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85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles

301 tariff lines

HS code Product MFN COMESA-FTA ZMB-ERI ZMB-ETH ZMB-ZAF SADC
8533.31.00 For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8533.39.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8533.40.00 Other variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8533.90.00 Parts 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8534.00.00 Printed circuits 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8535.10.00 Fuses 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8535.21.00 For a voltage of less than 72.5 kV 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8535.29.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8535.30.00 Isolating switches and make-and-break switches 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8535.40.00 Lightning arresters, voltage limiters and surge suppressors 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8535.90.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.10.00 Fuses 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.20.00 Automatic circuit breakers 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.30.00 Other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.41.00 For a voltage not exceeding 60 V 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.49.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.50.00 Other switches 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.61.00 Lamp-holders 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.69.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8536.70.00 Connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%

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HS 8535.40.00

Lightning arresters, voltage limiters and surge suppressors

Section XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment › Ch 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles › 85.35 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts

Applied duty rates

  • 0.15% MFN applied rate
  • 0% COMESA-FTA preferential rate
  • 3% ZMB-ERI preferential rate
  • 13.5% ZMB-ETH preferential rate
  • 13.5% ZMB-ZAF preferential rate
  • 0% SADC preferential rate
Exports | US$ thousand
  • To the world
  • Within the Commonwealth
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YearTo the worldWithin the Commonwealth
2020$0$0
2021$61$1
2022$14$1
2023$16$0
2024$0$0
2025$9$9
Imports | US$ thousand
  • From the world
  • Within the Commonwealth
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YearFrom the worldWithin the Commonwealth
2020$355$119
2021$323$161
2022$787$215
2023$867$276
2024$1,289$392
2025$1,067$347

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