Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Venezuela'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.
Venezuela
69 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 010210 | - Pure-bred breeding animals | 2010 | 100.00% | 42,317,500 |
| 2 | Brazil | 170111 | -- Cane sugar | 2010 | 100.00% | 100,282,622 |
| 3 | Chile | 740311 | Copper; refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | 2010 | 100.00% | 34,164,601 |
| 4 | China | 722530 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, in coils | 2010 | 100.00% | 27,960,277 |
| 5 | Cuba | 890400 | Tugs and pusher craft | 2010 | 100.00% | 17,004,163 |
| 6 | Ecuador | 151190 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2010 | 100.00% | 13,118,794 |
| 7 | Morocco | 251020 | Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; ground | 2010 | 100.00% | 10,672,171 |
| 8 | USA | 150200 | Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 15.03. | 2010 | 100.00% | 14,268,756 |
| 9 | USA | 151800 | Animal, vegetable or microbial fats, oils and their fractions; boiled, oxidised, dehydrated or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading no. 1516, inedible mixtures or preparations of fats, oils or their fractions, n.e.c. in chapter 15 | 2010 | 100.00% | 103,557,622 |
| 10 | USA | 271312 | Petroleum coke; calcined, obtained from bituminous minerals | 2010 | 100.00% | 33,201,969 |
| 11 | USA | 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | 2010 | 100.00% | 20,790,314 |
| 12 | USA | 890590 | Vessels; light, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function, floating docks | 2010 | 100.00% | 83,953,500 |
| 13 | USA | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | 2010 | 99.98% | 25,088,949 |
| 14 | Colombia | 210111 | Extracts, essences and concentrates; of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee | 2010 | 99.97% | 11,289,127 |
| 15 | Ecuador | 160414 | Fish preparations; tunas, skipjack tuna and bonito (Sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | 2010 | 99.88% | 115,662,606 |
| 16 | Netherlands Antilles (...2010) | 270740 | Oils and products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; naphthalene | 2010 | 99.51% | 87,954,400 |
| 17 | Colombia | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2010 | 99.48% | 15,760,941 |
| 18 | Brazil | 010290 | Bovine animals; live, other than cattle and buffalo | 2010 | 99.37% | 962,906,234 |
| 19 | Canada | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous; lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2010 | 98.89% | 20,322,033 |
| 20 | USA | 840710 | Engines; for aircraft, spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines | 2010 | 98.72% | 11,319,640 |
| 21 | Brazil | 120929 | Seeds of forage plants; other than lucerne, clover, fescue, Kentucky blue grass, and rye grass seeds, of a kind used for sowing | 2010 | 97.30% | 15,216,316 |
| 22 | USA | 283620 | Carbonates; disodium carbonate | 2010 | 97.17% | 50,172,706 |
| 23 | Colombia | 270750 | Aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures; n.e.c. in heading no. 2707, of which 65% or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250 degrees Celsius by the ISO 3405 method (equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method) | 2010 | 96.90% | 30,782,238 |
| 24 | USA | 310430 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, potassium sulphate | 2010 | 96.64% | 11,589,768 |
| 25 | Brazil | 821210 | Razors | 2010 | 96.34% | 61,851,737 |
| 26 | Germany | 844319 | Printing machinery; used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 84.42, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.1 | 2010 | 96.30% | 49,050,842 |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 310420 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, potassium chloride | 2010 | 96.26% | 57,124,554 |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 220830 | Whiskies | 2010 | 94.83% | 71,370,824 |
| 29 | Chile | 200799 | Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, purees and pastes; of fruit or nuts n.e.c. in heading no. 2007, cooked preparations (excluding homogenised), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2010 | 93.44% | 18,304,031 |
| 30 | Colombia | 850422 | Electrical transformers; liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 650kVA but not exceeding 10,000kVA | 2010 | 93.15% | 38,406,946 |
| 31 | Spain | 730210 | Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material; rails | 2010 | 92.89% | 15,086,653 |
| 32 | USA | 841182 | Turbines; gas-turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers), of a power exceeding 5000kW | 2010 | 92.56% | 346,027,812 |
| 33 | China | 853932 | Lamps; discharge, (excluding ultra-violet), mercury or sodium vapour lamps, metal halide lamps | 2010 | 92.42% | 61,768,106 |
| 34 | Brazil | 720837 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm | 2010 | 92.10% | 20,793,992 |
| 35 | Ecuador | 151110 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2010 | 91.73% | 57,663,099 |
| 36 | Ecuador | 310100 | Fertilizers, animal or vegetable; whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilizers, produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products | 2010 | 91.61% | 18,337,766 |
| 37 | China | 903120 | Test benches | 2010 | 91.53% | 12,235,528 |
| 38 | USA | 151521 | Vegetable oils; maize (corn) oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2010 | 91.07% | 22,667,311 |
| 39 | USA | 850153 | Electric motors; AC motors, multi-phase, of an output exceeding 75kW | 2010 | 90.97% | 37,956,532 |
| 40 | Mexico | 390311 | Styrene polymers; expansible polystyrene, in primary forms | 2010 | 90.95% | 15,127,538 |
| 41 | USA | 381121 | Lubricating oil additives; containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | 2010 | 90.81% | 63,586,478 |
| 42 | USA | 100590 | Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed | 2010 | 90.60% | 226,343,269 |
| 43 | Brazil | 481930 | Paper and paperboard; sacks and bags of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or fibres, having a base of a width of 40cm or more | 2010 | 89.87% | 19,646,377 |
| 44 | USA | 840690 | Turbines; parts of steam and other vapour turbines | 2010 | 89.52% | 26,422,280 |
| 45 | Br. Virgin Isds | 291020 | Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers; with a three-membered ring and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, methyloxirane (propylene oxide) | 2010 | 89.30% | 15,040,882 |
| 46 | Peru | 290517 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, dodecan-1-ol (lauryl alcohol), hexadecan-1-ol (cetyl alcohol) and octadecan-1-ol (stearyl alcohol) | 2010 | 88.93% | 49,215,473 |
| 47 | USA | 847141 | Automatic data processing machines; comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined, n.e.c. in item no. 8471.30 | 2010 | 87.44% | 10,762,893 |
| 48 | USA | 843049 | Boring and sinking machinery; not self-propelled | 2010 | 87.34% | 26,744,951 |
| 49 | USA | 841181 | Turbines; gas-turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers), of a power not exceeding 5000kW | 2010 | 86.61% | 262,020,562 |
| 50 | USA | 381519 | Catalysts, supported; reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with an active substance other than nickel or precious metals or their compounds, n.e.c. or included | 2010 | 86.29% | 27,068,209 |
| 51 | Ecuador | 853110 | Signalling apparatus; electric, sound or visual, burglar or fire alarms and similar, other than those of heading no. 8512 or 8530 | 2010 | 86.08% | 15,638,311 |
| 52 | USA | 843229 | Harrows; (excluding disc), scarifiers, cultivators, weeders and hoes | 2010 | 86.02% | 10,280,596 |
| 53 | USA | 900999 | -- Other | 2010 | 85.31% | 10,409,240 |
| 54 | USA | 880230 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft, except unmanned; of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg | 2010 | 85.07% | 12,641,285 |
| 55 | Colombia | 940120 | Seats; of a kind used for motor vehicles | 2010 | 84.57% | 17,955,989 |
| 56 | Ecuador | 902129 | Dental fittings; other than artificial teeth | 2010 | 84.45% | 23,518,613 |
| 57 | China | 730650 | Steel, alloy; tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (other than stainless steel or seamless), welded, of circular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2010 | 84.29% | 16,300,325 |
| 58 | USA | 382200 | Reagents; diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006; certified reference material | 2010 | 84.19% | 182,393,025 |
| 59 | China | 720918 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of less than 0.5mm | 2010 | 83.78% | 12,756,263 |
| 60 | Panama | 280920 | Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids | 2010 | 83.36% | 25,752,820 |
| 61 | Japan | 870324 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | 2010 | 82.60% | 106,387,952 |
| 62 | Germany | 392390 | Plastics; articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923 | 2010 | 82.21% | 36,448,709 |
| 63 | USA | 850239 | Electric generating sets; (excluding those with spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines), other than wind powered | 2010 | 82.11% | 662,419,976 |
| 64 | USA | 850164 | Electric generators; AC generators, (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators, of an output exceeding 750kVA | 2010 | 81.77% | 150,979,056 |
| 65 | USA | 854260 | - hybrid integrated circuits | 2010 | 81.42% | 13,102,497 |
| 66 | USA | 841990 | Machinery, plant and laboratory equipment; parts of equipment for treating materials by a process involving a change of temperature | 2010 | 81.26% | 24,279,162 |
| 67 | USA | 290512 | Alcohols; saturated monohydric, propan-1-ol (propyl alcohol) and propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol) | 2010 | 81.25% | 10,256,778 |
| 68 | Spain | 721632 | Iron or non-alloy steel; I sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2010 | 81.01% | 10,110,779 |
| 69 | Colombia | 854430 | Insulated electric conductors; ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships | 2010 | 80.16% | 24,795,832 |
USA: 28 occurrences
Brazil: 7 occurrences
Colombia: 6 occurrences
Ecuador: 6 occurrences
China: 5 occurrences
Chile: 2 occurrences
Germany: 2 occurrences
Spain: 2 occurrences
Br. Virgin Isds: 1 occurrence
Canada: 1 occurrence
Cuba: 1 occurrence
Japan: 1 occurrence
Mexico: 1 occurrence
Morocco: 1 occurrence
Netherlands Antilles (...2010): 1 occurrence
Panama: 1 occurrence
Peru: 1 occurrence
Russian Federation: 1 occurrence
United Kingdom: 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.