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Zambia Trade Summary

2013

Zambia exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ZAMBIA 2013

Overall Exports and Imports for Zambia 2013

Exports and imports of Zambia in 2013 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 10,596 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 10,538 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,975 products were exported to 125 countries and 4,039 products were imported from 166 countries.

Zambia top 5 Export and Import partners 2013

Top five countries to which Zambia exported in 2013 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Zambia exports to Switzerland worth US$ 3,918 million, with a partner share of 36.98 percent.
  2. Zambia exports to China worth US$ 2,257 million, with a partner share of 21.30 percent.
  3. Zambia exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 1,188 million, with a partner share of 11.21 percent.
  4. Zambia exports to South Africa worth US$ 1,138 million, with a partner share of 10.74 percent.
  5. Zambia exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 542 million, with a partner share of 5.12 percent.

Top five countries from which Zambia imported goods in 2013 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Zambia imports from South Africa worth US$ 3,082 million, with a partner share of 29.25 percent.
  2. Zambia imports from Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 1,848 million, with a partner share of 17.54 percent.
  3. Zambia imports from China worth US$ 958 million, with a partner share of 9.09 percent.
  4. Zambia imports from Kenya worth US$ 713 million, with a partner share of 6.77 percent.
  5. Zambia imports from Belgium worth US$ 467 million, with a partner share of 4.43 percent.

Zambia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2013

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 4,755,406.59 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Zambia exported Refined copper products, unwrought, nes , worth 1,611,696.77 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Zambia exported Sulphuric acid; oleum , worth 254,053.93 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Zambia exported Copper alloys, unwrought (other than master all , worth 240,785.85 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Zambia exported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth 196,262.16 (US$ Thousands).

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 1,390,474.65 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Zambia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 920,427.89 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Zambia imported Vaccines for human medicine , worth 376,221.19 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Zambia imported Structures and parts of structures,i or s , worth 290,336.21 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Zambia imported Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt , worth 214,158.29 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2013

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2013 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2013

Tariffs imposed by Zambia in 2013 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 25 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 10.30 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.35 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 7,867,460.41 and duty free tariff line items share was 45.47 percent.

Development Indicators 2013

Key Development Indicators of Zambia in 2013 are below

  • Zambia GDP in current US dollar was 28,037 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,720.00 .
  • Zambia Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.51.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 143.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 80.46 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.18 .

Trade Indicators 2013

Trade Indicators for Zambia in 2013 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.21.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.76.
  • World Growth in percentage was 1.19 and Zambia Country Growth was -4.31 .