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Zambia: trade by HS code

  • US$14.5bnExports 2024
  • US$11.9bnImports 2024
  • 2,778HS6 · Exports

In 2024, exports from Zambia came to US$14.5bn and imports to US$11.9bn.

Its largest customer was Switzerland and its largest supplier South Africa.

Top exports

  1. 7402.00Unrefined copper; copper anodes for electrolytic refiningUS$7.4bn
  2. 7403.11Cathodes and sections of cathodesUS$2.3bn
  3. 2604.00Nickel ores and concentratesUS$723.4m
  4. 2401.20Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/strippedUS$296.3m
  5. 2716.00Electrical energyUS$249.7m
  6. 7103.91Rubies, sapphires and emeraldsUS$228.4m
  7. 2523.29Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement: portland cement, otherUS$143.5m
  8. 2202.10Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavouredUS$124.2m
  9. 7104.99Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious: other, otherUS$119.1m
  10. 7202.30Ferro-alloys, ferro-silico-manganeseUS$112.1m
  11. 2503.00Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphurUS$111.5m
  12. 7108.13Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in: non-monetary, other semi-manufactured formsUS$106.4m
  13. 2603.00Copper ores and concentratesUS$95.4m
  14. 7103.10Unworked or simply sawn or roughly shapedUS$93.6m
  15. 6815.99Articles of stone or of other mineral substances: other articles, otherUS$84.8m
  16. 2822.00Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxidesUS$82m
  17. 3105.20Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the three fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassiumUS$80.5m
  18. 3402.50Preparations put up for retail saleUS$80.5m
  19. 2608.00Zinc ores and concentratesUS$78.7m
  20. 7408.11Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mmUS$78m

Top imports

  1. 2716.00Electrical energyUS$251.1m
  2. 8704.10Dumpers designed for off-highway useUS$231.3m
  3. 8701.21With only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel)US$203.2m
  4. 3102.10Urea, whether or not in aqueous solutionUS$183.4m
  5. 3004.90Medicaments: otherUS$179.4m
  6. 2603.00Copper ores and concentratesUS$148.2m
  7. 0303.55Jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)US$140.3m
  8. 4011.80Of a kind used on construction, mining or industrial handling vehicles and machinesUS$135m
  9. 8704.21Of a gross vehicle weight not exceeding 5 tonnesUS$129m
  10. 3105.90Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of: otherUS$120m
  11. 8431.49Of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 or 8430: otherUS$114.9m
  12. 3105.40Ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)US$111.5m
  13. 1507.10Crude oil, whether or not degummedUS$110.8m
  14. 8474.90Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing: partsUS$108.9m
  15. 2608.00Zinc ores and concentratesUS$97.7m
  16. 3102.30Ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solutionUS$94.4m
  17. 2503.00Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphurUS$91.7m
  18. 7308.90Structures: otherUS$83.3m
  19. 8703.23Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1500 cm3 but not exceeding 3000 cm3US$78.6m
  20. 8474.20Crushing or grinding machinesUS$77.2m

Main buyers from Zambia

  1. Switzerland US$4.8bn
  2. China US$2.8bn
  3. India US$1.8bn
  4. Congo - Kinshasa US$1.1bn
  5. South Africa US$479.4m
  6. United Arab Emirates US$393.9m
  7. Zimbabwe US$285.7m
  8. Singapore US$263.8m
  9. Canada US$255.7m
  10. Tanzania US$181.6m

Main suppliers of Zambia

  1. South Africa US$2.6bn
  2. China US$1.6bn
  3. Japan US$408.2m
  4. India US$340.3m
  5. Congo - Kinshasa US$315.6m
  6. United States US$218.1m
  7. United Arab Emirates US$213.6m
  8. Mozambique US$178.2m
  9. Zimbabwe US$142.2m
  10. Germany US$124.8m

Questions and answers

What does Zambia export most?

In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was unrefined copper; copper anodes for electrolytic refining (HS 7402.00), worth US$7.4bn.