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Zambia Trade Summary

2016

Zambia exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ZAMBIA 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Zambia 2016

Exports and imports of Zambia in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 6,379 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 7,288 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,689 products were exported to 110 countries and 3,929 products were imported from 185 countries.

Zambia top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which Zambia exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Zambia exports to Switzerland worth US$ 2,482 million, with a partner share of 38.91 percent.
  2. Zambia exports to China worth US$ 1,209 million, with a partner share of 18.96 percent.
  3. Zambia exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 422 million, with a partner share of 6.61 percent.
  4. Zambia exports to South Africa worth US$ 379 million, with a partner share of 5.95 percent.
  5. Zambia exports to Singapore worth US$ 367 million, with a partner share of 5.75 percent.

Top five countries from which Zambia imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Zambia imports from South Africa worth US$ 2,410 million, with a partner share of 33.07 percent.
  2. Zambia imports from Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 730 million, with a partner share of 10.02 percent.
  3. Zambia imports from China worth US$ 600 million, with a partner share of 8.24 percent.
  4. Zambia imports from Kuwait worth US$ 552 million, with a partner share of 7.57 percent.
  5. Zambia imports from Mauritius worth US$ 356 million, with a partner share of 4.88 percent.

Zambia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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$ 1,984,878.55 million.
  2. Zambia exported Copper unrefined, copper anodes for electrolyti , worth US$ 1,802,871.40 million.
  3. Zambia exported Refined copper products, unwrought, nes , worth US$ 500,600.67 million.
  4. Zambia exported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 244,982.28 million.
  5. Zambia exported Maize (excl. seed) , worth US$ 160,948.91 million.

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

  1. Zambia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 788,611.09 million.
  2. Zambia imported Copper ores and concentrates , worth US$ 560,289.02 million.
  3. Zambia imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 523,911.60 million.
  4. Zambia imported Electrical energy , worth US$ 327,265.96 million.
  5. Zambia imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 277,723.47 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by Zambia in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 14.72 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.22 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,314,915.11 and duty free tariff line items share was 43.40 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of Zambia in 2016 are below

  • Zambia GDP in current US dollar was 20,958 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,340.00 .
  • Zambia Trade balance: as % of GDP was -3.31.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -694.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 73.96 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.87 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Zambia in 2016 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.15.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.96.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.38 and Zambia Country Growth was 0.01 .