Zimbabwe | Imports and Exports | World | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
The value of exports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" from Zimbabwe totalled $ 5.35 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 90 from Zimbabwe went up by 82% compared to 2022: exports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" went up by $ 2.42 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 90 from Zimbabwe amounted $2.92 million in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" amounted to 0.074% of total exports from Zimbabwe (cumulative merchandise exports from Zimbabwe totalled $ 7.22 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 90 in total exports from Zimbabwe increased by 0.029 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.044% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Zimbabwe were equal to $ 6.58 billion).
Where does Zimbabwe export Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof?
Top export destinations of "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" from Zimbabwe in 2023:
- South Africa with a share of 27% (1.47 million US$)
- United Arab Emirates with a share of 18.2% (977 thousand US$)
- Areas, nes with a share of 17.8% (954 thousand US$)
- Zambia with a share of 16.9% (905 thousand US$)
- Germany with a share of 7.25% (388 thousand US$)
- USA with a share of 4.07% (218 thousand US$)
- Saudi Arabia with a share of 3.84% (205 thousand US$)
- Brunei with a share of 1.42% (76 thousand US$)
- Namibia - 52 thousand US$
- Canada - 32 thousand US$
Exports structure of 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof - from Zimbabwe in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 62% (3.36 million US$): 9015 - Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
- 10.4% (560 thousand US$): 9031 - Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors
- 10.3% (553 thousand US$): 9027 - Instruments and apparatus; for physical or chemical analysis (e.g. polarimeters, spectrometers), for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, etc, for measuring quantities of heat, sound or light
- 2.87% (153 thousand US$): 9016 - Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights
- 2.67% (142 thousand US$): 9026 - Instruments, apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure of liquids, gases (e.g. flow meters, heat meters etc), not instruments and apparatus of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032
- 2.18% (116 thousand US$): 9030 - Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 90.28; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations.
- 1.7% (91 thousand US$): 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments
- 1.61% (86 thousand US$): 9001 - Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 85.44; sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked
- 1.49% (79 thousand US$): 9032 - Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
- 1.3% (69 thousand US$): 9022 - X-ray, alpha, beta, gamma radiation apparatus; x-ray tubes, x-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like
The value of imports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" to Zimbabwe totalled $ 109 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 90 to Zimbabwe went up by 10.1% compared to 2022: imports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" went up by $ 10.1 million (the value of imports of commodity group 90 to Zimbabwe was equal to $99 million in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" 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 90 in total imports to Zimbabwe increased by 0.034 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 1.16% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Zimbabwe were equal to $ 8.59 billion).
Where does Zimbabwe import Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof from?
Top trading partners (import of "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof") of Zimbabwe in 2023:
- South Africa with a share of 37% (41 million US$)
- China with a share of 15% (16.5 million US$)
- Italy with a share of 8.36% (9.2 million US$)
- Egypt with a share of 7.84% (8.63 million US$)
- Hong Kong with a share of 6.09% (6.7 million US$)
- Netherlands with a share of 3.98% (4.37 million US$)
- Germany with a share of 3.56% (3.92 million US$)
- India with a share of 3.33% (3.66 million US$)
- USA with a share of 2.53% (2.79 million US$)
- United Arab Emirates with a share of 1.47% (1.62 million US$)
Imports structure of 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof - to Zimbabwe in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 21% (23 million US$): 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments
- 16.1% (17.7 million US$): 9028 - Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
- 13.3% (14.6 million US$): 9027 - Instruments and apparatus; for physical or chemical analysis (e.g. polarimeters, spectrometers), for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, etc, for measuring quantities of heat, sound or light
- 6.9% (7.59 million US$): 9022 - X-ray, alpha, beta, gamma radiation apparatus; x-ray tubes, x-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like
- 6.89% (7.58 million US$): 9030 - Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 90.28; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations.
- 6.28% (6.91 million US$): 9031 - Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors
- 5.38% (5.92 million US$): 9032 - Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
- 4.44% (4.88 million US$): 9015 - Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
- 4.26% (4.69 million US$): 9026 - Instruments, apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure of liquids, gases (e.g. flow meters, heat meters etc), not instruments and apparatus of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032
- 3.88% (4.26 million US$): 9019 - Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
