Zambia

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Compliance Requirements

Zambia Trade Portal provides compliance requirements for export and import

https://www.zambiatradeportal.gov.zm/

Customs Formalities

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA)

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Authorisation & Permits

Zambia Development Agency (ZDA)

Zambia Revenue Authority

Business Regulatory Review Agency (BRRA)

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Packaging & Labelling Requirements

Zambia Bureau of Standards

https://www.zabs.org.zm/

HACCP/SPS Requirements

Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency (ZCSA)

Ministry of Agriculture

https://www.zcsa.org.zm/index.php/compu… https://www.agriculture.gov.zm/

Tax Information

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA)

https://www.zra.org.zm

Trade Agreements

Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry
Zambia Development Agency

https://www.mcti.gov.zm/ https://zda.org.zm/

Trade Finance Providers

Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco)

Absa Zambia

Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank (ZICB)

United Bank for Africa, Zambia

ECO Bank Zambia

First Capital Bank Zambia

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Trade Promotion Agency

Zambia Development Agency (ZDA)

https://zda.org.zm/about-v-4/

Tariffs

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1905.32 Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers, waffles and wafers

1 tariff line

1905.32 Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers, waffles and wafers
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	ZMB-ERI	ZMB-ETH	ZMB-ZAF	SADC
1905.32.00	Waffles and wafers	0.25%	0%	5%	22.5%	22.5%	0%

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HS 1905.32.00

Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers, waffles and wafers

Section IV · Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits & tobacco › Ch 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products › 19.05 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products

Applied duty rates

0.25% MFN applied rate
0% COMESA-FTA preferential rate
5% ZMB-ERI preferential rate
22.5% ZMB-ETH preferential rate
22.5% ZMB-ZAF preferential rate
0% SADC preferential rate

Exports | US$ thousand

0 100 200 300

2020 2020 $0 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $1 To the world $1 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $1 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $1 To the world $1 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $26 To the world $3 Within the Commonwealth

$288 $9 2025 2025 $288 To the world $9 Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$0	$0
2021	$1	$1
2022	$1	$0
2023	$1	$1
2024	$26	$3
2025	$288	$9

Imports | US$ thousand

0 250 500 750

2020 2020 $119 From the world $106 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $157 From the world $136 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $141 From the world $108 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $153 From the world $135 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $239 From the world $174 Within the Commonwealth

$636 $187 2025 2025 $636 From the world $187 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$119	$106
2021	$157	$136
2022	$141	$108
2023	$153	$135
2024	$239	$174
2025	$636	$187

Export and Import Requirements

Compliance Requirements

Zambia Trade Information Portal provides information on trade operations in Zambia including export, import and transit procedures.

https://www.zambiatradeportal.gov.zm/

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