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
31 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Areas, nes | 2403 | Manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes n.e.c; homogenised or reconstituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences | 2025 | 100.00% | 27,302,175 |
| 2 | South Africa | 1201 | Soya beans, whether or not broken | 2025 | 100.00% | 95,858,707 |
| 3 | South Africa | 1208 | Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits; other than those of mustard | 2025 | 99.57% | 14,420,854 |
| 4 | South Africa | 4410 | Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (e.g. waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances | 2025 | 99.03% | 24,918,384 |
| 5 | South Africa | 2309 | Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding | 2025 | 98.08% | 39,189,661 |
| 6 | South Africa | 6809 | Plaster or compositions based on plaster; articles thereof | 2025 | 97.61% | 13,262,479 |
| 7 | South Africa | 4805 | Uncoated paper and paperboard n.e.c., in rolls or sheets | 2025 | 97.31% | 10,789,700 |
| 8 | Zambia | 7403 | Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwrought | 2025 | 96.90% | 10,024,515 |
| 9 | South Africa | 1005 | Maize (corn) | 2025 | 96.81% | 432,998,589 |
| 10 | South Africa | 3505 | Dextrins and other modified starches (e.g. pregelatinised or esterified starches); glues based on starches or on dextrins or other modified starches | 2025 | 96.80% | 14,593,438 |
| 11 | South Africa | 2204 | Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading no. 2009 | 2025 | 96.02% | 13,926,056 |
| 12 | South Africa | 2009 | Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2025 | 95.07% | 16,085,006 |
| 13 | South Africa | 2304 | 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 |
| 14 | South Africa | 4818 | Toilet paper, width 36cm or less or cut to size/shape; handkerchiefs, tissues, towels, serviettes, bed sheets and similar household or hospital articles, apparel and clothing accessories of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres | 2025 | 93.80% | 12,686,021 |
| 15 | South Africa | 2208 | Ethyl alcohol, undenatured; of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% volume; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages | 2025 | 93.70% | 18,471,039 |
| 16 | South Africa | 4407 | Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | 2025 | 92.91% | 12,612,817 |
| 17 | South Africa | 2713 | Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | 2025 | 92.60% | 17,545,113 |
| 18 | South Africa | 0701 | Potatoes; fresh or chilled | 2025 | 91.18% | 13,071,931 |
| 19 | South Africa | 2203 | Beer made from malt | 2025 | 89.90% | 10,901,702 |
| 20 | South Africa | 3902 | Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms | 2025 | 89.30% | 16,520,749 |
| 21 | South Africa | 2106 | Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included | 2025 | 89.24% | 37,245,066 |
| 22 | South Africa | 4802 | Uncoated paper and paperboard, used for writing, printing or other graphics, non perforated punch-cards and punch tape paper, in rolls or rectangular sheets, of any size, other than paper of heading 4801 or 4803; hand-made paper and paperboard | 2025 | 88.82% | 15,094,936 |
| 23 | South Africa | 2103 | Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings, mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard | 2025 | 88.52% | 38,343,878 |
| 24 | China | 8417 | Furnaces and ovens; industrial or laboratory, including incinerators, non-electric | 2025 | 88.19% | 29,650,086 |
| 25 | Zambia | 2522 | Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime; other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825 | 2025 | 87.28% | 38,607,565 |
| 26 | South Africa | 2711 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons | 2025 | 86.52% | 123,625,866 |
| 27 | South Africa | 7217 | Wire of iron or non-alloy steel | 2025 | 82.43% | 33,750,437 |
| 28 | Malaysia | 3823 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols | 2025 | 81.12% | 18,057,129 |
| 29 | China | 2833 | Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates) | 2025 | 80.69% | 13,433,617 |
| 30 | South Africa | 8424 | Mechanical appliances for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, spray guns, steam, sand blasting machines | 2025 | 80.36% | 47,020,332 |
| 31 | South Africa | 7010 | Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules, containers of glass of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures of glass | 2025 | 80.07% | 15,241,094 |
South Africa: 25 occurrences
China: 2 occurrences
Zambia: 2 occurrences
Areas, nes: 1 occurrence
Malaysia: 1 occurrence
Legend:
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