Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Zambia
Zambia
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
18 529 1 240 1.5 na na
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
91 67 132 106
Imports
123 98 127 101
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 7 819 5 323
2010-2020 1 0
2020 0.04
Share in world total imports (%)
Share in world total exports (%)
2019 -22 -24
2020 11 -26 2020 0.03
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 8.6
Fuels and mining products: 74.5
Agricultural products: 7.9
Fuels and mining products: 22.5
Manufactures: 15.5
Other: 1.3
Manufactures: 69.2
Other: 0.5
By main destination, % (2020)
By main origin, % (2020)
Switzerland: 44.3 Dem. Rep. of the Congo: 12.4 South Africa: 2.6
China: 18.7 Singapore: 11.6 Other: 10.4
South Africa: 33.2 United Arab Emirates: 8.8 India: 5.4
China: 16.8 European Union: 8 Other: 27.8
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2401 HS1701 HS2202 HS1005 HS2304
2020 . 112 86 84 39 34
Unmanufactured tobacco Cane or beet sugar Waters containing added sugar Maize (corn) Solid residues from soya-bean oil
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1511 HS1507 HS0207 HS2203 HS1006
2020
Palm oil and its fractions Soya-bean oil and its fractions Meat and edible offal of poultry Beer made from malt Rice
54 36 22 22 20
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
Imports
10%
20%
0%
HS2401
HS1511
HS1701
HS1507
HS2202
HS0207
HS1005
HS2203
HS2304
HS1006
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 630 393
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 2 4
2019 -7 4
2020 8 -8
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS7402 HS7403 HS2603 HS2523 HS2716
2020
Unrefined copper Refined copper and copper alloys Copper ores and concentrates Portland cement, aluminous cement Electrical energy
4 205 1 418 183 124 112
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS3105 HS2709 HS2710 HS3004 HS3102
2020
Mineral or chemical fertilisers Petroleum oils, crude Petroleum oils, other than crude Medicaments in measured doses Nitrogenous fertilisers
243 236 227 205 158
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
396
20%
40%
Imports 60%
80%
0%
HS7402
HS3105
HS7403
HS2709
HS2603
HS2710
HS2523
HS3004
HS2716
HS3102
2%
4%
6%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 7 172 4 915
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 2 0
2019 -23 -25
2020 11 -28
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Zambia TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
554 1 150 2020 0.01
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
6 -9
-45 -22
0 3
2020 0.03
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 8.3 Other commercial services: 17.3
Travel: 74.3 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 56.8 Other commercial services: 20.2
By main destination
Travel: 20.3 Goods-related services: 2.7
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2017 1 419 na
2010-2017 na na
2016 3 na
2017 7 na
Transport Zambia
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 46 653
Exports By sea (2019) By air (2020) By other (2020)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value 0 0 46
2010-2020 0 3
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 -21 -15
Imports By sea (2019) By air (2020) By other (2020)
0.0 0.0 100.0
2020 8 -20
Value
Share (%)
0 220 432
0.0 33.8 66.2
Travel Zambia
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 412 234
2010-2020 -2 8
Annual percentage change 2019 10 7
2020 -50 -22
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 12.1
Insurance & pension ICTs
16.9
51.6
19.5
Value
Other commercial services Exports Imports
2020
2010-2020
96 232
11 -2
2020
Personal & cultural
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
0 31
na na
2019
2020
-5 -7
-36 -30
2019
2020
68 12
-69 28
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
2
Non-residents
21
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
23
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
1 083
Non-residents
1 957
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
3 040
Residents
58
Non-residents
na
Total
58
397