Zambia

Official links

Compliance Requirements

Zambia Trade Portal provides compliance requirements for export and import

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

Customs Formalities

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA)

https://www.zra.org.zm

Authorisation & Permits

Zambia Development Agency (ZDA)

Zambia Revenue Authority

Business Regulatory Review Agency (BRRA)

https://zda.org.zm/about-v-4/ https://www.zra.org.zm/trade-facilitati… https://www.brra.org.zm/

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

https://www.zanaco.co.zm/business-banki… https://cib.absa.africa/zambia/trade-fi… https://www.zicb.co.zm/trade-finance/ https://www.ubazambia.com/corporate-ban… https://www.ecobank.com/zm/personal-ban… https://www.firstcapitalbank.co.zm/

Trade Promotion Agency

Zambia Development Agency (ZDA)

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

Tariffs

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8471.70 Storage units

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8471.70 Storage units
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	ZMB-ERI	ZMB-ETH	ZMB-ZAF	SADC
8471.70.00	Storage units	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

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HS 8471.70.00

Storage units

Section XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment › Ch 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof › 84.71 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included

Applied duty rates

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

Exports | US$ thousand

0 100 200

2020 2020 $20 To the world $5 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $42 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $4 To the world $1 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $18 To the world $4 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $183 To the world $178 Within the Commonwealth

$176 $5 2025 2025 $176 To the world $5 Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$20	$5
2021	$42	$0
2022	$4	$1
2023	$18	$4
2024	$183	$178
2025	$176	$5

Imports | US$ thousand

0 2k 4k 6k

2020 2020 $2,005 From the world $480 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $2,813 From the world $1,159 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $2,861 From the world $1,248 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $2,646 From the world $1,173 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $3,581 From the world $1,532 Within the Commonwealth

$4,426 $1,173 2025 2025 $4,426 From the world $1,173 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$2,005	$480
2021	$2,813	$1,159
2022	$2,861	$1,248
2023	$2,646	$1,173
2024	$3,581	$1,532
2025	$4,426	$1,173

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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