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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1905.90 Other

1 tariff line

1905.90 Other
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	ZMB-ERI	ZMB-ETH	ZMB-ZAF	SADC
1905.90.00	Other	0.25%	0%	5%	22.5%	22.5%	0%

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HS 1905.90.00

Other

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 $4 To the world $4 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $12 To the world $2 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $19 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $260 To the world $9 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $69 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

$26 2025 2025 $26 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	$4	$4
2021	$12	$2
2022	$19	$0
2023	$260	$9
2024	$69	$0
2025	$26	$5

Imports | US$ thousand

0 1k 2k 3k

2020 2020 $2,098 From the world $2,001 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $2,402 From the world $2,287 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $2,336 From the world $2,249 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $2,525 From the world $2,416 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $2,540 From the world $2,403 Within the Commonwealth

$2,309 2025 2025 $2,309 From the world $2,092 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$2,098	$2,001
2021	$2,402	$2,287
2022	$2,336	$2,249
2023	$2,525	$2,416
2024	$2,540	$2,403
2025	$2,309	$2,092

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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