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Zambia Trade

Latest trade data available from various sources.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Zambia

Overall Exports and Imports for Zambia 2021

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

Top 5 Products exports 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:

  • Zambia exported Copper unrefined, copper anodes for electrolyti , worth US$ 5,608,812.43 million.
  • Zambia exported Copper cathodes and sections of cathodes unwrou , worth US$ 1,832,856.01 million.
  • Zambia exported Electrical energy , worth US$ 130,929.09 million.
  • Zambia exported Ferro-silico-manganese , worth US$ 107,130.41 million.
  • 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

  • Zambia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 537,578.99 million.
  • Zambia imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 204,115.20 million.
  • Zambia imported Copper ores and concentrates , worth US$ 196,329.14 million.
  • Zambia imported Urea , worth US$ 124,887.75 million.
  • Zambia imported Crude or unrefined sulphur , worth US$ 98,692.15 million.

Zambia top 5 Export and Import partners 2021

The top five countries to which Zambia exported 2021 along with the partner share in percentage are:

  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.

The top five countries to which Zambia imported goods 2021 along with the share in percentage are

  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 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.


Tariff and Trade Barriers

Tariffs 2021

Tariffs imposed by Zambia in 2021 are below.

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

Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI) 2009

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  • Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - Applied Tariff for the year 2009 is 0.05.
  • Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index - MFN Tariff for the year 2009 is 0.12.

Non-Tariff Measures (NTM)

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  • No Of NTM Measures is not available.
  • No Of NTM Affected Products (HS 6 Digit) is not available.

Temporary Trade Barriers Database (TTDB) .

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  • Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Simple Average for the year is not available.
  • Temporary Trade Barriers in Effect - Weighted Average for the year is not available.

Zambia World Development Indicators (WDI) 2021

Key Development Indicators of Zambia in 2021 are below

WDI

Zambia Doing Business 2019

  • The ease of doing business rank for Zambia is 85.
  • The trade across border rank is 155.
Doing Business

Zambia Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA), 2018

  • The CPIA Trade Ratings for 2018 is 4.
CPIA

ZambiaLogistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016

  • The LPI score for Zambia in 2016 is 2.43.
  • The LPI rank is 114.
LPI

Zambia Services Service Policy Restrictive Database (SPRD)

  • Services Trade Restrictions Index (Over All) for Zambia is 21.
SPRD