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Zambia Trade Summary

2019

Zambia exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ZAMBIA 2019

Overall Exports and Imports for Zambia 2019

Exports and imports of Zambia in 2019 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 7,039 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 7,173 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,893 products were exported to 121 countries and 3,919 products were imported from 189 countries.

Zambia top 5 Export and Import partners 2019

Top five countries to which Zambia exported in 2019 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Zambia exports to Switzerland worth US$ 2,896 million, with a partner share of 41.14 percent.
  2. Zambia exports to China worth US$ 1,504 million, with a partner share of 21.37 percent.
  3. Zambia exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 913 million, with a partner share of 12.97 percent.
  4. Zambia exports to Singapore worth US$ 589 million, with a partner share of 8.37 percent.
  5. Zambia exports to South Africa worth US$ 298 million, with a partner share of 4.24 percent.

Top five countries from which Zambia imported goods in 2019 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Zambia imports from South Africa worth US$ 2,224 million, with a partner share of 31.00 percent.
  2. Zambia imports from China worth US$ 1,019 million, with a partner share of 14.20 percent.
  3. Zambia imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 745 million, with a partner share of 10.38 percent.
  4. Zambia imports from India worth US$ 348 million, with a partner share of 4.85 percent.
  5. Zambia imports from Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 231 million, with a partner share of 3.22 percent.

Zambia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2019

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

  1. Zambia exported Copper unrefined, copper anodes for electrolyti , worth US$ 3,766,275.75 million.
  2. Zambia exported Copper cathodes and sections of cathodes unwrou , worth US$ 1,115,494.67 million.
  3. Zambia exported Sulphuric acid; oleum , worth US$ 147,336.20 million.
  4. Zambia exported Rubies, sapphires and emeralds further worked t , worth US$ 142,059.68 million.
  5. Zambia exported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth US$ 93,244.50 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$ 700,542.10 million.
  2. Zambia imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 504,084.51 million.
  3. Zambia imported Copper ores and concentrates , worth US$ 153,790.67 million.
  4. Zambia imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 137,659.66 million.
  5. Zambia imported Crude or unrefined sulphur , worth US$ 135,462.70 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2019

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2019 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2019

Tariffs imposed by Zambia in 2019 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 2019

Key Development Indicators of Zambia in 2019 are below

  • Zambia GDP in current US dollar was 23,309 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,390.00 .
  • Zambia Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.48.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 112.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 68.79 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.92 .

Trade Indicators 2019

Trade Indicators for Zambia in 2019 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.19.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.03.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.73 and Zambia Country Growth was -5.88 .