Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Zambia'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.
Zambia
42 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 320720 | Enamels and glazes; vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar preparations | 2024 | 100.00% | 12,130,130 |
| 2 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 260800 | Zinc ores and concentrates | 2024 | 100.00% | 97,716,652 |
| 3 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 282200 | Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides | 2024 | 100.00% | 67,236,786 |
| 4 | USA | 271311 | Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals | 2024 | 100.00% | 10,959,345 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 270112 | Coal; bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | 2024 | 99.99% | 18,086,619 |
| 6 | China | 840220 | Boilers; super-heated water boilers | 2024 | 99.91% | 36,867,016 |
| 7 | Namibia | 030355 | Fish; frozen, jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | 2024 | 99.89% | 142,023,806 |
| 8 | South Africa | 761290 | Aluminium; casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | 2024 | 99.82% | 22,805,979 |
| 9 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 260300 | Copper ores and concentrates | 2024 | 99.77% | 147,826,460 |
| 10 | South Africa | 283410 | Nitrites | 2024 | 99.56% | 19,834,446 |
| 11 | China | 722830 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | 2024 | 99.34% | 28,481,878 |
| 12 | China | 847439 | Machines; for mixing or kneading mineral substances, excluding concrete mixers and machines for mixing mineral substances with bitumen | 2024 | 98.37% | 20,733,212 |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 270400 | Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon | 2024 | 97.80% | 20,906,770 |
| 14 | South Africa | 151620 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions; partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | 2024 | 97.68% | 11,529,918 |
| 15 | South Africa | 340250 | Washing and cleaning preparations; powders, flakes and granules, surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | 2024 | 97.14% | 13,431,105 |
| 16 | South Africa | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms | 2024 | 97.03% | 39,182,063 |
| 17 | South Africa | 360200 | Explosives, prepared; other than propellent powders | 2024 | 96.47% | 12,731,074 |
| 18 | South Africa | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products; in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | 2024 | 95.27% | 14,439,224 |
| 19 | Japan | 870322 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | 2024 | 95.18% | 64,801,844 |
| 20 | South Africa | 720827 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, pickled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | 2024 | 95.16% | 10,892,388 |
| 21 | India | 300650 | Pharmaceutical goods; first aid boxes and kits | 2024 | 94.33% | 14,279,899 |
| 22 | South Africa | 220300 | Beer; made from malt | 2024 | 92.58% | 39,502,714 |
| 23 | South Africa | 310290 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, other kinds including mixtures not specified in the foregoing subheadings | 2024 | 91.76% | 40,818,525 |
| 24 | China | 847480 | Machines; for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials in powder or paste form, machines for forming foundry moulds of sand | 2024 | 90.84% | 53,788,308 |
| 25 | China | 842920 | Graders and levellers | 2024 | 90.11% | 12,801,431 |
| 26 | China | 843242 | Spreaders and distributors; for manure and fertilizers, for agricultural, horticultural or forestry use; fertiliser distributors | 2024 | 89.99% | 27,173,851 |
| 27 | China | 401120 | Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | 2024 | 88.66% | 31,387,871 |
| 28 | Malaysia | 151110 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2024 | 87.60% | 27,420,589 |
| 29 | China | 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances; having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter | 2024 | 86.67% | 51,385,432 |
| 30 | South Africa | 391721 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of ethylene | 2024 | 86.67% | 12,730,088 |
| 31 | China | 283010 | Sulphides; of sodium, whether or not chemically defined | 2024 | 86.00% | 16,518,165 |
| 32 | China | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2024 | 85.45% | 39,441,077 |
| 33 | China | 732611 | Iron or steel; grinding balls and similar articles for mills, forged or stamped, but not further worked | 2024 | 85.43% | 15,419,639 |
| 34 | South Africa | 730690 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), n.e.c. in chapter 73 | 2024 | 84.83% | 17,192,247 |
| 35 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 100590 | Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed | 2024 | 84.62% | 31,232,719 |
| 36 | South Africa | 310590 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; n.e.c. in heading no. 3105 | 2024 | 84.52% | 102,482,239 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen; obtained from bituminous minerals | 2024 | 83.53% | 19,970,338 |
| 38 | South Africa | 841830 | Freezers; of the chest type, not exceeding 800l capacity | 2024 | 82.55% | 12,365,252 |
| 39 | China | 390190 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, n.e.c. in heading no. 3901 | 2024 | 82.01% | 10,980,041 |
| 40 | South Africa | 480519 | Paper and paperboard; uncoated, fluting paper other than semi-chemical or straw, rolls or sheets | 2024 | 81.29% | 10,440,355 |
| 41 | Finland | 391231 | Cellulose ethers; carboxymethylcellulose and its salts, in primary forms | 2024 | 80.76% | 11,622,944 |
| 42 | India | 392063 | Plastics; plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (not self-adhesive), of unsaturated polyesters, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | 2024 | 80.12% | 31,195,049 |
South Africa: 15 occurrences
China: 13 occurrences
Dem. Rep. of the Congo: 3 occurrences
India: 2 occurrences
Zimbabwe: 2 occurrences
Finland: 1 occurrence
Japan: 1 occurrence
Malaysia: 1 occurrence
Namibia: 1 occurrence
USA: 1 occurrence
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
United Rep. of Tanzania: 1 occurrence
Legend:
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