Zambia Trade Summary

2008 Data

Zambia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Zambia

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 4,903
No. Of products: 2,162
No. Of partners: 119
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 5,042
No. Of products: 3,920
No. Of partners: 135

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Copper cathodes and ...2,095,251.45
Plate,sheet&strip of ...980,758.96
Copper ores and conc ...503,743.11
Cobalt and articles ...293,978.65
Wire of refined copp ...138,146.10
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils and o ...481,852.92
Copper ores and conc ...425,799.18
Petroleum oils, etc, ...280,037.89
Other medicaments of ...130,236.13
Diesel powered truck ...107,706.47

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Switzerland2,443 49.84
South Africa440 8.97
Egypt, Arab Rep.385 7.85
Congo, Dem. Rep.283 5.77
China279 5.69
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
South Africa2,149 42.63
Congo, Dem. Rep.535 10.61
Kuwait514 10.19
China227 4.51
India192 3.80

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials799 16.29 1,088 21.59 2.44
Intermediate goods3,522 71.85 1,186 23.52 1.88
Consumer goods468 9.55 1,245 24.69 10.78
Capital goods85 1.74 1,491 29.57 5.32

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.08
Index of export market penetration: 1.70
World Growth: 7.43
Country Growth: 5.90

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 7
Maximum Rate (%): 1,464.86
Simple Average (%): 11.58
Weighted Average (%): 5.25
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 2,881,730.98
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 38.48

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 17,911
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 1,180.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -1.62
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -289.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 8.11
Trade (% of GDP): 59.45