Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Egypt'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.
Egypt
56 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2618 | Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel | 2025 | 100.00% | 26,356,933 |
| 2 | Hungary | 8605 | Railway or tramway coaches; passenger coaches, luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading no. 8604) | 2025 | 100.00% | 56,262,739 |
| 3 | USA | 2303 | Residues of starch manufacture, similar residues; beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets | 2025 | 100.00% | 22,455,460 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 5307 | Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5305 | 2025 | 99.73% | 13,663,206 |
| 5 | China | 6001 | Fabrics; pile fabrics, including long pile fabrics and terry fabrics, knitted or crocheted | 2025 | 99.05% | 188,787,410 |
| 6 | China | 2823 | Titanium oxides | 2025 | 97.83% | 28,166,220 |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 0304 | Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chilled or frozen | 2025 | 97.54% | 43,346,976 |
| 8 | China | 9503 | 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 | 96.46% | 33,548,171 |
| 9 | China | 6406 | Footwear; parts of footwear; removable in-soles, heel cushions and similar articles; gaiters, le.g.ings and similar articles, and parts thereof | 2025 | 95.52% | 32,516,978 |
| 10 | China | 1206 | Sunflower seeds; whether or not broken | 2025 | 94.68% | 36,509,545 |
| 11 | Brazil | 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | 2025 | 94.65% | 531,301,259 |
| 12 | China | 8503 | Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502 | 2025 | 93.90% | 72,406,828 |
| 13 | Brazil | 0207 | Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozen | 2025 | 93.88% | 91,170,048 |
| 14 | Australia | 0204 | Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozen | 2025 | 93.76% | 14,898,985 |
| 15 | China | 8714 | Vehicles; parts and accessories of heading no. 8711 to 8713 | 2025 | 93.60% | 166,834,616 |
| 16 | China | 5516 | Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres | 2025 | 92.22% | 91,106,485 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 9102 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches, stop-watches and other watches, other than those of heading no. 9101 | 2025 | 92.21% | 23,660,183 |
| 18 | China | 7117 | Imitation jewellery | 2025 | 91.98% | 10,791,900 |
| 19 | China | 7410 | Copper foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.15mm | 2025 | 91.93% | 46,210,716 |
| 20 | China | 6006 | Fabrics; knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04 | 2025 | 91.48% | 565,155,434 |
| 21 | China | 8709 | Works trucks, self-propelled, (not fitted with lifting or handling equipment), for factories, warehouses etc, for short distance transport of goods, tractors used on railway station platforms; parts thereof | 2025 | 91.24% | 11,178,235 |
| 22 | China | 5407 | Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from materials of heading no. 5404 | 2025 | 91.06% | 368,316,529 |
| 23 | Kenya | 0902 | Tea | 2025 | 90.72% | 233,998,426 |
| 24 | China | 5512 | Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic staple fibres | 2025 | 90.02% | 157,496,865 |
| 25 | China | 6004 | Fabrics; knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread | 2025 | 89.92% | 124,729,061 |
| 26 | Germany | 2837 | Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides | 2025 | 89.54% | 28,310,690 |
| 27 | China | 8541 | Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based transducers); including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) assembled with other LEDs or not, mounted piezo-electric crystals | 2025 | 89.11% | 245,393,188 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 7407 | Copper; bars, rods and profiles | 2025 | 89.01% | 57,221,656 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2025 | 88.80% | 1,335,700,000 |
| 30 | Sudan | 0106 | Animals; live, n.e.c. in chapter 01 | 2025 | 88.58% | 41,353,254 |
| 31 | Germany | 8603 | Railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks; self-propelled tenders, other than those of heading no. 8604 | 2025 | 88.51% | 127,044,146 |
| 32 | India | 1006 | Rice | 2025 | 87.99% | 114,303,168 |
| 33 | China | 6212 | Brassieres, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders, garters and similar articles and parts thereof; whether or not knitted or crocheted | 2025 | 87.00% | 11,658,307 |
| 34 | China | 5804 | Tulles and other net fabrics; not including woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics; lace in the piece, in strips or in motifs, (other than fabrics of headings 60.02 to 60.06) | 2025 | 86.93% | 12,792,528 |
| 35 | China | 9616 | Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays and mounts and heads therefor; powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations | 2025 | 86.92% | 19,477,582 |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 7309 | Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers; for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, capacity exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat insulated | 2025 | 85.67% | 89,070,257 |
| 37 | China | 8467 | Tools; for working in the hand, pneumatic, hydraulic or with self-contained electric or non-electric motor | 2025 | 85.64% | 43,941,139 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 6309 | Textiles; worn clothing and other worn articles | 2025 | 85.37% | 29,009,567 |
| 39 | USA | 1201 | Soya beans, whether or not broken | 2025 | 85.22% | 1,857,894,510 |
| 40 | China | 8524 | Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens | 2025 | 84.93% | 513,541,946 |
| 41 | China | 8452 | Sewing machines; other than book-sewing machines of heading no. 8440; furniture, bases and covers specially designed for sewing machines; sewing machine needles | 2025 | 84.33% | 74,678,033 |
| 42 | China | 5402 | Synthetic filament yarn (other than sewing thread), not put up for retail sale, including synthetic monofilament of less than 67 decitex | 2025 | 84.02% | 703,294,932 |
| 43 | China | 8711 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars | 2025 | 83.86% | 137,149,918 |
| 44 | China | 1212 | Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet, sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones, kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots) used primarily for human consumption, n.e.c. | 2025 | 83.38% | 26,038,110 |
| 45 | China | 8426 | Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane | 2025 | 83.35% | 194,085,966 |
| 46 | USA | 2302 | Bran, sharps and other residues; whether or not in the form of pellets derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants | 2025 | 83.35% | 41,185,080 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2025 | 83.07% | 416,756,298 |
| 48 | China | 8205 | Tools, hand; (including glaziers' diamonds) n.e.c.; blow lamps; vices, clamps etc, other than accessories for and parts of, machine-tools or water-jet cutting machines; anvils; portable forges; hand or pedal operated grinding wheels with frameworks | 2025 | 82.56% | 24,493,660 |
| 49 | China | 8509 | Electro-mechanical domestic appliances; with self-contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08. | 2025 | 82.24% | 42,013,830 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 7303 | Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron | 2025 | 81.93% | 49,831,367 |
| 51 | China | 5806 | Fabrics; narrow woven, other than goods of heading 5807; narrow fabrics consisting of warp without weft assembled by means of an adhesive (bolducs) | 2025 | 81.73% | 19,561,395 |
| 52 | India | 5206 | Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale | 2025 | 81.73% | 38,130,389 |
| 53 | Türkiye | 7615 | Aluminium; table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, sanitary ware and parts thereof | 2025 | 81.40% | 26,371,223 |
| 54 | China | 8539 | Lamps; electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps, arc lamps, light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2025 | 81.14% | 26,683,032 |
| 55 | Finland | 4403 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared | 2025 | 80.92% | 40,985,806 |
| 56 | China | 5208 | Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2 | 2025 | 80.43% | 13,956,883 |
China: 32 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 4 occurrences
USA: 3 occurrences
Brazil: 2 occurrences
Germany: 2 occurrences
India: 2 occurrences
Australia: 1 occurrence
Bangladesh: 1 occurrence
Finland: 1 occurrence
Hungary: 1 occurrence
Kenya: 1 occurrence
Russian Federation: 1 occurrence
Saudi Arabia: 1 occurrence
Sudan: 1 occurrence
Switzerland: 1 occurrence
Türkiye: 1 occurrence
Viet Nam: 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.