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Zambia Trade Summary

2012

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ZAMBIA 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Zambia 2012

Exports and imports of Zambia in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 9,640 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 8,783 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,012 products were exported to 129 countries and 4,044 products were imported from 159 countries.

Zambia top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Zambia exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Zambia exports to Switzerland worth US$ 3,967 million, with a partner share of 41.15 percent.
  2. Zambia exports to China worth US$ 1,809 million, with a partner share of 18.77 percent.
  3. Zambia exports to South Africa worth US$ 1,023 million, with a partner share of 10.61 percent.
  4. Zambia exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 806 million, with a partner share of 8.36 percent.
  5. Zambia exports to Zimbabwe worth US$ 431 million, with a partner share of 4.47 percent.

Top five countries from which Zambia imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Zambia imports from South Africa worth US$ 2,965 million, with a partner share of 33.76 percent.
  2. Zambia imports from Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 1,265 million, with a partner share of 14.41 percent.
  3. Zambia imports from China worth US$ 870 million, with a partner share of 9.90 percent.
  4. Zambia imports from Kuwait worth US$ 552 million, with a partner share of 6.29 percent.
  5. Zambia imports from India worth US$ 305 million, with a partner share of 3.48 percent.

Zambia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Zambia along with trade value are:

  1. Zambia exported Copper cathodes and sections of cathodes unwrou , worth US$ 4,250,251.79 million.
  2. Zambia exported Refined copper products, unwrought, nes , worth US$ 1,422,166.13 million.
  3. Zambia exported Cotton, not carded or combed , worth US$ 290,720.39 million.
  4. Zambia exported Copper alloys, unwrought (other than master all , worth US$ 278,563.55 million.
  5. Zambia exported Maize seed , worth US$ 239,238.88 million.

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Zambia along with trade value are

  1. Zambia imported Copper ores and concentrates , worth US$ 845,948.24 million.
  2. Zambia imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 548,912.82 million.
  3. Zambia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 313,828.93 million.
  4. Zambia imported Cobalt ores and concentrates , worth US$ 191,005.31 million.
  5. Zambia imported Dump trucks designed for off-highway use , worth US$ 186,080.31 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Zambia in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 25 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.12 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.55 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,331,170.18 and duty free tariff line items share was 38.76 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of Zambia in 2012 are below

  • Zambia GDP in current US dollar was 25,503 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,660.00 .
  • Zambia Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.07.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 272.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 79.10 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.11 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Zambia in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.17.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.78.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.02 and Zambia Country Growth was 0.57 .