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147 countries, each with the twenty imports it is best placed to replace: the import bill, where it comes from, and how close each line sits to what the country already exports well. Built from the world trade record for 2024, the same way for every country.

Every country

Manufactured imports in 2024, and the page for each.

The gaps most countries share

Of 160 countries scored, these are the product lines that most of them import at scale, do not yet export well, and sit close to what they already make. Mostly heavy, cheap goods that travel badly, and mostly made by two countries.

  1. Fabricated steel structuresHS 73089095 of 148 countriesUSD 18bn a year, mostly from China, Turkey
  2. Medicaments, packaged for retailHS 30049092 of 159 countriesUSD 157bn a year, mostly from India, Germany
  3. Food preparations (mixes and supplements)HS 21069089 of 156 countriesUSD 18bn a year, mostly from United States, Germany
  4. Insulated wire and cable, low voltageHS 85444987 of 145 countriesUSD 14bn a year, mostly from China, Turkey
  5. Nappies and sanitary productsHS 96190082 of 134 countriesUSD 6.9bn a year, mostly from China, Turkey
  6. Skincare preparationsHS 33049977 of 130 countriesUSD 15bn a year, mostly from France, South Africa
  7. Electrical control panelsHS 85371075 of 135 countriesUSD 23bn a year, mostly from China, Germany
  8. Refined sugarHS 17019974 of 127 countriesUSD 9.9bn a year, mostly from Brazil, Thailand
  9. Detergent powdersHS 34025072 of 123 countriesUSD 7.5bn a year, mostly from China, Turkey
  10. Antibiotic medicamentsHS 30042070 of 117 countriesUSD 7.0bn a year, mostly from India, Italy

A gap here is a line imported at USD 10m or more that the country does not yet export well and that sits in the upper half of its candidates for proximity. Adjacent capability, never a cost case.

Every country, its page

Not scored, because the record holds too few lines to say anything honest (fewer than 20 products imported at USD 10m or more): American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Falkland Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gambia, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Montserrat, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niger, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Palestine, Pitcairn, Rwanda, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sint Maarten, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Syria, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen.

The United Kingdom page carries two more layers, which public bodies buy each line and which region holds the capability, because the UK publishes the records that make them possible. Every other page says what it lacks.