Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Sri Lanka'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.
Sri Lanka
62 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 100.00% | 120,686,769 |
| 2 | Malaysia | 151190 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 100.00% | 81,913,147 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 270900 | Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | 2025 | 100.00% | 797,168,518 |
| 4 | China | 310221 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium sulphate | 2025 | 99.97% | 20,044,942 |
| 5 | India | 090421 | Spices; fruits of the genus Capsicum or Pimenta, dried, neither crushed nor ground | 2025 | 99.95% | 73,453,578 |
| 6 | China | 842619 | Cranes; transporter, gantry and bridge cranes | 2025 | 99.93% | 51,326,983 |
| 7 | China | 850231 | Electric generating sets; wind-powered, (excluding those with spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines) | 2025 | 99.86% | 10,998,864 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 040221 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | 2025 | 99.85% | 298,145,921 |
| 9 | China | 500790 | Silk; woven fabrics n.e.c. in heading no. 5007 | 2025 | 99.77% | 13,770,746 |
| 10 | China | 722870 | Steel, alloy; angles, shapes and sections | 2025 | 99.65% | 10,589,261 |
| 11 | China | 310510 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10kg | 2025 | 99.55% | 10,348,443 |
| 12 | India | 840732 | Engines; reciprocating piston engines, of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc | 2025 | 99.25% | 26,903,634 |
| 13 | Malaysia | 440729 | Wood, tropical, n.e.c. in item no. 4407.2, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | 2025 | 99.12% | 15,144,700 |
| 14 | China | 292241 | Amino-acids, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function, and their esters; lysine and its esters; salts thereof | 2025 | 98.94% | 18,367,318 |
| 15 | China | 850172 | Electric generators; photovoltaic DC generators, of an output exceeding 50W | 2025 | 98.87% | 88,311,710 |
| 16 | China | 070320 | Vegetables, alliaceous; garlic, fresh or chilled | 2025 | 98.51% | 46,054,565 |
| 17 | Brazil | 400260 | Rubber; synthetic, isoprene rubber (IR), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | 2025 | 97.58% | 14,720,593 |
| 18 | China | 842611 | Cranes; overhead travelling cranes on fixed support | 2025 | 97.44% | 84,495,863 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 270119 | Coal; (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | 2025 | 97.21% | 190,162,360 |
| 20 | India | 520624 | Cotton yarn; (not sewing thread), single, of combed fibres, less than 85% by weight of cotton, less than 192.31 but not less than 125 decitex (exceeding 52 but not exceeding 80 metric number), not for retail sale | 2025 | 97.18% | 13,704,203 |
| 21 | China | 854143 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels | 2025 | 96.87% | 24,264,667 |
| 22 | India | 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 | 96.87% | 13,814,825 |
| 23 | China | 852583 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders; night vision goods as specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter | 2025 | 96.25% | 12,624,883 |
| 24 | India | 690722 | Ceramic tiles; flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 0.5% but not over 10% | 2025 | 95.60% | 12,896,550 |
| 25 | India | 520852 | Fabrics, woven; containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, printed, plain weave, weighing more than 100g/m2 but not more than 200g/m2 | 2025 | 94.91% | 15,792,624 |
| 26 | India | 100630 | Cereals; rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | 2025 | 94.81% | 96,384,932 |
| 27 | Japan | 400241 | Rubber; synthetic, chloroprene (chlorobutadiene) rubber (CR), latex, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | 2025 | 94.45% | 12,607,398 |
| 28 | China | 293628 | Vitamins; vitamin E and its derivatives, unmixed | 2025 | 93.67% | 20,690,582 |
| 29 | China | 550922 | Yarn; (not sewing thread), multiple (folded) or cabled yarn, of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of polyester, not put up for retail sale | 2025 | 92.79% | 10,750,432 |
| 30 | China | 851713 | Telephone sets; smartphones for cellular or other wireless networks | 2025 | 92.21% | 192,454,271 |
| 31 | India | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with an auxiliary motor, internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars; side-cars | 2025 | 92.07% | 165,355,318 |
| 32 | China | 731021 | Cans; which are to be closed by soldering or crimping, for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), less than 50l capacity, of iron or steel | 2025 | 92.03% | 16,035,824 |
| 33 | India | 250100 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt); pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water | 2025 | 91.96% | 11,794,771 |
| 34 | India | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds); parts and accessories | 2025 | 91.07% | 52,718,973 |
| 35 | USA | 841191 | Turbines; parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | 2025 | 90.51% | 26,152,502 |
| 36 | India | 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous; onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | 2025 | 90.04% | 82,169,022 |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 252490 | Asbestos; other than crocidolite (blue asbestos) | 2025 | 89.92% | 30,982,731 |
| 38 | India | 520523 | Cotton yarn; (not sewing thread), single, of combed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, less than 232.56 but not less than 192.31 decitex (exceeding 43 but not exceeding 52 metric number), not for retail sale | 2025 | 89.78% | 17,092,713 |
| 39 | China | 731029 | Tanks, casks, drums, boxes and similar containers for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas) less than 50l capacity, n.e.c. in item no. 7310.2, of iron or steel | 2025 | 89.73% | 21,824,375 |
| 40 | India | 870192 | Tractors; n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709); of an engine power exceeding 18kW but not exceeding 37kW | 2025 | 89.27% | 44,369,419 |
| 41 | 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 | 89.11% | 114,715,829 |
| 42 | India | 481092 | Paper and paperboard; multi-ply, coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances only, for non-graphic purposes, n.e.c. in heading no. 4810, in rolls or sheets | 2025 | 88.95% | 28,673,066 |
| 43 | Indonesia | 382319 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; (other than stearic acid, oleic acid or tall oil fatty acids) | 2025 | 88.48% | 21,013,767 |
| 44 | USA | 560500 | Yarn; metallised, whether or not gimped, of textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading no. 5404 or 5405, combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or covered with metal | 2025 | 88.37% | 14,261,533 |
| 45 | India | 071331 | Vegetables, leguminous; beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2025 | 87.59% | 10,538,402 |
| 46 | United Kingdom | 220830 | Whiskies | 2025 | 86.92% | 31,685,466 |
| 47 | Viet Nam | 550953 | Yarn; (not sewing thread), of polyester staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, not put up for retail sale | 2025 | 86.62% | 10,638,035 |
| 48 | China | 843351 | Combine harvester-threshers | 2025 | 86.00% | 40,165,999 |
| 49 | China | 851660 | Ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters; of a kind used for domestic purposes (excluding microwaves) | 2025 | 84.44% | 13,120,388 |
| 50 | Japan | 870340 | Vehicles; with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | 2025 | 84.16% | 229,220,951 |
| 51 | India | 520832 | Fabrics, woven; containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, dyed, plain weave, weighing more than 100g/m2 but not more than 200g/m2 | 2025 | 84.06% | 19,425,111 |
| 52 | China | 540754 | Fabrics, woven; containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, printed | 2025 | 84.05% | 20,063,406 |
| 53 | India | 841810 | Refrigerators and freezers; combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors, electric or other | 2025 | 82.44% | 18,283,040 |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2025 | 82.34% | 47,925,854 |
| 55 | China | 310311 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; phosphatic, superphosphates, containing by weight 35% or more of diphosphorus pentaoxide (P2O5) | 2025 | 82.25% | 31,552,705 |
| 56 | China | 847141 | Automatic data processing machines; comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined, n.e.c. in item no. 8471.30 | 2025 | 82.14% | 17,607,648 |
| 57 | Malaysia | 340120 | Soap; in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | 2025 | 81.97% | 11,945,360 |
| 58 | India | 280300 | Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. | 2025 | 81.95% | 39,566,526 |
| 59 | India | 071320 | Vegetables, leguminous; chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | 2025 | 81.39% | 23,003,859 |
| 60 | China | 540249 | Yarn, synthetic; filament, monofilament (less than 67 decitex), other than high tenacity or textured yarn, single, untwisted or twisted 50 turns or less per metre, n.e.c. in heading no. 5402, not for retail sale, not sewing thread | 2025 | 80.96% | 21,704,521 |
| 61 | Germany | 841199 | Turbines; parts of gas turbines (excluding turbo-jets and turbo-propellers) | 2025 | 80.57% | 13,660,756 |
| 62 | China | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines; portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | 2025 | 80.21% | 65,759,158 |
China: 25 occurrences
India: 19 occurrences
Malaysia: 3 occurrences
USA: 3 occurrences
Japan: 2 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences
Brazil: 1 occurrence
Germany: 1 occurrence
Indonesia: 1 occurrence
New Zealand: 1 occurrence
United Kingdom: 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.