Trade in a Bottle: Identifying Import Bottlenecks in International Trade

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

37 bottlenecks
#Partner HS Code HS DescriptionYearShare (%) Value (USD)
1USA2304Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil202599.92%244,899,544
2USA1502Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503202599.86%16,011,901
3USA2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons202599.54%480,331,802
4USA5201Cotton; not carded or combed202599.47%106,490,502
5USA0207Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozen202599.12%198,110,834
6USA0203Meat of swine; fresh, chilled or frozen202598.62%101,338,222
7Other Asia, nes3817Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902202598.55%62,635,133
8USA6309Textiles; worn clothing and other worn articles202597.92%219,803,068
9Türkiye2840Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)202595.26%27,243,754
10China7606Aluminium; plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm202594.81%157,226,873
11China5516Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres202594.37%11,051,722
12Honduras0908Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms202593.71%12,779,159
13China8541Semiconductor 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 crystals202592.19%54,710,770
14USA2303Residues 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 pellets202589.76%30,134,757
15China2918Acids; carboxylic acid with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives202589.50%64,837,809
16Germany2924Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid202588.92%19,694,595
17Chile1104Cereal grains otherwise worked (e.g. hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled) except rice of heading no. 1006; germ of cereals whole, rolled, flaked or ground202588.73%16,668,488
18Colombia2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal202588.40%181,216,875
19China3604Fireworks, signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles202588.04%20,180,848
20USA2713Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals202587.55%109,392,263
21USA2815Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) peroxides of sodium or potassium202586.60%23,544,551
22China7213Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils202585.91%109,265,255
23USA2004Vegetables preparations n.e.c.; prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading no. 2006202585.29%79,217,436
24Spain1509Olive oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified202585.08%13,634,492
25USA2710Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils202584.70%3,275,142,244
26China6912Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles; other than of porcelain or china202584.56%10,118,160
27China5503Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning202584.47%23,810,562
28Mexico8309Stoppers, caps, lids (including crown corks, screw caps, pouring stoppers); capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packaging accessories, of base metal202583.79%68,309,734
29Sri Lanka0906Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers202583.44%10,413,935
30USA1602Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects202582.92%50,646,152
31Mexico6809Plaster or compositions based on plaster; articles thereof202582.64%19,981,033
32China3916Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of plastics202581.90%38,103,977
33China2712Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, similar products obtained by synthesis, other processes; coloured or not202581.07%28,418,209
34USA8903Yachts and other vessels; for pleasure or sports, rowing boats and canoes202581.03%12,618,551
35China4412Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood202580.30%11,792,664
36China8301Padlocks and locks (key, combination, electrically operated) of base metal; clasps and frames with clasps incorporating locks, of base metal, keys for any or the foregoing articles, of base metal202580.27%23,175,437
37China2922Oxygen-function amino-compounds202580.04%31,874,747

Partner frequency summary:

USA: 14 occurrences

China: 13 occurrences

Mexico: 2 occurrences

Chile: 1 occurrence

Colombia: 1 occurrence

Germany: 1 occurrence

Honduras: 1 occurrence

Other Asia, nes: 1 occurrence

Spain: 1 occurrence

Sri Lanka: 1 occurrence

Türkiye: 1 occurrence

Legend:

Highlight - the row matches a Danger Zone country and/or a Critical Goods HS code.
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