Zambia - Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Zambia was 7,819,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,607,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 335,000,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

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Year Value
1960 362,000,000
1961 335,000,000
1962 335,000,000
1963 361,000,000
1964 470,000,000
1965 527,000,000
1966 691,000,000
1967 654,000,000
1968 759,000,000
1969 1,073,000,000
1970 1,001,000,000
1971 1,226,000,000
1972 758,000,000
1973 1,144,000,000
1974 1,407,000,000
1975 810,000,000
1976 1,070,000,000
1977 896,000,000
1978 856,000,000
1979 1,373,000,000
1980 1,298,000,000
1981 1,079,000,000
1982 1,024,000,000
1983 836,000,000
1984 652,000,000
1985 784,000,000
1986 517,000,000
1987 873,000,000
1988 1,179,000,000
1989 1,347,000,000
1990 1,309,000,000
1991 1,083,000,000
1992 756,000,000
1993 826,000,000
1994 927,000,000
1995 1,040,000,000
1996 1,037,000,000
1997 915,000,000
1998 1,032,000,000
1999 1,063,000,000
2000 892,000,000
2001 987,000,000
2002 956,000,000
2003 980,000,000
2004 1,576,000,000
2005 1,810,000,000
2006 3,770,000,000
2007 4,617,000,000
2008 5,099,000,000
2009 4,312,000,000
2010 7,200,000,000
2011 9,001,000,000
2012 9,365,000,000
2013 10,607,000,000
2014 9,694,000,000
2015 6,607,000,000
2016 6,372,000,000
2017 8,000,000,000
2018 9,034,000,000
2019 7,047,000,000
2020 7,819,000,000

Limitations and Exceptions: Exports are recorded as the cost of the goods delivered to the frontier of the exporting country for shipment - the free on board (f.o.b.) value. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system exports comprise outward-moving goods that are (a) goods wholly or partly produced in the country; (b) foreign goods, neither transformed nor declared for domestic consumption in the country, that move outward from customs storage; and (c) goods previously included as imports for domestic consumption but subsequently exported without transformation. Under the special system exports comprise categories a and c. In some compilations categories b and c are classified as re-exports. Because of differences in reporting practices, data on exports may not be fully comparable across economies. Data on exports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on imports. In principle, world exports and imports should be identical. Similarly, exports from an economy should equal the sum of imports by the rest of the world from that economy. But differences in timing and definitions result in discrepancies in reported values at all levels.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Merchandise trade data are from customs reports of goods moving into or out of an economy or from reports of financial transactions related to merchandise trade recorded in the balance of payments. Because of differences in timing and definitions, trade flow estimates from customs reports and balance of payments may differ. Several international agencies process trade data, each correcting unreported or misreported data, leading to other differences. The data on total exports of goods (merchandise) are from the World Trade Organization (WTO), which obtains data from national statistical offices and the IMF's International Financial Statistics, supplemented by the Comtrade database and publications or databases of regional organizations, specialized agencies, economic groups, and private sources (such as Eurostat, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit). Country websites and email contact have improved collection of up-to-date statistics, reducing the proportion of estimates. The WTO database now covers most major traders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which together with high-income countries account for nearly 95 percent of world trade. Reliability of data for countries in Europe and Central Asia has also improved.

Aggregation method: Gap-filled total

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports