| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked flow records | 584 | Raw count of trade-flow records in the database naming Zambia as an origin or destination — a record count, never a summed dollar total. |
| Port coverage | 0of 1 | Ports catalogued for Zambia with verified cargo statistics tracked on PortIndex. |
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How concentrated Zambia's trade is across its top partner countries, computed from currently-tracked trade flows (not the historical 1997–2015 World Bank dataset). Measures country-to-country concentration only — Zambia's trade_flows records don't carry product-level detail to break this down further.
+ 190 more tracked partners not shown above.
| Partner | Exports | Imports |
|---|---|---|
| China | $1.2B | $2.7B |
| South Africa | $453.0M | $3.2B |
| Canada | $3.5B | — |
| Switzerland | $2.2B | — |
| Singapore | $1.8B | $284.0M |
| Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | $1.6B | $414.0M |
| United Arab Emirates | $732.0M | $1.0B |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | $298.0M | $517.0M |
| India | $83.0M | $595.0M |
| Japan | — | $533.0M |
| Zimbabwe | $349.0M | $169.0M |
| Namibia | $234.0M | $250.0M |
| Mozambique | $113.0M | $228.0M |
| Bahrain | — | $338.0M |
| Germany | $19.0M | $214.0M |
| Saudi Arabia | — | $196.0M |
| Malawi | $169.0M | — |
| Mauritius | $21.0M | $133.0M |
| Hong Kong | $41.0M | $106.0M |
| United Kingdom | — | $141.0M |
| Botswana | $131.0M | — |
| Australia | — | $123.0M |
| Kenya | $51.0M | $59.0M |
| Oman | — | $92.0M |
| Belgium | — | $65.0M |
| Netherlands | $15.0M | $45.0M |
| Finland | — | $55.0M |
| Rwanda | $52.0M | — |
| Malaysia | — | $42.0M |
| Luxembourg | $37.0M | — |
| Uganda | $19.0M | — |
| Burundi | $14.0M | — |
| Italy | $9.0M | — |
| Metric | Latest value | Month | Trend (Jan 2026–Jul 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goods exports | ZMW 29.7B | Jul 2026 | |
| Goods imports | ZMW 25.6B | Jul 2026 |
Every one of Zambia's 110 real trading partners reported for 2024 under UN Comtrade (ZM) — a complete, deduplicated partner breakdown for this exact country/source/period combination, not a global top-N slice.
Firm-level entry/exit/survival dynamics for Zambia's exporting firms, whole economy (not broken down by product) so every figure below is a genuine national rate — never an average across incompatible product categories. See /exporter-dynamics to compare Zambia against all 68 covered countries.
| Metric | Latest value | Year | Trend (1999–2011) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of exporting firms | 1,726 | 2011 | |
| Incumbent exporting firms | 865 | 2011 | |
| New entrant exporting firms | 861 | 2011 | |
| Exiting exporting firms | 885 | 2011 | |
| Firm entry rate | 49.9% | 2011 | |
| Firm exit rate | 50.6% | 2011 | |
| Exporter concentration (EDD HHI, 0–1 scale) | 0.130 | 2011 | |
| Product categories exported (distinct HS4 codes) | 877 | 2011 | |
| Avg. export value per exporting firm | $5.0M | 2011 | |
| Median export value per exporting firm | $9.9K | 2011 | |
| Avg. destination countries per exporting firm | 1.7 | 2012 | |
| Median destination countries per exporting firm | 1.0 | 2012 |
The 2011 mean is 501x the median — a small number of large exporting firms account for most of the export value; the typical firm exports far less than the average figure suggests.
Top product categories among Zambia's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2011 — each row is a real, separately-reported HS2 product category, never combined with another.
| Product category (HS2) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| Machinery and mechanical appliances HS 84 | 442 |
| Vehicles other than railway HS 87 | 251 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment HS 85 | 211 |
| Iron and steel HS 72 | 167 |
| Articles of iron or steel HS 73 | 139 |
| Ores, slag, ash HS 26 | 136 |
| Salt, sulphur, earths, stone HS 25 | 116 |
| Food industry residues, animal feed HS 23 | 116 |
Top manufacturing industries among Zambia's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2011 — each row is a real, separately-reported ISIC industry, never combined with another.
| Manufacturing industry (ISIC) | Exporting firms |
|---|---|
| General purpose machinery ISIC 291 | 251 |
| Special purpose machinery ISIC 292 | 208 |
| Other fabricated metal products; metalworking ISIC 289 | 164 |
| Motor vehicles ISIC 341 | 146 |
| Other manufacturing ISIC 369 | 131 |
| Plastics products ISIC 252 | 125 |
| Parts and accessories for motor vehicles ISIC 343 | 118 |
| Other chemical products ISIC 242 | 117 |