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84.71 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included

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84.71 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	ZMB-ERI	ZMB-ETH	ZMB-ZAF	SADC
8471.30.00	Portable automatic data processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
8471.41.00	Comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
8471.49.00	Other, presented in the form of systems	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
8471.50.10	Processing units other than those of subheading 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
8471.50.90	Processing units other than those of subheading 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
8471.60.00	Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
8471.70.00	Storage units	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
8471.90.00	Other	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

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HS 8471.49.00

Other automatic data processing machines, other, presented in the form of systems

Section XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment › Ch 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof › 84.71 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included

Applied duty rates

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

Exports | US$ thousand

0 50 100 150

2020 2020 $21 To the world $21 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $1 To the world $1 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $8 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $146 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $51 To the world $31 Within the Commonwealth

$2 2025 2025 $2 To the world $2 Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$21	$21
2021	$1	$1
2022	$8	$0
2023	$146	$0
2024	$51	$31
2025	$2	$2

Imports | US$ thousand

0 2k 4k 6k

2020 2020 $1,926 From the world $745 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $2,625 From the world $1,222 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $3,872 From the world $1,717 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $3,698 From the world $1,132 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $4,256 From the world $1,349 Within the Commonwealth

$5,543 $2,497 2025 2025 $5,543 From the world $2,497 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$1,926	$745
2021	$2,625	$1,222
2022	$3,872	$1,717
2023	$3,698	$1,132
2024	$4,256	$1,349
2025	$5,543	$2,497

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