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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 8471.90.00

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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 25 50 75

2020 2020 $3 To the world $3 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $12 To the world $10 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $4 To the world $4 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $67 To the world $63 Within the Commonwealth

$37 2025 2025 $37 To the world $36 Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$3	$3
2021	$0	$0
2022	$12	$10
2023	$4	$4
2024	$67	$63
2025	$37	$36

Imports | US$ thousand

0 2k 4k 6k

2020 2020 $901 From the world $729 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $1,957 From the world $1,433 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $1,138 From the world $538 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $1,396 From the world $802 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $1,137 From the world $633 Within the Commonwealth

$4,307 $789 2025 2025 $4,307 From the world $789 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$901	$729
2021	$1,957	$1,433
2022	$1,138	$538
2023	$1,396	$802
2024	$1,137	$633
2025	$4,307	$789

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