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Zambia Trade Summary

2021

Zambia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ZAMBIA 2021

Overall Exports and Imports for Zambia 2021

Exports and imports of Zambia in 2021 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 10,101 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 6,435 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,953 products were exported to 119 countries and 3,843 products were imported from 180 countries.

Zambia top 5 Export and Import partners 2021

Top five countries to which Zambia exported in 2021 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Zambia exports to Switzerland worth US$ 4,249 million, with a partner share of 42.07 percent.
  2. Zambia exports to China worth US$ 1,911 million, with a partner share of 18.92 percent.
  3. Zambia exports to Singapore worth US$ 1,367 million, with a partner share of 13.53 percent.
  4. Zambia exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 982 million, with a partner share of 9.72 percent.
  5. Zambia exports to South Africa worth US$ 262 million, with a partner share of 2.60 percent.

Top five countries from which Zambia imported goods in 2021 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Zambia imports from South Africa worth US$ 2,015 million, with a partner share of 31.31 percent.
  2. Zambia imports from China worth US$ 811 million, with a partner share of 12.60 percent.
  3. Zambia imports from India worth US$ 403 million, with a partner share of 6.26 percent.
  4. Zambia imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 364 million, with a partner share of 5.65 percent.
  5. Zambia imports from Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 298 million, with a partner share of 4.63 percent.

Zambia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2021

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$ 5,608,812.43 million.
  2. Zambia exported Copper cathodes and sections of cathodes unwrou , worth US$ 1,832,856.01 million.
  3. Zambia exported Electrical energy , worth US$ 130,929.09 million.
  4. Zambia exported Ferro-silico-manganese , worth US$ 107,130.41 million.
  5. Zambia exported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth US$ 106,504.01 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$ 537,578.99 million.
  2. Zambia imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 204,115.20 million.
  3. Zambia imported Copper ores and concentrates , worth US$ 196,329.14 million.
  4. Zambia imported Urea , worth US$ 124,887.75 million.
  5. Zambia imported Crude or unrefined sulphur , worth US$ 98,692.15 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2021

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2021 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2021

Tariffs imposed by Zambia in 2021 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 40 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.66 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.81 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,302,796.36 and duty free tariff line items share was 36.60 percent.

Development Indicators 2021

Key Development Indicators of Zambia in 2021 are below

  • Zambia GDP in current US dollar was 22,148 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,030.00 .
  • Zambia Trade balance: as % of GDP was 18.16.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 4,023.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 85.99 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.26 .

Trade Indicators 2021

Trade Indicators for Zambia in 2021 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.23.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.17.
  • World Growth in percentage was 12.59 and Zambia Country Growth was 12.09 .