Zambia | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2009 - 2020

Exports structure from Zambia in 2020 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 73% (5.82 billion US$): 74 - Copper and articles thereof
• 3.19% (253 million US$): 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
• 3.18% (252 million US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 1.95% (155 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
• 1.7% (135 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 1.47% (116 million US$): 17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery
• 1.44% (114 million US$): 24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• 1.28% (101 million US$): 28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
• 1.19% (94 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 1.15% (91 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

What did Zambia export in 2020?

Zambia's Top Exports in 2020:

• 53% ($4.25 billion): 7402 - Unrefined copper; copper anodes for electrolytic refining
• 18.2% ($1.44 billion): 7403 - Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought.
• 2.44% ($193 million): 2603 - Copper ores and concentrates
• 1.58% ($125 million): 2523 - Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
• 1.56% ($124 million): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)
• 1.38% ($110 million): 2401 - Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse
• 1.17% ($93 million): 2807 - Sulphuric acid; oleum
• 1.1% ($87 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
• 1.08% ($86 million): 2202 - Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 20.09.
• 0.878% ($69 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form

Imports structure to Zambia in 2020 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 14.5% (766 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 9.37% (495 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 8.52% (450 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 7.72% (408 million US$): 31 - Fertilizers
• 5.41% (286 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 5.07% (268 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 5.03% (266 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 4.65% (246 million US$): 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products
• 3.02% (159 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 2.68% (141 million US$): 73 - Articles of iron or steel

What did Zambia import in 2020?

Zambia's Top Imports in 2020:

• 4.56% ($241 million): 3105 - Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this Chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg
• 4.27% ($225 million): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
• 4.02% ($212 million): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 3.97% ($209 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 2.97% ($157 million): 3102 - Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous
• 2.47% ($130 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
• 1.77% ($93 million): 8701 - Tractors (other than tractors of heading 87.09)
• 1.66% ($87 million): 4011 - New pneumatic tyres, of rubber
• 1.66% ($87 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 1.52% ($80 million): 0303 - Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04.