 | Japan | 8703 | Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading no. 8702), including station wagons and racing cars | 2024 | 85.00% | 253,649,414 |
| 22 | China | 3907 | Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms | 2024 | 84.33% | 129,235,955 |
| 23 | Kenya | 1704 | Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | 2024 | 83.72% | 28,825,133 |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 1001 | Wheat and meslin | 2024 | 83.20% | 183,464,233 |
| 25 | India | 8711 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars | 2024 | 82.85% | 130,195,447 |
| 26 | China | 5513 | Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85% by weight of such fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, of a weight not exceeding 170g/m2 | 2024 | 82.53% | 21,333,154 |
| 27 | USA | 2711 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons | 2024 | 80.10% | 29,949,918 |
China: 13 occurrences
India: 3 occurrences
Kenya: 3 occurrences
United Rep. of Tanzania: 3 occurrences
USA: 2 occurrences
Italy: 1 occurrence
Japan: 1 occurrence
Russian Federation: 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.