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
29 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia | 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 100.00% | 81,913,147 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 2709 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude | 2025 | 100.00% | 797,168,518 |
| 3 | India | 0904 | Pepper of the genus piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta | 2025 | 99.65% | 73,641,515 |
| 4 | China | 7225 | Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more | 2025 | 99.61% | 121,195,217 |
| 5 | China | 5007 | Woven fabrics of silk or of silk waste | 2025 | 97.76% | 24,111,083 |
| 6 | China | 8527 | Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock. | 2025 | 97.43% | 14,080,861 |
| 7 | China | 8426 | Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane | 2025 | 96.69% | 138,247,578 |
| 8 | China | 9028 | Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor | 2025 | 95.93% | 12,082,751 |
| 9 | India | 1006 | Rice | 2025 | 94.81% | 96,393,997 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 2701 | Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal | 2025 | 94.03% | 190,162,360 |
| 11 | India | 7605 | Aluminium wire | 2025 | 94.02% | 10,663,626 |
| 12 | New Zealand | 0402 | Milk and cream; concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2025 | 93.10% | 306,093,613 |
| 13 | India | 2501 | Salt (including table salt and denatured salt); pure sodium chloride whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water | 2025 | 91.96% | 11,794,771 |
| 14 | China | 7228 | Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel | 2025 | 91.05% | 10,795,127 |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 2524 | Asbestos | 2025 | 89.92% | 30,982,731 |
| 16 | USA | 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 | 89.11% | 114,715,829 |
| 17 | USA | 5605 | 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 |
| 18 | China | 2922 | Oxygen-function amino-compounds | 2025 | 88.03% | 33,282,465 |
| 19 | China | 8467 | Tools; for working in the hand, pneumatic, hydraulic or with self-contained electric or non-electric motor | 2025 | 87.34% | 12,407,013 |
| 20 | Austria | 5504 | Artificial staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning | 2025 | 86.96% | 14,420,359 |
| 21 | China | 8501 | Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets) | 2025 | 86.79% | 98,674,505 |
| 22 | China | 8433 | Harvesting and threshing machinery, straw and fodder balers, grass or hay mowers; machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce, other than machinery of heading no 8437 | 2025 | 85.75% | 43,738,741 |
| 23 | China | 2936 | Provitamins, vitamins; natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates) derivatives thereof used as vitamins, and intermixtures of the fore-going, whether or not in any solvent | 2025 | 84.85% | 43,524,828 |
| 24 | China | 8517 | Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular/wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), excluding items of 8443, 8525, 8527, or 8528 | 2025 | 84.15% | 247,077,736 |
| 25 | India | 6907 | Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing; finishing ceramics | 2025 | 83.10% | 43,737,625 |
| 26 | China | 3103 | Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, phosphatic | 2025 | 82.26% | 31,569,001 |
| 27 | India | 5206 | Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale | 2025 | 82.08% | 23,718,925 |
| 28 | India | 2803 | Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c. | 2025 | 81.95% | 39,566,526 |
| 29 | China | 7310 | Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, capacity not exceeding 300l, whether or not lined or heat-insulated | 2025 | 80.35% | 39,750,266 |
China: 14 occurrences
India: 7 occurrences
Russian Federation: 2 occurrences
USA: 2 occurrences
Austria: 1 occurrence
Malaysia: 1 occurrence
New Zealand: 1 occurrence
United Arab Emirates: 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.