Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Mozambique'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.
Mozambique
30 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 2716 | Electrical energy | 2025 | 99.96% | 260,053,185 |
| 2 | South Africa | 1102 | Cereal flours; other than of wheat or meslin | 2025 | 99.76% | 66,251,248 |
| 3 | South Africa | 0701 | Potatoes; fresh or chilled | 2025 | 99.68% | 27,405,611 |
| 4 | South Africa | 2206 | Fermented beverages, n.e.c. in chapter 22; (e.g. cider, perry, mead, sake) | 2025 | 99.59% | 29,043,237 |
| 5 | China | 8901 | Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods | 2025 | 99.42% | 38,871,095 |
| 6 | South Africa | 2701 | Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal | 2025 | 97.93% | 29,998,544 |
| 7 | China | 6304 | Furnishing articles; excluding those of heading no. 9404 | 2025 | 95.90% | 60,520,895 |
| 8 | South Africa | 2104 | Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations | 2025 | 95.52% | 14,882,818 |
| 9 | South Africa | 2601 | Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites | 2025 | 95.17% | 12,141,162 |
| 10 | South Africa | 7612 | Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes etc (including rigid, collapsible tubular containers), for materials other than compressed, liquefied gas, 300l capacity or less, lined, heat-insulated or not | 2025 | 93.86% | 13,626,719 |
| 11 | South Africa | 2203 | Beer made from malt | 2025 | 93.56% | 15,662,461 |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 2401 | Tobacco, unmanufactured; tobacco refuse | 2025 | 93.16% | 10,815,099 |
| 13 | Malaysia | 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 93.08% | 373,957,792 |
| 14 | South Africa | 2009 | Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2025 | 92.08% | 20,762,613 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 8905 | Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, other vessels; the navigability of which is subsidiary to main function; floating docks, floating, submersible drilling, production platforms | 2025 | 91.28% | 64,162,952 |
| 16 | South Africa | 3209 | Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium | 2025 | 90.14% | 10,447,410 |
| 17 | South Africa | 1005 | Maize (corn) | 2025 | 89.34% | 62,708,355 |
| 18 | South Africa | 4907 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value; stamp-impressed paper; cheque forms; banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | 2025 | 89.24% | 16,356,348 |
| 19 | South Africa | 3402 | Organic surface-active agents (not soap); surface-active, washing (including auxiliary washing) and cleaning preparations, containing soap or not, excluding those of heading no. 3401 | 2025 | 88.19% | 66,350,585 |
| 20 | Italy | 2826 | Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts | 2025 | 88.01% | 45,826,925 |
| 21 | South Africa | 2402 | Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes; of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes | 2025 | 87.21% | 12,506,109 |
| 22 | South Africa | 4403 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared | 2025 | 86.36% | 16,070,820 |
| 23 | South Africa | 2202 | Waters, including mineral and aerated waters, containing added sugar or sweetening matter, flavoured; other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009 | 2025 | 84.85% | 18,430,647 |
| 24 | China | 7209 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated | 2025 | 84.41% | 12,531,724 |
| 25 | China | 7210 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, clad, plated or coated | 2025 | 83.88% | 17,857,870 |
| 26 | China | 8714 | Vehicles; parts and accessories of heading no. 8711 to 8713 | 2025 | 83.04% | 13,491,039 |
| 27 | Eswatini | 3302 | Odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for beverage manufacture | 2025 | 82.84% | 35,346,040 |
| 28 | China | 8201 | Tools, hand; spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks, rakes; axes, bill hooks etc; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools used in agriculture, horticulture, forestry | 2025 | 81.88% | 19,102,760 |
| 29 | South Africa | 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 | 80.77% | 20,156,324 |
| 30 | India | 8712 | Bicycles and other cycles; including delivery tricycles, not motorised | 2025 | 80.68% | 10,763,282 |
South Africa: 18 occurrences
China: 6 occurrences
Eswatini: 1 occurrence
India: 1 occurrence
Italy: 1 occurrence
Malaysia: 1 occurrence
Netherlands: 1 occurrence
Zimbabwe: 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.