Zambia |
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| TRADE AND BUSINESS |
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| Agriculture
- products |
corn,
sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers,
tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca); cattle, goats,
pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides; coffee |
| Exports |
$709 million
f.o.b. (2001) |
| Exports
- commodities |
copper 55%,
cobalt, electricity, tobacco, flowers, cotton |
| Exports
- partners |
Malawi 10.3%,
Thailand 9.2%, Japan 9.1%, Saint Pierre and Miquelon 9.1%,
Taiwan 8.5%, South Africa 7.8%, Egypt 6.4%, China 6.3%, Netherlands
5.5%, Tanzania 4.5% (2002) |
| Imports |
$1.123 billion
f.o.b. (2001) |
| Imports-
commodities |
machinery,
transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity,
fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing |
| Imports
- partners |
South Africa
64.4%, US 3.7%, China 3.6% (2002) |
| Currency |
Zambian kwacha
(ZMK) |
| Exchange
rates |
Zambian kwacha
per US dollar - NA (2002), 3,610.93 (2001), 3,110.84 (2000),
2,388.02 (1999), 1,862.07 (1998) |
| Fiscal
year |
calendar
year |
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