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845 tariff lines

HS code Product MFN COMESA-FTA ZMB-ERI ZMB-ETH ZMB-ZAF SADC
8544.49.00 Other 0.25% 0% 5% 22.5% 22.5% 0%
8544.60.00 Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1,000 V 0.25% 0% 5% 22.5% 22.5% 0%
8544.70.00 Optical fibre cables 0.25% 0% 5% 22.5% 22.5% 0%
8545.11.00 Of a kind used for furnaces 0.1% 0% 2% 9% 9% 0%
8545.19.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8545.20.00 Brushes 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8545.90.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8546.10.00 Of glass 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8546.20.00 Of ceramics 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8546.90.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8547.10.00 Insulating fittings of ceramics 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8547.20.00 Insulating fittings of plastics 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8547.90.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8548.00.00 Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8549.11.00 Waste and scrap of lead-acid accumulators; spent lead-acid accumulators 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8549.12.00 Other, containing lead, cadmium or mercury 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8549.13.00 Sorted by chemical type and not containing lead, cadmium or mercury 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8549.14.00 Unsorted and not containing lead, cadmium or mercury 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8549.19.00 Other 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%
8549.21.00 Containing primary cells, primary batteries, electric accumulators, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes or other activated glass, or electrical or electronic components containing cadmium, mercury, lead or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 0.15% 0% 3% 13.5% 13.5% 0%

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HS 8544.70.00

Optical fibre cables

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 › 85.44 Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors

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
  • To the world
  • Within the Commonwealth
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YearTo the worldWithin the Commonwealth
2020$161$0
2021$40$13
2022$132$0
2023$34$18
2024$24$8
2025$64$54
Imports | US$ thousand
  • From the world
  • Within the Commonwealth
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YearFrom the worldWithin the Commonwealth
2020$1,577$140
2021$2,344$552
2022$4,873$1,530
2023$2,788$1,044
2024$4,519$2,377
2025$3,402$1,067

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