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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0302.71 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.)

1 tariff line

0302.71 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.)
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	ZMB-ERI	ZMB-ETH	ZMB-ZAF	SADC
0302.71.00	Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.)	0.4%	0%	8%	36%	36%	0%

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HS 0302.71.00

Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.)

Section I · Live animals & animal products › Ch 03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates › 03.02 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04

Applied duty rates

0.4% MFN applied rate
0% COMESA-FTA preferential rate
8% ZMB-ERI preferential rate
36% ZMB-ETH preferential rate
36% ZMB-ZAF preferential rate
0% SADC preferential rate

Exports | US$ thousand

0 500 1k 1.5k

2020 2020 $228 To the world $228 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $619 To the world $446 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $1,426 To the world $993 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $103 To the world $103 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $68 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2025 2025 $0 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$228	$228
2021	$619	$446
2022	$1,426	$993
2023	$103	$103
2024	$68	$0
2025	$0	$0

Imports | US$ thousand

0 2k 4k 6k

2020 2020 $4,501 From the world $656 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $1,837 From the world $527 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $960 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $1,064 From the world $786 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $1,233 From the world $994 Within the Commonwealth

$424 2025 2025 $424 From the world $396 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$4,501	$656
2021	$1,837	$527
2022	$960	$0
2023	$1,064	$786
2024	$1,233	$994
2025	$424	$396

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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