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Compliance Requirements

Zambia Trade Portal provides compliance requirements for export and import

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Customs Formalities

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA)

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Authorisation & Permits

Zambia Development Agency (ZDA)

Zambia Revenue Authority

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Packaging & Labelling Requirements

Zambia Bureau of Standards

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HACCP/SPS Requirements

Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency (ZCSA)

Ministry of Agriculture

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Tax Information

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA)

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Trade Agreements

Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry
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Trade Finance Providers

Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco)

Absa Zambia

Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank (ZICB)

United Bank for Africa, Zambia

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Trade Promotion Agency

Zambia Development Agency (ZDA)

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Tariffs

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84.24 Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines

8 tariff lines

84.24 Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	ZMB-ERI	ZMB-ETH	ZMB-ZAF	SADC
8424.10.00	Fire extinguishers, whether or not charged	0.1%	0%	2%	9%	9%	0%
8424.20.00	Spray guns and similar appliances	0.1%	0%	2%	9%	9%	0%
8424.30.00	Steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines	0.1%	0%	2%	9%	9%	0%
8424.41.00	Portable sprayers	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
8424.49.00	Other	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
8424.82.00	Agricultural or horticultural	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
8424.89.00	Other	0.1%	0%	2%	9%	9%	0%
8424.90.00	Parts	0.15%	0%	3%	13.5%	13.5%	0%

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HS 8424.20.00

Spray guns and similar appliances

Section XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment › Ch 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof › 84.24 Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines

Applied duty rates

0.1% MFN applied rate
0% COMESA-FTA preferential rate
2% ZMB-ERI preferential rate
9% ZMB-ETH preferential rate
9% ZMB-ZAF preferential rate
0% SADC preferential rate

Exports | US$ thousand

0 100 200

2020 2020 $192 To the world $190 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $8 To the world $2 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $7 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $6 To the world $1 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $4 To the world $2 Within the Commonwealth

$31 2025 2025 $31 To the world $31 Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$192	$190
2021	$8	$2
2022	$7	$0
2023	$6	$1
2024	$4	$2
2025	$31	$31

Imports | US$ thousand

0 500 1k 1.5k

2020 2020 $732 From the world $268 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $1,028 From the world $126 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $277 From the world $66 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $237 From the world $93 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $319 From the world $100 Within the Commonwealth

$656 $130 2025 2025 $656 From the world $130 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

Show data

Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$732	$268
2021	$1,028	$126
2022	$277	$66
2023	$237	$93
2024	$319	$100
2025	$656	$130

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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