Trade & Tariff Profile Zambia

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	INDIA : India’s Trade with the African Region notched US$ 38.96 Billion in the year 2009-10 (DGCI&S provisional figures) constituting 8.37% share in India’s total trade. Trade with the region has grown at a CAGR of 18.10% from US$ 4.48 Billion in 1996-97.	AFRICA : 54 Countries, 1 billion people, US$ 1.01 Billion of trade. Imports worth US$ 468 billion include Mineral Fuels, Oils, Machinery, Vehicles including Boats, Ships, Aircrafts, Electronics & Electricals, Iron & Steel & Articles thereof, Cereals, Plastics, Pharmaceuticals, etc. Top 20 product groups imported by select African countries ............. [More].

Trade & Tariff Profile of Zambia

Tariffs applied by Zambia, based on the data from 2009 , to products originating from India.

HS Code	Description	Tariff lines at the 8 digit HS Code level	Total applied ad valorem equivalent tariff (estimated)
1	Live animals	30	6.28%
2	Meat and edible meat offal	60	25.00%
3	Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates	106	23.65%
4	Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	40	17.59%
5	Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	20	13.18%
6	Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage	16	12.53%
7	Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers	71	18.98%
8	Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons	83	23.62%
9	Coffee, tea, maté and spices	37	25.00%
10	Cereals	19	12.32%
11	Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten	39	18.38%
12	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder	37	11.58%
13	Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts	10	4.63%
14	Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included	5	15.00%
15	Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes	50	12.45%
16	Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates	27	24.72%
17	Sugars and sugar confectionery	18	23.89%
18	Cocoa and cocoa preparations	13	21.71%
19	Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products	20	21.56%
20	Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants	51	24.81%
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	21	16.17%
22	Beverages, spirits and vinegar	25	24.30%
23	Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder	26	10.11%
24	Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes	9	19.58%
25	Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement	72	5.41%
26	Ores, slag and ash	37	3.45%
27	Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes	56	11.04%
28	Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes	297	6.64%
29	Organic chemicals	454	3.61%
30	Pharmaceutical products	35	0.20%
31	Fertilisers	28	0.00%
32	Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks	55	12.17%
33	Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations	32	17.40%
34	Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis	35	18.12%
35	Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes	20	12.85%
36	Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations	12	16.92%
37	Photographic or cinematographic goods	36	19.51%
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	87	7.48%
39	Plastics and articles thereof	357	9.10%
40	Rubber and articles thereof	105	18.97%
41	Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather	37	15.00%
42	Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)	20	25.00%
43	Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof	12	25.00%
44	Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal	76	24.27%
45	Cork and articles of cork	13	15.00%
46	Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork	11	25.00%
47	Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard	21	5.00%
48	Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard	107	11.57%
49	Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans	31	5.37%
50	Silk	9	15.00%
51	Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric	44	15.00%
52	Cotton	135	14.07%
53	Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn	25	13.97%
54	Man-made filaments	123	7.88%
55	Man-made staple fibres	113	9.19%
56	Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof	34	23.51%
57	Carpets and other textile floor coverings	21	25.00%
58	Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery	42	24.08%
59	Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use	34	9.06%
60	Knitted or crocheted fabrics	43	25.00%
61	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted	106	25.00%
62	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted	120	25.00%
63	Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags	59	23.55%
64	Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles	26	24.78%
65	Headgear and parts thereof	9	18.12%
66	Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof	7	24.81%
67	Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair	10	25.00%
68	Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials	50	10.76%
69	Ceramic products	29	16.72%
70	Glass and glassware	65	13.88%
71	Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin	57	24.04%
72	Iron and steel	168	2.87%
73	Articles of iron or steel	145	15.88%
74	Copper and articles thereof	55	16.26%
75	Nickel and articles thereof	17	5.51%
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	42	13.87%
78	Lead and articles thereof	12	6.68%
79	Zinc and articles thereof	9	6.65%
80	Tin and articles thereof	7	5.33%
81	Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof	48	5.00%
82	Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal	69	15.82%
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	36	24.60%
84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	514	6.72%
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	264	14.52%
86	Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds	26	2.33%
87	Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof	107	15.00%
88	Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	17	0.81%
89	Ships, boats and floating structures	18	11.24%
90	Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof	157	8.36%
91	Clocks and watches and parts thereof	74	12.99%
92	Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles	18	0.00%
93	Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof	22	17.31%
94	Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings	40	23.45%
95	Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof	31	20.17%
96	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	53	22.53%
97	Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques	8	0.15%

Source : UN Database

For Further Reference

National Customs

Tariff Profiles 2009, WTO , WTO

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