Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Zimbabwe'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.
Zimbabwe
39 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Areas, nes | 240319 | Tobacco; smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | 2025 | 100.00% | 27,302,175 |
| 2 | South Africa | 120190 | Soya beans; other than seed, whether or not broken | 2025 | 100.00% | 95,858,707 |
| 3 | South Africa | 680911 | Plaster, or plaster compositions; boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only, not ornamented | 2025 | 99.62% | 12,320,520 |
| 4 | 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 | 2025 | 99.60% | 13,535,366 |
| 5 | South Africa | 120810 | Flours and meals; of soya beans | 2025 | 99.57% | 14,420,854 |
| 6 | South Africa | 220421 | Wine; still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | 2025 | 99.55% | 11,629,223 |
| 7 | South Africa | 441011 | Particle board of wood, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances | 2025 | 99.35% | 24,694,676 |
| 8 | South Africa | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen; obtained from bituminous minerals | 2025 | 98.98% | 17,545,113 |
| 9 | South Africa | 391729 | Plastics; tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of plastics n.e.c. in heading no. 3917 | 2025 | 98.83% | 15,543,051 |
| 10 | South Africa | 230990 | Dog or cat food; (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | 2025 | 97.96% | 36,810,816 |
| 11 | Zambia | 252329 | Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | 2025 | 97.55% | 59,995,827 |
| 12 | South Africa | 100590 | Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed | 2025 | 97.28% | 431,438,456 |
| 13 | Zambia | 740311 | Copper; refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | 2025 | 97.09% | 10,024,515 |
| 14 | South Africa | 350510 | Dextrins and other modified starches | 2025 | 96.93% | 13,818,233 |
| 15 | South Africa | 480256 | Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); printing, writing or graphic, 10% or less by weight of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibre, weight 40-150g/m2, in sheets 435mm or less by 297mm or less (unfolded) | 2025 | 96.48% | 11,871,792 |
| 16 | Italy | 840690 | Turbines; parts of steam and other vapour turbines | 2025 | 95.95% | 17,593,448 |
| 17 | China | 283319 | Sodium sulphates; other than disodium sulphate | 2025 | 95.30% | 12,133,383 |
| 18 | South Africa | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2025 | 94.11% | 11,747,776 |
| 19 | South Africa | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | 2025 | 94.10% | 30,216,129 |
| 20 | China | 841710 | Furnaces and ovens; non-electric, for the roasting, melting or other heat-treatment of ores, pyrites or of metals, for industrial or laboratory use | 2025 | 93.92% | 13,428,320 |
| 21 | China | 841950 | Heat exchange units; not used for domestic purposes | 2025 | 93.04% | 14,378,384 |
| 22 | South Africa | 440711 | Wood; coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | 2025 | 92.19% | 10,539,716 |
| 23 | South Africa | 070110 | Vegetables; seed potatoes, fresh or chilled | 2025 | 91.18% | 13,071,931 |
| 24 | South Africa | 842482 | Mechanical appliances; agricultural or horticultural, n.e.c. in heading 8424 | 2025 | 90.76% | 41,437,880 |
| 25 | South Africa | 392390 | Plastics; articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923 | 2025 | 90.18% | 13,160,461 |
| 26 | South Africa | 220300 | Beer; made from malt | 2025 | 89.90% | 10,901,702 |
| 27 | South Africa | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms | 2025 | 89.46% | 14,650,845 |
| 28 | South Africa | 210690 | Food preparations; n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | 2025 | 89.02% | 32,903,749 |
| 29 | South Africa | 210390 | Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | 2025 | 88.78% | 37,726,951 |
| 30 | South Africa | 721631 | Iron or non-alloy steel; U sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2025 | 87.05% | 10,536,594 |
| 31 | South Africa | 271119 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711 | 2025 | 86.58% | 123,438,498 |
| 32 | China | 340231 | Anionic organic surface-active agents (other than soap); linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts, whether or not put up for retail sale | 2025 | 85.92% | 13,816,919 |
| 33 | Zambia | 252210 | Quicklime; excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825 | 2025 | 85.69% | 31,985,638 |
| 34 | Belarus | 843351 | Combine harvester-threshers | 2025 | 85.23% | 12,309,695 |
| 35 | Malaysia | 382319 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; (other than stearic acid, oleic acid or tall oil fatty acids) | 2025 | 83.12% | 18,057,129 |
| 36 | South Africa | 721720 | Iron or non-alloy steel; wire, plated or coated with zinc | 2025 | 83.03% | 27,426,943 |
| 37 | South Africa | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2025 | 81.57% | 13,690,450 |
| 38 | China | 847420 | Machines; for crushing or grinding earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | 2025 | 80.84% | 42,621,411 |
| 39 | South Africa | 701090 | Glass; carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers of glass, (not ampoules), used for the conveyance or packing of goods | 2025 | 80.07% | 15,241,094 |
South Africa: 26 occurrences
China: 5 occurrences
Zambia: 3 occurrences
Areas, nes: 1 occurrence
Belarus: 1 occurrence
Italy: 1 occurrence
Malaysia: 1 occurrence
Namibia: 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.