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Zambia Trade Summary

2023

Zambia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ZAMBIA 2023

Overall Exports and Imports for Zambia 2023

Exports and imports of Zambia in 2023 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 10,431 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 10,125 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,971 products were exported to 118 countries and 3,873 products were imported from 193 countries.

Zambia top 5 Export and Import partners 2023

Top five countries to which Zambia exported in 2023 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Zambia exports to Switzerland worth US$ 4,321 million, with a partner share of 41.42 percent.
  2. Zambia exports to China worth US$ 1,851 million, with a partner share of 17.74 percent.
  3. Zambia exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 1,603 million, with a partner share of 15.37 percent.
  4. Zambia exports to Singapore worth US$ 562 million, with a partner share of 5.39 percent.
  5. Zambia exports to South Africa worth US$ 391 million, with a partner share of 3.75 percent.

Top five countries from which Zambia imported goods in 2023 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Zambia imports from South Africa worth US$ 2,609 million, with a partner share of 25.77 percent.
  2. Zambia imports from China worth US$ 1,639 million, with a partner share of 16.19 percent.
  3. Zambia imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 830 million, with a partner share of 8.20 percent.
  4. Zambia imports from India worth US$ 568 million, with a partner share of 5.61 percent.
  5. Zambia imports from Japan worth US$ 540 million, with a partner share of 5.33 percent.

Zambia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2023

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 5,030,931.52 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Zambia exported Copper cathodes and sections of cathodes unwrou , worth 1,552,586.11 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Zambia exported Electrical energy , worth 397,248.38 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Zambia exported Crude or unrefined sulphur , worth 284,498.06 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Zambia exported Dump trucks designed for off-highway use , worth 153,309.38 (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 1,801,861.24 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Zambia imported Crude or unrefined sulphur , worth 340,512.81 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Zambia imported Dump trucks designed for off-highway use , worth 312,342.41 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Zambia imported Road tractors for semi-trailers (truck tractors , worth 262,983.97 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Zambia imported Urea , worth 219,488.49 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2023

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2023 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2023

Tariffs imposed by Zambia in 2023 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 2,434.80 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 17.46 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 55.75 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,785,595.45 and duty free tariff line items share was 36.45 percent.

Development Indicators 2023

Key Development Indicators of Zambia in 2023 are below

  • Zambia GDP in current US dollar was 27,578 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,290.00 .
  • Zambia Trade balance: as % of GDP was 3.45.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 952.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 78.24 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.57 .

Trade Indicators 2023

Trade Indicators for Zambia in 2023 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.20.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.14.
  • World Growth in percentage was -3.13 and Zambia Country Growth was 0.73 .