Summary
- Share of its imports
- 10.4%
- Value imported
- $1.2billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 3rd
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 21
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 12
- Dominated value
- $703million
- Share of total imports
- 6.1%
Trend
Trend in shares
Zambia went from 2.3% to 10.4% of what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys
Share (%)
- Zambia 10.4%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 27 | 2.3% | 15 |
| 1996 | 26 | 2.3% | 12 |
| 1997 | 27 | 3.3% | 9 |
| 1998 | 41 | 5.4% | 4 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2000 | 38 | 6.2% | 4 |
| 2001 | 34 | 6.1% | 4 |
| 2002 | 48 | 6.3% | 4 |
| 2003 | 61 | 6.3% | 5 |
| 2004 | 118 | 8.6% | 4 |
| 2005 | 109 | 6.6% | 5 |
| 2006 | 144 | 4.8% | 5 |
| 2007 | 282 | 9.9% | 2 |
| 2008 | 276 | 7.1% | 3 |
| 2009 | 284 | 8.9% | 4 |
| 2010 | 322 | 7.7% | 3 |
| 2011 | 405 | 7.6% | 4 |
| 2012 | 722 | 12.3% | 3 |
| 2013 | 1,188 | 17.3% | 2 |
| 2014 | 800 | 12.2% | 3 |
| 2015 | 489 | 5.8% | 4 |
| 2016 | 314 | 4.8% | 6 |
| 2017 | 358 | 5.1% | 4 |
| 2018 | 504 | 5.4% | 4 |
| 2019 | 578 | 5.6% | 4 |
| 2020 | 632 | 7.4% | 4 |
| 2021 | 624 | 6.4% | 5 |
| 2022 | 1,002 | 6.5% | 4 |
| 2023 | 1,038 | 3.9% | 7 |
| 2024 | 1,201 | 10.4% | 3 |
Products where Zambia sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft drinks | Zambia | 65.8% | Tanzania · 19.8% | $131 million |
| Sulfur | Zambia | 87.1%over 75% | South Africa · 6.8% | $111 million |
| Detergents and surfactants | Zambia | 50.4% | China · 13.6% | $69 million |
| Bread, biscuits and pastries | Zambia | 63.3% | Uganda · 9.3% | $63 million |
| Cement | Zambia | 54.1% | Uganda · 35.5% | $62 million |
| Electricity | Zambia | 93.7%over 75% | Mozambique · 5.9% | $59 million |
| Sulfuric acid | Zambia | 99.9%over 75% | China · 0.04% | $58 million |
| Yogurt and fermented milk | Zambia | 91.8%over 75% | South Africa · 4.8% | $35 million |
| Soybean oil | Zambia | 96.1%over 75% | South Africa · 2.3% | $28 million |
| Breakfast cereals | Zambia | 75.2%over 75% | China · 11.7% | $20 million |
| Prepared explosives | Zambia | 79.2%over 75% | South Africa · 11% | $17 million |
| Sunflower, safflower and cottonseed oil | Zambia | 78.3%over 75% | Ukraine · 8.1% | $16 million |
| Quicklime and slaked lime | Zambia | 94%over 75% | Tanzania · 4% | $11 million |
| Unroasted iron pyrites | Zambia | 100%over 75% | — | $6 million |
| Coke | Zambia | 58.4% | Zimbabwe · 37.3% | $5 million |
| Petroleum coke and bitumen | Zambia | 54% | South Africa · 31% | $3 million |
| Railway freight cars | Zambia | 62.6% | South Africa · 36% | $3 million |
| Sublimed and precipitated sulfur | Zambia | 91%over 75% | South Africa · 9% | $2 million |
| Candles | Zambia | 63.3% | China · 29.6% | $2 million |
| Marble and travertine | Zambia | 93.9%over 75% | Turkey · 3.3% | $1 million |
| Phosphates and polyphosphates | Zambia | 59.4% | China · 29.4% | $845 thousand |
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- Zambia sells 0.47% of what the world exports of soft drinks; next come Austria (9.8%), Germany (8.4%) and Netherlands (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 226.5 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from Zambia.
- Zambia sells 2% of what the world exports of sulfur; next come United Arab Emirates (19.7%), Kazakhstan (18.2%) and Saudi Arabia (10.7%). The rest of the world exported 49.1 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from Zambia.
- Zambia sells 0.19% of what the world exports of detergents and surfactants; next come Germany (10.8%), United States (9.5%) and China (8.8%). The rest of the world exported 668.8 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from Zambia.
- Zambia sells 0.12% of what the world exports of bread, biscuits and pastries; next come Germany (10.2%), Canada (9.7%) and Italy (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 919.7 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from Zambia.
- Zambia sells 1.1% of what the world exports of cement; next come Turkey (9.6%), Vietnam (9.5%) and Egypt (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 230.1 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from Zambia.
- Zambia sells 0.39% of what the world exports of electricity; next come France (14%), Germany (6.8%) and Switzerland (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 1,060.8 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from Zambia.
- Zambia sells 2.2% of what the world exports of sulfuric acid; next come China (14.5%), Canada (8.5%) and Japan (8.1%). The rest of the world exported 43.5 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from Zambia.
- Zambia sells 0.66% of what the world exports of yogurt and fermented milk; next come Germany (17.9%), France (12%) and Greece (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 169.7 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from Zambia.
- Zambia sells 0.23% of what the world exports of soybean oil; next come Argentina (44.4%), Brazil (10%) and Netherlands (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 472.2 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from Zambia.
- Zambia sells 0.25% of what the world exports of breakfast cereals; next come Germany (10.4%), United States (9.4%) and United Kingdom (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 418.7 times what the Democratic Republic of the Congo buys from Zambia.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from Zambia
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is Zambia’s 4th-largest customer, with 8.3% of its exports.
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.