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HS code Product MFN COMESA-FTA ZMB-ERI ZMB-ETH ZMB-ZAF SADC
8536.50.00 Other switches 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.61.00 Lamp-holders 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.69.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.70.00 Connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.90.00 Other apparatus 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8537.10.00 For a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V 0.25% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8537.20.00 For a voltage exceeding 1,000 V 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8538.10.00 Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 85.37, not equipped with their apparatus 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8538.90.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8539.10.00 Sealed beam lamp units 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8539.21.00 Tungsten halogen 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8539.22.00 Other, of a power not exceeding 200 W and for a voltage exceeding 100 V 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8539.29.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8539.31.00 Fluorescent, hot cathode 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8539.32.00 Mercury or sodium vapour lamps; metal halide lamps 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8539.39.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8539.41.00 Arc-lamps 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8539.49.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8539.51.00 Light-emitting diode (LED) modules 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8539.52.00 Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%

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HS 8536.50.00

Other switches

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 › 85.36 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables

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$82$13
2021$60$12
2022$472$113
2023$146$20
2024$187$22
2025$189$87
Imports | US$ thousand
  • From the world
  • Within the Commonwealth
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YearFrom the worldWithin the Commonwealth
2020$3,135$1,390
2021$4,541$1,561
2022$4,001$1,183
2023$3,976$1,608
2024$4,168$1,629
2025$5,130$2,162

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