Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Guatemala'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.
Guatemala
81 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA | 020322 | Meat; of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, frozen | 2025 | 100.00% | 12,462,050 |
| 2 | USA | 150210 | Tallow; other than those of heading 1503 | 2025 | 100.00% | 16,010,406 |
| 3 | USA | 230330 | Brewing or distilling dregs and waste; whether or not in the form of pellets | 2025 | 100.00% | 25,401,669 |
| 4 | USA | 270119 | Coal; (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | 2025 | 100.00% | 18,545,346 |
| 5 | USA | 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 | 99.92% | 244,899,544 |
| 6 | Mexico | 790112 | Zinc; unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight less than 99.99% of zinc | 2025 | 99.84% | 12,112,034 |
| 7 | Chile | 110422 | Cereal grains; worked (e.g. hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled) of oats | 2025 | 99.82% | 12,211,866 |
| 8 | USA | 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane | 2025 | 99.78% | 473,888,617 |
| 9 | China | 850180 | Electric generators; (excluding generating sets), photovoltaic AC generators (alternators) | 2025 | 99.54% | 31,315,789 |
| 10 | USA | 520100 | Cotton; not carded or combed | 2025 | 99.47% | 106,490,502 |
| 11 | China | 291899 | Acids; carboxylic acids, with additional oxygen function (not alcohol, phenol, aldehyde or ketone) and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; other than 2,4,5-T (ISO) | 2025 | 99.45% | 27,479,127 |
| 12 | USA | 020714 | Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | 2025 | 99.45% | 189,243,549 |
| 13 | Türkiye | 284019 | Borates; disodium tetraborate (refined borax), other than anhydrous | 2025 | 98.56% | 27,209,148 |
| 14 | Other Asia, nes | 381700 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 | 2025 | 98.55% | 62,635,133 |
| 15 | USA | 020329 | Meat; of swine, n.e.c. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | 2025 | 98.43% | 88,823,252 |
| 16 | USA | 271311 | Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals | 2025 | 98.43% | 94,281,110 |
| 17 | Colombia | 270112 | Coal; bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | 2025 | 98.39% | 181,216,875 |
| 18 | China | 560312 | Nonwovens; whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing more than 25g/m2 but not more than 70g/m2) | 2025 | 98.01% | 16,099,505 |
| 19 | USA | 630900 | Clothing; worn, and other worn articles | 2025 | 97.92% | 219,803,068 |
| 20 | China | 722592 | Steel, alloy; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, n.e.c. in heading no. 7225, plated or coated with zinc (other than electrolytically) | 2025 | 97.19% | 48,361,102 |
| 21 | China | 760612 | Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | 2025 | 97.12% | 152,340,870 |
| 22 | USA | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | 2025 | 97.06% | 23,421,353 |
| 23 | Honduras | 340119 | 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, not for toilet use | 2025 | 96.79% | 40,912,601 |
| 24 | USA | 271012 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not crude, not waste oils; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; light oils and preparations | 2025 | 96.76% | 1,721,563,364 |
| 25 | China | 551622 | Fabrics, woven; dyed, containing less than 85% by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments | 2025 | 96.71% | 10,476,439 |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | 2025 | 96.44% | 34,578,762 |
| 27 | China | 360410 | Pyrotechnic products; fireworks | 2025 | 95.46% | 16,601,038 |
| 28 | China | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | 2025 | 95.42% | 40,149,419 |
| 29 | China | 283311 | Sodium sulphates; disodium sulphate | 2025 | 95.41% | 20,236,794 |
| 30 | Honduras | 090831 | Spices; cardamoms, neither crushed nor ground | 2025 | 94.86% | 12,718,365 |
| 31 | USA | 160232 | Meat preparations; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | 2025 | 94.85% | 17,540,298 |
| 32 | Germany | 292419 | Acyclic amides (including acyclic carbamates) and their derivatives; salts thereof, other than meprobamate (INN), fluoroacetamide (ISO), monocrotophos (ISO) or phosphamidon (ISO) | 2025 | 94.37% | 19,187,202 |
| 33 | Japan | 720918 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness of less than 0.5mm | 2025 | 94.35% | 29,821,118 |
| 34 | China | 721632 | Iron or non-alloy steel; I sections, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more | 2025 | 94.30% | 14,741,024 |
| 35 | China | 391620 | Vinyl chloride polymers; monofilament, of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked | 2025 | 94.20% | 36,662,803 |
| 36 | USA | 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | 2025 | 94.05% | 69,915,663 |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 090611 | Spices; cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume), neither crushed nor ground | 2025 | 93.58% | 10,351,804 |
| 38 | Brazil | 120740 | Oil seeds; sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | 2025 | 93.57% | 29,088,536 |
| 39 | Mexico | 722830 | Steel, alloy; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded | 2025 | 93.26% | 25,853,644 |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 040490 | Dairy produce; natural milk constituents (excluding whey), whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, n.e.c. in chapter 04 | 2025 | 92.59% | 22,799,946 |
| 41 | USA | 620419 | Suits; women's or girls', of textile materials n.e.c. in item no. 6204.1 (not knitted or crocheted) | 2025 | 92.04% | 11,039,002 |
| 42 | China | 291814 | Acids; carboxylic acids, (with alcohol function but without other oxygen function), citric acid | 2025 | 91.86% | 34,053,807 |
| 43 | China | 852791 | Radio-broadcast receivers n.e.c. in heading no. 8527; combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus | 2025 | 90.64% | 11,070,581 |
| 44 | Mexico | 680911 | Plaster, or plaster compositions; boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only, not ornamented | 2025 | 90.60% | 18,180,059 |
| 45 | El Salvador | 200559 | Vegetable preparations; beans, (not shelled), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen | 2025 | 89.90% | 14,133,012 |
| 46 | China | 310540 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | 2025 | 89.80% | 11,823,568 |
| 47 | China | 271220 | Paraffin wax; containing by weight less than 0.75% of oil, obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured | 2025 | 89.46% | 23,193,293 |
| 48 | China | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate); in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | 2025 | 89.33% | 38,722,907 |
| 49 | Japan | 720916 | Iron or non-alloy steel; in coils, flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled, of a thickness exceeding 1mm but less than 3mm | 2025 | 89.07% | 22,237,357 |
| 50 | Russian Federation | 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | 2025 | 89.07% | 77,394,359 |
| 51 | China | 550320 | Fibres; synthetic staple fibres, of polyesters, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning | 2025 | 88.83% | 22,345,478 |
| 52 | China | 720719 | Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, other than rectangular or square cross-section | 2025 | 88.13% | 107,000,111 |
| 53 | China | 830140 | Locks; (other than those for motor vehicles or furniture), (key, combination or electrically operated), of base metal | 2025 | 87.86% | 16,407,937 |
| 54 | China | 293090 | Organo-sulphur compounds; n.e.c. in heading no. 2930 | 2025 | 87.65% | 11,986,797 |
| 55 | China | 293628 | Vitamins; vitamin E and its derivatives, unmixed | 2025 | 87.48% | 11,213,536 |
| 56 | China | 850760 | Electric accumulators; lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | 2025 | 87.18% | 27,141,872 |
| 57 | China | 310221 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium sulphate | 2025 | 87.12% | 40,844,179 |
| 58 | China | 950510 | Christmas festivity articles | 2025 | 86.58% | 14,465,668 |
| 59 | Egypt | 081110 | Fruit, edible; strawberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2025 | 86.57% | 20,446,457 |
| 60 | China | 841830 | Freezers; of the chest type, not exceeding 800l capacity | 2025 | 86.43% | 19,993,148 |
| 61 | Canada | 100119 | Cereals; wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | 2025 | 85.86% | 13,827,253 |
| 62 | USA | 200410 | Vegetable preparations; potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen | 2025 | 85.46% | 77,930,015 |
| 63 | China | 721391 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.c. in heading no. 7213, of circular cross-section measuring less than 14mm in diameter | 2025 | 85.45% | 105,208,502 |
| 64 | China | 401120 | Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | 2025 | 85.15% | 106,872,905 |
| 65 | Spain | 150990 | Vegetable oils; olive oil and its fractions, other than virgin, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 85.07% | 13,631,786 |
| 66 | China | 851650 | Ovens; microwave, of a kind used for domestic purposes | 2025 | 84.94% | 14,513,763 |
| 67 | China | 540752 | Fabrics, woven; containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, dyed | 2025 | 84.62% | 13,466,614 |
| 68 | USA | 390140 | Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 2025 | 84.61% | 53,608,006 |
| 69 | China | 691200 | Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles; other than of porcelain or china | 2025 | 84.56% | 10,118,160 |
| 70 | USA | 040210 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | 2025 | 84.41% | 17,615,374 |
| 71 | USA | 480411 | Kraft paper and paperboard; kraftliner, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803 | 2025 | 84.06% | 149,804,373 |
| 72 | China | 870870 | Vehicle parts; road wheels and parts and accessories thereof | 2025 | 83.86% | 15,520,620 |
| 73 | Mexico | 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 | 2025 | 83.58% | 38,360,177 |
| 74 | Chile | 200290 | Vegetable preparations; tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | 2025 | 83.51% | 10,625,583 |
| 75 | Mexico | 830990 | Stoppers; caps and lids, of base metal | 2025 | 83.06% | 64,712,979 |
| 76 | Mexico | 100510 | Cereals; maize (corn), seed | 2025 | 82.44% | 16,101,972 |
| 77 | Mexico | 841012 | Turbines; hydraulic turbines and water wheels, of a power exceeding 1000kW but not exceeding 10000kW | 2025 | 81.80% | 12,520,792 |
| 78 | Ecuador | 030617 | Crustaceans; frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | 2025 | 81.07% | 101,335,662 |
| 79 | China | 841510 | Air conditioning machines; comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or 'split-system' | 2025 | 80.80% | 17,455,629 |
| 80 | Norway | 850164 | Electric generators; AC generators, (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators, of an output exceeding 750kVA | 2025 | 80.77% | 10,897,427 |
| 81 | El Salvador | 481810 | Paper articles; toilet paper | 2025 | 80.23% | 59,410,119 |
China: 32 occurrences
USA: 20 occurrences
Mexico: 7 occurrences
Chile: 2 occurrences
El Salvador: 2 occurrences
Honduras: 2 occurrences
Japan: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
Brazil: 1 occurrence
Canada: 1 occurrence
Colombia: 1 occurrence
Costa Rica: 1 occurrence
Ecuador: 1 occurrence
Egypt: 1 occurrence
Germany: 1 occurrence
Norway: 1 occurrence
Other Asia, nes: 1 occurrence
Spain: 1 occurrence
Sri Lanka: 1 occurrence
Türkiye: 1 occurrence
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