Zimbabwe | Imports and Exports | World | Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
The value of exports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" from Zimbabwe totalled $ 922 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 25 from Zimbabwe went up by 663% compared to 2022: exports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" went up by $ 801 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 25 from Zimbabwe amounted $120 million in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" amounted to 12.7% of total exports from Zimbabwe (cumulative merchandise exports from Zimbabwe totalled $ 7.22 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 25 in total exports from Zimbabwe increased by 10.9 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 1.83% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Zimbabwe were equal to $ 6.58 billion).
Where does Zimbabwe export Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement?
Top export destinations of "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" from Zimbabwe in 2023:
- China with a share of 51% (478 million US$)
- Mozambique with a share of 19% (176 million US$)
- South Africa with a share of 12.9% (119 million US$)
- Hong Kong with a share of 12.8% (118 million US$)
- Italy with a share of 1.54% (14.2 million US$)
- Areas, nes - 5.44 million US$
- Zambia - 4.48 million US$
- Spain - 2.33 million US$
- Switzerland - 1.16 million US$
- Malawi - 475 thousand US$
Exports structure of 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement - from Zimbabwe in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 95% (881 million US$): 2530 - Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included.
- 3.33% (30 million US$): 2516 - Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
- 0.468% (4.32 million US$): 2520 - Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders
- 0.312% (2.88 million US$): 2501 - Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water
- 0.12% (1.11 million US$): 2503 - Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur.
- 0.082% (758 thousand US$): 2519 - Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure
- 0.02% (187 thousand US$): 2521 - Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement
- 0.009% (91 thousand US$): 2529 - Feldspar; leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite; fluorspar
- 0.004% (40 thousand US$): 2506 - Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
- 0.003% (30 thousand US$): 2513 - Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat-treated
The value of imports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" to Zimbabwe totalled $ 110 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 25 to Zimbabwe went up by 21% compared to 2022: imports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" went up by $ 19.1 million (the value of imports of commodity group 25 to Zimbabwe was equal to $90 million in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 25 "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement" accounted for 1.19% of total import flow to Zimbabwe (in 2023, total imports to Zimbabwe amounted to $ 9.2 billion). The share of commodity group 25 in total imports to Zimbabwe increased by 0.139 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 1.05% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Zimbabwe were equal to $ 8.59 billion).
Where does Zimbabwe import Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement from?
Top trading partners (import of "Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement") of Zimbabwe in 2023:
- Zambia with a share of 62% (69 million US$)
- South Africa with a share of 19.1% (21 million US$)
- Botswana with a share of 11% (12.1 million US$)
- India with a share of 1.62% (1.78 million US$)
- Brazil with a share of 1.58% (1.75 million US$)
- China with a share of 1.52% (1.67 million US$)
- Namibia - 878 thousand US$
- Mauritius - 553 thousand US$
- Australia - 350 thousand US$
- Mozambique - 179 thousand US$
Imports structure of 25 - Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement - to Zimbabwe in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 53% (59 million US$): 2523 - Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
- 17.4% (19.2 million US$): 2522 - Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 28.25.
- 16.7% (18.4 million US$): 2501 - Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water
- 3.36% (3.7 million US$): 2524 - Asbestos
- 3.27% (3.6 million US$): 2520 - Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders
- 1.7% (1.87 million US$): 2521 - Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement
- 0.781% (860 thousand US$): 2512 - Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less
- 0.55% (606 thousand US$): 2530 - Mineral substances not elsewhere specified or included.
- 0.512% (564 thousand US$): 2503 - Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur.
- 0.478% (527 thousand US$): 2507 - Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined
