Zambia top 20 products at 2 Digit

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Zambia's Top 20 Products of Global Imports at 2 Digit HS Code Level

The top 20 product items constituted 88.12% share in Zambia’s total imports in the year 2008. Major supplier countries to Zambia were South Africa, Dem. Rep. Of Congo, Kuwait, China, India, UK, UAE, Zimbabwe, Japan and Kenya. Top 10 supplier countries constituted 82.60% share in Zambia total imports of 2008.

Rank in Zambia's Global Imports Year 2008	HS Code	Description	Zambia's Global Imports Value in 2008 (USD Million)	% Share of Product Group in Zambia's Global Imports Year 2008	%age Change in Global Imports of Zambia 2008/2007	Major Supplier Countries (Top 3 suppliers in 2008)	Supplier Country's %age Share in Zambia's Global Imports of Product Group	%age Change in Imports from Major Supplier 2008/ 2007	India
									Rank (2008)	India's %age Share in Zambia's Global Imports of Product Group	%age Change in Imports from India 2008/ 2007
-	TOTAL	All products	5060.48	100	26	South Africa	42.6	13	5th	3.8	16
						Dem Rep of the Congo	10.6	318
						Kuwait	10.2	-
1	84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc	840.3	16.61	-11	South Africa	48.3	0	-	-	-
						China	8.1	-45
						India	6	16
2	27	Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc	815.7	16.12	65	Kuwait	63		12th	0.2	-34
						South Africa	26.1	31
						Mozambique	4.6	-21
3	87	Vehicles other than railway, tramway	492.88	9.74	29	South Africa	53.3	7	6th	2.4	15
						Japan	15.8	94
						UK	7.2	64
4	26	Ores, slag and ash	426.95	8.44	232	Dem Rep of the Congo	99.5	242	16th
						South Africa	0.5	-48
						China	0	497
5	85	Electrical, electronic equipment	292.96	5.79	-22	South Africa	40	-17	9th	2.6	-71
						China	12.3	93
						Finland	11	-1
6	31	Fertilizers	204.06	4.03	75	South Africa	66.5	76	16th	0.1	409
						Germany	10.9	13
						Tanzania	6.3	305
7	73	Articles of iron or steel	184.92	3.65	-14	South Africa	61.5	-15	4th	2.9	-74
						China	18.2	-14
						Tanzania	4.9	3043
8	30	Pharmaceutical products	159.42	3.15	67	India	50.4	229	-	-	-
						South Africa	23.8	-6
						Denmark	12.6	40
9	72	Iron and steel	143.87	2.84	8	South Africa	78.7	12	6th	1.6	-5
						Kenya	5.1	-6
						China	4.3	-28
10	39	Plastics and articles thereof	134.83	2.66	7	South Africa	69.7	3	-	-	-
						India	5	9
						South Korea	3.9	29
11	25	Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement	129.63	2.56	93	South Africa	56.3	83	12th	0.1	119
						Zimbabwe	13.5	53
						UK	12	469
12	74	Copper and articles thereof	112.5	2.22	856	Dem Rep of the Congo	94	4388	-	-	-
						South Africa	4.5	-36
						India	0.7	-8
13	15	Animal,vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products, etc	97.11	1.92	33	South Africa	44.7	100	13th	0.2
						Kenya	36.9	-1
						Singapore	3.9	175
14	38	Miscellaneous chemical products	94.92	1.88	36	South Africa	57.7	27	11th	1.6	165
						Ireland	9.1	-13
						Netherlands	8.2	199
15	40	Rubber and articles thereof	77.91	1.54	-5	South Africa	44.6	0	7th	4.4	15
						China	8.3	-4
						Mauritius	6.2	320
16	28	Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotopes	60.77	1.2	7	South Africa	70	-5	6th	1.9	67
						China	9.8	197
						UAE	5.9	-15
17	48	Paper & paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board	55.24	1.09	30	South Africa	75.2	47	5th	1.9	-7
						Zimbabwe	8.8	-9
						Botswana	4.3	-16
18	90	Optical, photo, technical, medical, etc apparatus	48.92	0.97	16	South Africa	35.8	20	9th	3.2	-41
						Hong Kong (SARC)	9.1	3006
						China	7.5	-1
19	99	Commodities not elsewhere specified	43.41	0.86	484	South Africa	19.4	427	11th	1.5	861
						UAE	15	1905
						Zimbabwe	13.5	153
20	49	Printed books, newspapers, pictures etc	42.98	0.85	84	UK	40.4	100	5th	3.2	12
						South Africa	32	48
						Germany	9	1465

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