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Zambia: what it imports and exports

The top 20 imported and exported products of Zambia at HS4 level, from official CEPII BACI statistics. Open a product to see its world market.

Goods imports, 2024USD 11.9 billionGrowth +9.4% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:ZM:TOTAL:1:2024.
Goods exports, 2024USD 14.5 billionGrowth −6.9% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:ZM:TOTAL:2:2024.
HS4 products imported1,195Products with a recorded import flow in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI.
Trade companies in the directory60Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G), counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top 20 imported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
12710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crudeUSD 2.1 billion+18.9%BACI:ZM:2710:1:2024
28704 Vehicles: for the transport of goodsUSD 474.3 million−16.7%BACI:ZM:8704:1:2024
33102 Fertilizers: mineral or chemicalUSD 383.8 million−19.9%BACI:ZM:3102:1:2024
43105 Fertilizers: mineral or chemicalUSD 320.8 million+37.6%BACI:ZM:3105:1:2024
58474 Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washingUSD 310.1 million+139.9%BACI:ZM:8474:1:2024
62716 Electrical energyUSD 251.1 million+2,184.8%BACI:ZM:2716:1:2024
78701 TractorsUSD 240.1 million−15.7%BACI:ZM:8701:1:2024
88703 Motor cars and other motor vehiclesUSD 219.2 million−15.6%BACI:ZM:8703:1:2024
93004 MedicamentsUSD 211.6 million+24.7%BACI:ZM:3004:1:2024
108429 Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozersUSD 197.0 million+7.6%BACI:ZM:8429:1:2024
114011 New pneumatic tyres, of rubberUSD 191.8 million+12.3%BACI:ZM:4011:1:2024
128431 Machinery partsUSD 175.0 million+0.8%BACI:ZM:8431:1:2024
130303 Fish: frozenUSD 162.7 million+1.1%BACI:ZM:0303:1:2024
142603 Copper ores and concentratesUSD 148.2 million+45.3%BACI:ZM:2603:1:2024
158413 Pumps: for liquidsUSD 146.4 million+46.6%BACI:ZM:8413:1:2024
163901 Polymers of ethylene, in primary formsUSD 129.9 million+13.0%BACI:ZM:3901:1:2024
171507 Soya-bean oil and its fractionsUSD 111.7 million+361.0%BACI:ZM:1507:1:2024
181001 Wheat and meslinUSD 111.4 million+213.1%BACI:ZM:1001:1:2024
198716 Trailers and semi-trailersUSD 107.1 million−28.9%BACI:ZM:8716:1:2024
207308 Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof, platesUSD 101.6 million+72.9%BACI:ZM:7308:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Top 20 exported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
17402 Copper: unrefinedUSD 7.4 billion+7.0%BACI:ZM:7402:2:2024
27403 Copper: refined and copper alloysUSD 2.4 billion−6.8%BACI:ZM:7403:2:2024
32604 Nickel ores and concentratesUSD 723.4 million+240.7%BACI:ZM:2604:2:2024
42401 Tobacco, unmanufacturedUSD 351.2 million+21.0%BACI:ZM:2401:2:2024
57103 Precious: workedUSD 331.3 million+63.4%BACI:ZM:7103:2:2024
62716 Electrical energyUSD 249.7 million−24.2%BACI:ZM:2716:2:2024
72523 Portland cement, aluminous cementUSD 163.8 million+5.4%BACI:ZM:2523:2:2024
82202 Waters, including mineral and aerated watersUSD 139.8 million−0.7%BACI:ZM:2202:2:2024
97202 Ferro-alloysUSD 137.5 million−3.9%BACI:ZM:7202:2:2024
107104 Stones: synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-preciousUSD 119.3 million+57,068.9%BACI:ZM:7104:2:2024
117108 GoldUSD 111.9 million−94.2%BACI:ZM:7108:2:2024
122503 Sulphur of all kindsUSD 111.5 million−60.8%BACI:ZM:2503:2:2024
132603 Copper ores and concentratesUSD 95.4 million+30.6%BACI:ZM:2603:2:2024
143105 Fertilizers: mineral or chemicalUSD 90.2 million+84.1%BACI:ZM:3105:2:2024
153402 Organic surface-active agentsUSD 86.4 million−15.7%BACI:ZM:3402:2:2024
166815 Stone or other mineral substances: articles thereofUSD 84.8 million+2,717.7%BACI:ZM:6815:2:2024
172822 Cobalt oxides and hydroxidesUSD 82.0 million+67.7%BACI:ZM:2822:2:2024
187408 Copper wireUSD 79.2 million+24.8%BACI:ZM:7408:2:2024
192608 Zinc ores and concentratesUSD 78.7 million+5.9%BACI:ZM:2608:2:2024
201701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucroseUSD 71.6 million−50.4%BACI:ZM:1701:2:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-22. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of Zambia with all partners, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; growth compares 2024 with 2023.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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