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Zimbabwe Trade Summary

2008

Zimbabwe exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR ZIMBABWE 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Zimbabwe 2008

Exports and imports of Zimbabwe in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,166 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,920 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,522 products were exported to 123 countries and 3,827 products were imported from 133 countries.

Zimbabwe top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Zimbabwe exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Zimbabwe exports to South Africa worth US$ 427 million, with a partner share of 36.65 percent.
  2. Zimbabwe exports to Netherlands worth US$ 169 million, with a partner share of 14.49 percent.
  3. Zimbabwe exports to Botswana worth US$ 138 million, with a partner share of 11.83 percent.
  4. Zimbabwe exports to Malawi worth US$ 90 million, with a partner share of 7.69 percent.
  5. Zimbabwe exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 49 million, with a partner share of 4.19 percent.

Top five countries from which Zimbabwe imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Zimbabwe imports from South Africa worth US$ 1,072 million, with a partner share of 55.84 percent.
  2. Zimbabwe imports from Botswana worth US$ 181 million, with a partner share of 9.45 percent.
  3. Zimbabwe imports from China worth US$ 117 million, with a partner share of 6.10 percent.
  4. Zimbabwe imports from United States worth US$ 85 million, with a partner share of 4.45 percent.
  5. Zimbabwe imports from Mozambique worth US$ 66 million, with a partner share of 3.43 percent.

Zimbabwe Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Zimbabwe exported Fresh cut flowers and buds , worth 148,378.37 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Zimbabwe exported Nickel mattes , worth 98,149.34 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Zimbabwe exported Nickel ores and concentrates , worth 75,190.87 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Zimbabwe exported Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped , worth 67,320.57 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Zimbabwe exported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth 55,138.61 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Zimbabwe imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 203,741.67 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Zimbabwe imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 112,832.29 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Zimbabwe imported Nickel mattes , worth 86,460.75 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Zimbabwe imported Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding , worth 83,652.66 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Zimbabwe imported Wheeled tractors nes , worth 50,381.44 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Zimbabwe in 2008 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 2008

Key Development Indicators of Zimbabwe in 2008 are below

  • Zimbabwe GDP in current US dollar was 4,416 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 130.00 .
  • Zimbabwe Trade balance: as % of GDP was -26.59.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,174.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 109.52 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was not available .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Zimbabwe in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.13.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.98.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Zimbabwe Country Growth was -3.28 .