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Zambia Trade Summary

2022

Zambia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ZAMBIA 2022

Overall Exports and Imports for Zambia 2022

Exports and imports of Zambia in 2022 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 11,643 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 9,004 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,020 products were exported to 116 countries and 3,877 products were imported from 191 countries.

Zambia top 5 Export and Import partners 2022

Top five countries to which Zambia exported in 2022 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Zambia exports to Switzerland worth US$ 4,487 million, with a partner share of 38.54 percent.
  2. Zambia exports to China worth US$ 2,407 million, with a partner share of 20.67 percent.
  3. Zambia exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 1,589 million, with a partner share of 13.64 percent.
  4. Zambia exports to Singapore worth US$ 1,228 million, with a partner share of 10.54 percent.
  5. Zambia exports to South Africa worth US$ 268 million, with a partner share of 2.30 percent.

Top five countries from which Zambia imported goods in 2022 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Zambia imports from South Africa worth US$ 2,705 million, with a partner share of 30.04 percent.
  2. Zambia imports from China worth US$ 1,387 million, with a partner share of 15.41 percent.
  3. Zambia imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 684 million, with a partner share of 7.60 percent.
  4. Zambia imports from Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 658 million, with a partner share of 7.30 percent.
  5. Zambia imports from India worth US$ 589 million, with a partner share of 6.54 percent.

Zambia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2022

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 6,131,039.30 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Zambia exported Copper cathodes and sections of cathodes unwrou , worth 1,715,965.28 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Zambia exported Crude or unrefined sulphur , worth 302,313.29 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Zambia exported Electrical energy , worth 300,120.57 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Zambia exported Ferro-silico-manganese , worth 171,640.08 (US$ Thousands).

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 479,637.02 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Zambia imported Crude or unrefined sulphur , worth 390,269.20 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Zambia imported Copper ores and concentrates , worth 374,207.95 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Zambia imported Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt , worth 250,973.97 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Zambia imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 227,842.09 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2022

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2022 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2022

Tariffs imposed by Zambia in 2022 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 60.97 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.56 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.41 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 5,074,678.58 and duty free tariff line items share was 37.06 percent.

Development Indicators 2022

Key Development Indicators of Zambia in 2022 are below

  • Zambia GDP in current US dollar was 29,784 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,170.00 .
  • Zambia Trade balance: as % of GDP was 11.28.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 3,358.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 65.59 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.43 .

Trade Indicators 2022

Trade Indicators for Zambia in 2022 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.29.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.14.
  • World Growth in percentage was 5.18 and Zambia Country Growth was 15.98 .