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85.17 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 84.43, 85.25, 85.27 or 85.28

9 tariff lines

HS code Product MFN COMESA-FTA ZMB-ERI ZMB-ETH ZMB-ZAF SADC
8517.11.00 Line telephone sets with cordless handsets 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
8517.13.00 Smartphones 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
8517.14.00 Other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
8517.18.00 Other 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
8517.61.00 Base stations 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
8517.62.00 Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
8517.69.00 Other 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
8517.71.00 Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8517.79.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%

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HS 8517.79.00

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Section XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment › Ch 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles › 85.17 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 84.43, 85.25, 85.27 or 85.28

Applied duty rates

  • 0.15% MFN applied rate
  • 0% COMESA-FTA preferential rate
  • 3% ZMB-ERI preferential rate
  • 13.5% ZMB-ETH preferential rate
  • 13.5% ZMB-ZAF preferential rate
  • 0% SADC preferential rate
Exports | US$ thousand
  • To the world
  • Within the Commonwealth
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YearTo the worldWithin the Commonwealth
2020$0$0
2021$0$0
2022$404$361
2023$40$12
2024$15$7
2025$33$1
Imports | US$ thousand
  • From the world
  • Within the Commonwealth
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YearFrom the worldWithin the Commonwealth
2020$0$0
2021$0$0
2022$7,358$622
2023$6,615$459
2024$2,264$266
2025$10,365$442

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