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Where does Zambia get its refined petroleum products? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Zambia imported $2.1 billion of refined petroleum products (2.1 million tonnes), 0.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Singapore (20%), Tanzania (18%) and the United Arab Emirates (16%). Zambia was the world’s 77th-largest importer of refined petroleum products.

Summary

Value
$2.1billion
Tonnes
2.1million tonnes
Share of world total
0.3%
World rank
77th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Singapore re-exports426Tonnes: 389,015USD per tonne: $1,09519.8%Sea
Tanzania387Tonnes: 392,428USD per tonne: $98518%Land
United Arab Emirates335Tonnes: 383,911USD per tonne: $87115.6%Sea
Bahrain316Tonnes: 364,752USD per tonne: $86514.7%Sea
Saudi Arabia290Tonnes: 253,252USD per tonne: $1,14513.5%Sea
South Africa121Tonnes: 74,949USD per tonne: $1,6095.6%Sea
Mauritius82.2Tonnes: 92,791USD per tonne: $8863.8%Sea
Mozambique42.5Tonnes: 40,981USD per tonne: $1,0372%Land
United Kingdom36.9Tonnes: 29,153USD per tonne: $1,2661.7%Sea
Switzerland22.8Tonnes: 10,336USD per tonne: $2,2021.1%Sea
Kuwait21.7Tonnes: 19,528USD per tonne: $1,1101%Sea
India16.2Tonnes: 16,016USD per tonne: $1,0120.76%Sea
United States9Tonnes: 5,543USD per tonne: $1,6220.42%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports8.3Tonnes: 9,027USD per tonne: $9190.39%Sea
Seychelles6.9Tonnes: 6,367USD per tonne: $1,0890.32%Sea
Namibia5.4Tonnes: 6,921USD per tonne: $7830.25%Land
Belgium re-exports4.3Tonnes: 2,504USD per tonne: $1,7300.2%Sea
China3.6Tonnes: 3,257USD per tonne: $1,1130.17%Sea
Kenya3.5Tonnes: 1,328USD per tonne: $2,6090.16%Sea
Oman2.1Tonnes: 2,306USD per tonne: $9240.1%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Singapore has been its main source since 2024

Value in USD millions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Singapore 426
  • Tanzania 387
  • United Arab Emirates 335
  • Bahrain 316
  • Saudi Arabia 290

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Singapore0.01426
Tanzania< 0.01387
United Arab Emirates0.01335
Bahrain0316
Saudi Arabia0.04290

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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