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
46 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 | 2025 | 100.00% | 12,160,074 |
| 2 | Argentina | 230630 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils | 2025 | 100.00% | 12,014,952 |
| 3 | Argentina | 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas | 2025 | 100.00% | 38,350,921 |
| 4 | Chile | 030441 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, salmon, Pacific (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic (Salmo salar), Danube (Hucho hucho) | 2025 | 100.00% | 10,887,840 |
| 5 | China | 870240 | Vehicles; public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with only electric motor for propulsion, new or used | 2025 | 100.00% | 32,282,003 |
| 6 | Brazil | 740819 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension is 6mm or less | 2025 | 99.99% | 29,996,956 |
| 7 | Brazil | 090300 | Mate | 2025 | 99.95% | 67,440,936 |
| 8 | Argentina | 100510 | Cereals; maize (corn), seed | 2025 | 99.69% | 36,324,598 |
| 9 | Argentina | 170114 | Sugars; cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | 2025 | 99.64% | 27,237,936 |
| 10 | Argentina | 230230 | Bran, sharps and other residues; of wheat, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | 2025 | 99.64% | 10,020,899 |
| 11 | Argentina | 230330 | Brewing or distilling dregs and waste; whether or not in the form of pellets | 2025 | 99.43% | 18,512,295 |
| 12 | China | 310221 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium sulphate | 2025 | 99.12% | 33,508,697 |
| 13 | Brazil | 730300 | Cast iron; tubes, pipes and hollow profiles | 2025 | 99.04% | 12,900,498 |
| 14 | Paraguay | 100590 | Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed | 2025 | 98.48% | 31,608,646 |
| 15 | Brazil | 020329 | Meat; of swine, n.e.c. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | 2025 | 96.35% | 146,976,809 |
| 16 | Brazil | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2025 | 96.07% | 13,829,901 |
| 17 | China | 950450 | Games; video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30 | 2025 | 94.73% | 12,953,789 |
| 18 | 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' | 2025 | 94.41% | 41,686,545 |
| 19 | Brazil | 940350 | Furniture; wooden, for bedroom use | 2025 | 93.35% | 26,380,410 |
| 20 | China | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate); in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | 2025 | 93.14% | 101,080,724 |
| 21 | 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 | 2025 | 92.00% | 10,876,198 |
| 22 | China | 870380 | Vehicles; with only electric motor for propulsion | 2025 | 91.01% | 277,315,362 |
| 23 | Brazil | 854430 | Insulated electric conductors; ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships | 2025 | 90.69% | 11,894,010 |
| 24 | Brazil | 760120 | Aluminium; unwrought, alloys | 2025 | 90.54% | 12,519,526 |
| 25 | Brazil | 020130 | Meat; of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | 2025 | 90.44% | 202,899,644 |
| 26 | USA | 271311 | Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals | 2025 | 90.14% | 11,762,638 |
| 27 | Paraguay | 230210 | Bran, sharps and other residues; of maize (corn), whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other workings thereof | 2025 | 87.60% | 14,179,691 |
| 28 | Brazil | 871639 | Trailers and semi-trailers; (other than tanker type) | 2025 | 87.50% | 21,978,748 |
| 29 | Brazil | 850710 | Electric accumulators; lead-acid, of a kind used for starting piston engines, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | 2025 | 87.20% | 16,416,050 |
| 30 | 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% | 2025 | 86.46% | 13,086,729 |
| 31 | China | 721061 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | 2025 | 86.21% | 13,353,071 |
| 32 | 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 | 2025 | 86.02% | 22,564,320 |
| 33 | Türkiye | 870790 | Vehicles; bodies (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8701, 8702, 8704 or 8705 | 2025 | 85.98% | 19,756,843 |
| 34 | China | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2025 | 85.88% | 14,017,109 |
| 35 | Brazil | 870321 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | 2025 | 85.81% | 171,982,986 |
| 36 | China | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2025 | 85.76% | 20,121,269 |
| 37 | 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 | 2025 | 85.40% | 70,928,621 |
| 38 | Brazil | 870121 | Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) | 2025 | 85.33% | 60,887,744 |
| 39 | Ecuador | 160414 | Fish preparations; tunas, skipjack tuna and bonito (Sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | 2025 | 85.29% | 12,112,879 |
| 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 | 2025 | 84.81% | 33,117,045 |
| 41 | China | 940542 | Luminaires and light fittings; electric, designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2025 | 84.19% | 10,636,999 |
| 42 | Brazil | 940340 | Furniture; wooden, for kitchen use | 2025 | 83.85% | 11,536,226 |
| 43 | China | 870460 | Vehicles; with only electric motor for propulsion | 2025 | 83.40% | 21,508,882 |
| 44 | 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 | 2025 | 82.92% | 24,138,576 |
| 45 | Brazil | 870431 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | 2025 | 81.29% | 155,599,701 |
| 46 | Argentina | 150210 | Tallow; other than those of heading 1503 | 2025 | 80.60% | 29,443,900 |
Brazil: 17 occurrences
China: 14 occurrences
Argentina: 9 occurrences
Paraguay: 2 occurrences
Chile: 1 occurrence
Ecuador: 1 occurrence
Türkiye: 1 occurrence
USA: 1 occurrence
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