Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Uruguay'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.
Uruguay
44 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 151211 | Vegetable oils; sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2024 | 100.00% | 14,304,874 |
| 2 | Argentina | 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas | 2024 | 100.00% | 72,243,004 |
| 3 | China | 870220 | Vehicles; public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) and electric motor for propulsion, new or used | 2024 | 100.00% | 13,766,000 |
| 4 | China | 870240 | Vehicles; public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with only electric motor for propulsion, new or used | 2024 | 100.00% | 39,503,167 |
| 5 | Spain | 860210 | Rail locomotives; diesel-electric powered | 2024 | 100.00% | 15,349,834 |
| 6 | China | 730820 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, towers and lattice masts | 2024 | 99.98% | 10,311,887 |
| 7 | Brazil | 740819 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension is 6mm or less | 2024 | 99.95% | 20,872,574 |
| 8 | Brazil | 090300 | Mate | 2024 | 99.90% | 68,036,688 |
| 9 | Argentina | 100510 | Cereals; maize (corn), seed | 2024 | 97.67% | 31,005,989 |
| 10 | Argentina | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | 2024 | 97.56% | 11,265,869 |
| 11 | Argentina | 230330 | Brewing or distilling dregs and waste; whether or not in the form of pellets | 2024 | 97.38% | 19,387,086 |
| 12 | Denmark | 151590 | Fixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions n.e.c. in heading 1515; other than linseed, maize (corn), castor, sesame, microbial oils, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2024 | 97.04% | 17,330,393 |
| 13 | China | 310221 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium sulphate | 2024 | 95.76% | 18,895,714 |
| 14 | China | 841510 | Air conditioning machines; comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or 'split-system' | 2024 | 95.73% | 37,025,217 |
| 15 | Brazil | 020329 | Meat; of swine, n.e.c. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | 2024 | 95.49% | 114,166,423 |
| 16 | Brazil | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2024 | 95.23% | 13,571,968 |
| 17 | China | 950450 | Games; video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30 | 2024 | 95.06% | 12,099,147 |
| 18 | USA | 170211 | Sugars; lactose and lactose syrup, containing by weight 99% or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter | 2024 | 94.18% | 13,564,283 |
| 19 | China | 850423 | Electrical transformers; liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000kVA | 2024 | 93.72% | 18,478,436 |
| 20 | Paraguay | 100590 | Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed | 2024 | 93.68% | 30,585,117 |
| 21 | Brazil | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2024 | 92.59% | 12,374,381 |
| 22 | Brazil | 940350 | Furniture; wooden, for bedroom use | 2024 | 91.07% | 23,136,854 |
| 23 | China | 940542 | Luminaires and light fittings; electric, designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2024 | 88.50% | 18,976,485 |
| 24 | Brazil | 870210 | Vehicles; public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), new or used | 2024 | 88.17% | 33,685,009 |
| 25 | China | 950300 | 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 | 2024 | 87.99% | 25,070,680 |
| 26 | USA | 271311 | Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals | 2024 | 87.92% | 12,469,710 |
| 27 | China | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines; portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | 2024 | 87.82% | 71,949,561 |
| 28 | Brazil | 870321 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | 2024 | 87.13% | 179,134,318 |
| 29 | China | 851830 | Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers | 2024 | 86.88% | 10,129,944 |
| 30 | USA | 310280 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution | 2024 | 86.62% | 14,758,775 |
| 31 | China | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate); in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | 2024 | 86.33% | 115,757,561 |
| 32 | Brazil | 870121 | Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) | 2024 | 86.21% | 45,020,447 |
| 33 | Ecuador | 160414 | Fish preparations; tunas, skipjack tuna and bonito (Sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | 2024 | 85.97% | 12,239,209 |
| 34 | Spain | 870332 | Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 2500cc | 2024 | 85.73% | 10,511,606 |
| 35 | Brazil | 020130 | Meat; of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | 2024 | 85.42% | 141,858,865 |
| 36 | Brazil | 690722 | Ceramic tiles; flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 0.5% but not over 10% | 2024 | 85.42% | 13,562,323 |
| 37 | China | 870460 | Vehicles; with only electric motor for propulsion | 2024 | 85.12% | 15,888,078 |
| 38 | Türkiye | 870790 | Vehicles; bodies (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8701, 8702, 8704 or 8705 | 2024 | 83.86% | 14,112,648 |
| 39 | China | 870380 | Vehicles; with only electric motor for propulsion | 2024 | 83.29% | 105,945,189 |
| 40 | China | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with an auxiliary motor, internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars; side-cars | 2024 | 82.85% | 29,042,926 |
| 41 | Brazil | 850710 | Electric accumulators; lead-acid, of a kind used for starting piston engines, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | 2024 | 82.73% | 14,748,018 |
| 42 | China | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2024 | 81.48% | 14,672,538 |
| 43 | Finland | 846599 | Machine-tools; for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials; n.e.c. in heading no. 8465 | 2024 | 81.43% | 14,890,245 |
| 44 | Argentina | 230250 | Bran, sharps and other residues; of leguminous plants, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | 2024 | 81.28% | 10,135,647 |
China: 16 occurrences
Brazil: 12 occurrences
Argentina: 6 occurrences
USA: 3 occurrences
Spain: 2 occurrences
Denmark: 1 occurrence
Ecuador: 1 occurrence
Finland: 1 occurrence
Paraguay: 1 occurrence
Türkiye: 1 occurrence
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