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Zambia

All products

Applied tariffs

Simple average MFN applied 2023
* 14.6 %
Trade-weighted MFN average 2023
* 11.1 %
Share of MFN duty-free 2023
24.3 %

Source of data: WTO IDB, UN Comtrade

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Bound tariffs

Simple average bound
106.7 %
Binding coverage
17.5 %
Share of bound duty-free
0.0 %

Source of data: CTS

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Imports

Total imports: 11,194.5 million USD in 2024

Imports by partner

South Africa
25.7 % 2,876.7 million USD
China
17.0 % 1,901.8 million USD
European Union
6.0 % 673.4 million USD
United Arab Emirates
5.4 % 605.8 million USD
India
5.1 % 566.8 million USD
Singapore
4.4 % 495.7 million USD
Tanzania
4.4 % 487.9 million USD
Japan
4.3 % 478.5 million USD
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
2.9 % 322.6 million USD
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2.8 % 315.7 million USD
Rest of the World
22.1 % 2,469.7 million USD

Source of data: Trade Data Monitor

Imports by products HS 2022

271019 Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
14.0 % 1,571.9 million USD
271012 Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210°C "ASTM D 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel)
5.0 % 561.4 million USD
271600 Electrical energy
2.8 % 312.9 million USD
870410 Dumpers for off-highway use
2.0 % 222.3 million USD
870121 Road tractors for semi-trailers, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel"
1.8 % 197.6 million USD
300490 Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steroids used as hormones, alkaloids, provitamins, vitamins, their derivatives, antimalarial active principles and blinded clinical trial kits)
1.7 % 195.1 million USD
310210 Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution (excl. that in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10 kg)
1.4 % 157.7 million USD
260300 Copper ores and concentrates
1.3 % 147.1 million USD
870421 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel", of a gross vehicle weight <= 5 t (excl. dumpers for off-highway use of subheading 8704.10 and special purpose motor vehicles of heading 8705)
1.3 % 144.0 million USD
030355 Frozen jack and horse mackerel "Trachurus spp."
1.3 % 142.0 million USD
Rest of the products
67.4 % 7,542.6 million USD

Source of data: Trade Data Monitor

Exports

Total exports: 11,198.1 million USD in 2024

Exports by destination

Switzerland
42.5 % 4,761.0 million USD
China
20.9 % 2,338.0 million USD
Democratic Republic of the Congo
10.7 % 1,199.1 million USD
South Africa
4.2 % 470.5 million USD
United Arab Emirates
3.5 % 386.5 million USD
Zimbabwe
3.3 % 371.9 million USD
Canada
2.3 % 257.1 million USD
Singapore
2.0 % 222.9 million USD
Tanzania
1.7 % 189.4 million USD
Namibia
1.2 % 138.5 million USD
Rest of the World
7.7 % 863.2 million USD

Source of data: Trade Data Monitor

Exports by products HS 2022

740200 Copper, unrefined; copper anodes for electrolytic refining
51.9 % 5,808.3 million USD
740311 Copper, refined, in the form of cathodes and sections of cathodes
14.6 % 1,635.7 million USD
260400 Nickel ores and concentrates
2.9 % 323.4 million USD
271600 Electrical energy
2.4 % 267.8 million USD
252329 Portland cement (excl. white, whether or not artificially coloured)
1.3 % 143.3 million USD
240120 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed or stripped, otherwise unmanufactured
1.3 % 140.8 million USD
220210 Waters, incl. mineral and aerated, with added sugar, sweetener or flavour, for direct consumption as a beverage
1.2 % 129.8 million USD
710499 Precious and semi-precious stones, synthetic or reconstructed, worked, whether or not graded but not strung, mounted or set, ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport (excl. stones simply sawn or roughly shaped, piezoelectric quartz and diamonds)
1.1 % 118.4 million USD
260800 Zinc ores and concentrates
1.0 % 112.9 million USD
250300 Sulphur of all kinds (excl. sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur)
1.0 % 111.5 million USD
Rest of the products
21.5 % 2,406.3 million USD

Source of data: Trade Data Monitor

Preferential regimes provided by Zambia

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Zambia as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes

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