QUARTERLY BULLETIN
OF
EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS
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Fourth Quarter 2014
Published: January, 2015
Table 1.1 Imports classified by country of origin: Top 10 Countries in US$
The import bill in the fourth quarter of 2014 was US$1.72 billion. South Africa accounted for 43% of the import bill in period under
review. Singapore in a distant second accounted for 19.4% followed by China with 5.8% while the other countries completing the list
of the top five sources of Zimbabwe’s imports were Botswana (3%) and India with 2.5%.
Table 2.1 Exports classified by country of destination: Top 10 Countries in US$
Total exports in the fourth quarter of 2014 amounted to US$1.02 billion. Zimbabwean exports in the fourth quarter of 2014 continued
to land mostly in South Africa. The southernmost country on the continent, which shares a border with Zimbabwe, received more than
two thirds (72.7%) of the value of total exports. In second place was Mozambique with15% followed by United Arab Emirates (3%),
Zambia and Belgium being tied on the bottom of top five sources of foreign currency from exports with 2.6%.
Table 1.2 Imports by HS Code: Top 10 products by value in US$
Diesel and unleaded petrol accounted for about 20.8% of total imports for the fourth quarter of 2014. These products were followed by
Nickel mattes (1.9%), broken rice in bulk >=25kg (1.8%) and ammonium nitrate (1.6 %)
Table 2.2 Total exports by HS Code: Top 10 products by value in US$
The largest percentage share (38.8%) of total exports was of flue-cured tobacco of the Virginia type partly or wholly
stemmed/stripped. Semi-manufactured gold (incl. gold plated with platinum), non-monetary(14%) was in second place followed by
nickel ores and concentrates (8.5%), Ferro-chromium, containing by weight >4% carbon (6.6%) and other cane sugar not containing
added flavouring or colouring matter (4%).
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Table 1.3 Imports classified by SITC sections: US$
Most of the fourth quarter import bill went towards mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials (24.3%), machinery and transport
equipment (23.4%), chemicals (17.1%), manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (11.6%) and food and live animals
(10.8%).These commodity groups also held the major shares of the total import bills in the third quarter of 2014.
Table 2.3 Exports classified by SITC sections: US$
Traditional major shareholder of Zimbabwe’s export earnings, beverages and tobacco contributed 42.9% of total export earnings in the
period under review. Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material contributed the second largest percentage of 16.9%, followed
by crude materials excluding fuels (16.7%) and commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC (14%). while food
and live animals accounted for 6% to total export earnings in the period under review.
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Table 1.1 Imports classified by country of origin: Top 10 Countries in US$
Year
Partner \ Period
South Africa
Singapore
China
Botswana
India
Japan
Zambia
United Kingdom
Mozambique
United Arab Emirates
Total of top 10 Countries
Other Countries
Total
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2014
October
271,337,524
109,747,871
35,037,452
31,873,550
20,958,344
17,848,206
16,101,454
16,145,605
11,587,009
12,364,814
543,001,828
93,659,581
636,661,409
November
244,301,284
124,126,809
33,034,374
10,031,538
11,527,949
10,481,228
12,043,165
8,489,567
11,066,742
7,459,227
472,561,885
88,116,699
560,678,583
1
December
224,715,197
99,661,956
31,785,457
9,771,807
9,967,883
10,772,323
9,569,664
12,883,923
11,204,510
9,069,559
429,402,280
93,217,727
522,620,007
Country Total
740,354,006
333,536,636
99,857,283
51,676,895
42,454,177
39,101,757
37,714,283
37,519,095
33,858,260
28,893,600
1,444,965,993
274,994,007
1,719,959,999
% Share
43.0
19.4
5.8
3.0
2.5
2.3
2.2
2.2
2.0
1.7
84.0
16.0
100.0
Table 1.2 Imports by HS Code: Top 10 products by value in US$
Year
2014
HS \ Period
October
November
27101929:Diesel
86,429,312
85,455,056
27101213:Unleaded petrol
40,422,608
34,549,523
75011000:Nickel mattes
25,406,210
4,211,603
10064010:Broken rice in Bulk >= 25kg
8,785,319
10,587,151
31023000:Ammonium nitrate
16,107,407
9,754,230
10011900:Other durum wheat
8,716,237
5,771,595
87042140:Motor vehicles for the transport of goods of payload >800KG not exceeding
11,411,114
1400KG (1.4t)3,376,896
15071000:Crude oil, whether or not degummed
4,598,798
6,263,634
87032319:Other m.v. with spark-ignition engine of cylinder capacity >1500 =<2000cc
7,027,949
3,944,164
30049010:Medicaments used in the management of cronic illnesses app by Sec of11,071,892
Health
1,956,947
Total of top 10 Products
219,976,845
165,870,800
Other products
416,684,564
394,807,783
Total
636,661,409
560,678,583
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December
78,766,904
31,370,486
3,649,947
12,213,039
2,190,331
10,580,498
3,969,614
5,378,245
5,085,860
1,655,072
154,859,996
367,760,011
522,620,007
Product Total % Share
250,651,272
14.6
106,342,617
6.2
33,267,760
1.9
31,585,509
1.8
28,051,969
1.6
25,068,330
1.5
18,757,624
1.1
16,240,677
0.9
16,057,973
0.9
14,683,911
0.9
540,707,642
31.4
1,179,252,357
68.6
1,719,959,999
100.0
Table 1.3 Imports classified by SITC Sections in US$
Year
2014
SITCR3 \ Period
October
0:Food and live animals
60,142,762
1:Beverages and tobacco
10,493,855
2:Crude materials, (excl fuels)
35,976,621
3:Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 145,129,968
4:Animal and vegetable oils,fats and waxes
8,874,507
5:Chemicals
125,102,910
6:Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
65,778,673
7:Machinery and transport equipment
155,212,014
8:Miscellaneous manufactured articles
26,689,878
9:Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere
3,260,221
in the SITC
Monthly Totals
636,661,409
November
61,184,851
10,787,195
13,535,764
148,753,003
8,691,008
90,352,776
74,072,239
120,147,413
29,322,565
3,831,768
560,678,583
9:Commodities and transactions
not classified elsewhere in the
SITC
1%
0:Food and
live
animals
11%
8:Miscellaneous manufactured
articles
5%
7:Machinery and
transport equipment
23%
6:Manufactured goods classified
chiefly by material
12%
Quarterly bulletin of External Trade Statistics
December
64,309,143
9,030,061
12,234,993
124,275,646
7,646,995
79,495,973
58,843,680
126,623,307
35,635,663
4,524,547
522,620,007
3:Mineral fuels,
lubricants and
related materials
24%
5:Chemicals
17%
Total
185,636,757
30,311,111
61,747,378
418,158,616
25,212,511
294,951,658
198,694,592
401,982,734
91,648,107
11,616,535
1,719,959,999
1:Beverages and tobacco
2%
2:Crude materials, (excl fuels)
4%
4:Animal and vegetable oils,fats
and waxes
1%
3
% Share
10.8
1.8
3.6
24.3
1.5
17.1
11.6
23.4
5.3
0.7
100
Table 1.4 Imports by Broad Economic categories (BEC) in US$
Year
2014
BEC \ Period
October
November
1:Food and beverages
53,570,012
58,653,118
11:Primary
3,596,781
3,261,882
111:Mainly for industry
617,530
454,815
112:Mainly for household consumption
2,979,252
2,807,067
121:Mainly for industry
13,694,523
13,914,362
122:Mainly for household consumption
36,278,709
41,476,875
2:Industrial supplies not elsewhere specified 194,712,023
158,146,593
21:Primary
12,651,891
9,238,281
22:Processed
182,060,132
148,908,312
3:Fuels and lubricants
97,920,278
108,239,394
31:Primary
410,164
372,576
32:Processed
97,510,114
107,866,819
321:Motor spirit
93,475,789
104,287,330
322:Other
4,034,325
3,579,489
4:Capital goods (except transport equipment), 91,142,282
and parts and accessories
89,668,948
thereof
41:Capital goods (except transport equipment) 70,769,042
61,851,597
42:Parts and accessories
20,373,241
27,817,350
5:Transport equipment and parts and accessories
72,901,174
thereof
44,106,956
51:Passenger motor cars
22,407,236
14,519,921
52:Other
40,161,343
17,806,784
521:Industrial
39,473,924
17,179,496
522:Non-industrial
687,419
627,288
53:Parts and accessories
10,332,594
11,780,250
6:Consumer goods not elsewhere specified
58,560,963
43,370,188
61:Durable
3,717,317
4,384,146
62:Semi-durable
7,865,469
9,319,249
63:Non-durable
46,978,178
29,666,793
7:Goods not elsewhere specified
67,854,676
58,493,387
Total
636,661,409
560,678,583
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December
58,474,978
4,389,920
739,881
3,650,040
12,898,287
41,186,771
126,304,692
9,948,010
116,356,681
88,284,880
255,633
88,029,248
84,888,021
3,141,227
84,529,707
60,937,555
23,592,152
54,456,861
17,176,917
26,048,350
22,782,527
3,265,823
11,231,594
46,717,126
5,123,201
7,722,006
33,871,919
63,851,762
522,620,007
Totals
170,698,109
11,248,583
1,812,225
9,436,358
40,507,171
118,942,355
479,163,308
31,838,182
447,325,126
294,444,553
1,038,372
293,406,181
282,651,140
10,755,041
265,340,937
193,558,194
71,782,743
171,464,991
54,104,074
84,016,477
79,435,948
4,580,529
33,344,439
148,648,277
13,224,663
24,906,723
110,516,890
190,199,825
1,719,959,999
% Share
9.9
0.7
0.1
0.5
2.4
6.9
27.9
1.9
26.0
17.1
0.1
17.1
16.4
0.6
15.4
11.3
4.2
10.0
3.1
4.9
4.6
0.3
1.9
8.6
0.8
1.4
6.4
11.1
100
Table 2.1 Total exports by Country of Destination: Top 10 countries in US$
Year
Partner \ Period
South Africa
Mozambique
United Arab Emirates
Zambia
Belgium
France
Botswana
China
United Kingdom
Namibia
Total of top 10 countries
Other countries
Total
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2014
October
272,458,092
55,668,855
5,081,987
8,882,090
12,877,938
963,338
2,268,852
6,139,818
2,967,675
997,122
368,305,766
4,443,874
372,749,640
November
329,586,595
48,764,348
5,709,146
10,037,555
6,698,416
4,503,088
2,179,528
90,002
446,427
971,137
408,986,240
2,543,346
411,529,587
5
December
136,092,926
48,272,551
19,966,280
7,936,647
6,368,867
3,324,710
2,440,696
12,000
2,276,181
519,074
227,209,932
4,418,282
231,628,214
Country Totals
738,137,612
152,705,754
30,757,413
26,856,292
25,945,220
8,791,136
6,889,076
6,241,820
5,690,282
2,487,333
1,004,501,939
11,405,502
1,015,907,441
% Share
72.7
15.0
3.0
2.6
2.6
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.2
98.9
1.1
100.0
Table 2.2 Total exports by HS Code: Top 10 products in US$
Year
2014
HS \ Period
October
November
24012010:Flue-cured tobacco of the virginia type,
131,193,793
partly or wholly stemmed/stripped
228,405,396
71081300:Semi-manufactured gold (incl. gold plated
59,319,375
with platinum), non-monetary
45,692,132
26040000:Nickel ores and concentrates
32,836,694
24,252,754
72024100:Ferro-chromium, containing by weight 25,944,202
>4% carbon
20,708,601
17011400:Other cane sugar not containing added 12,075,000
flavouring or colouring matter
10,350,000
71101100:Platinum unwrought or in powder form13,481,413
9,189,764
71021000:Unsorted diamonds
15,939,353
6,631,050
71022100:Industrial diamonds unworked or simply1,569,020
sawn, cleaved or bruted7,536,498
24012030:Dark-fired tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped
15,808,578
1,890,579
41032000:Hides and skins of reptiles, fresh or preserved,
1,479,934
not tanned
6,309,412
Total of top 10 products
309,647,362
360,966,185
Other Countries
63,102,278
50,563,401
Total:
372,749,640
411,529,587
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December
34,465,877
36,824,656
29,505,170
20,529,863
18,064,464
11,931,361
7,275,084
19,557,284
2,993,387
3,775,617
184,922,763
46,705,452
231,628,214
Product Totals
394,065,065
141,836,163
86,594,618
67,182,667
40,489,464
34,602,538
29,845,487
28,662,802
20,692,544
11,564,963
855,536,310
160,371,131
1,015,907,441
% Share
38.8
14.0
8.5
6.6
4.0
3.4
2.9
2.8
2.0
1.1
84.2
15.8
100.0
Table 2.3 Total Exports classified by SITC Sections in US$
Year
2014
SITCR3 \ Period
October
0:Food and live animals
19,946,657
1:Beverages and tobacco
154,265,643
2:Crude materials, (excl fuels)
57,748,148
3:Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 1,645,528
4:Animal and vegetable oils,fats and waxes
36,708
5:Chemicals
1,774,437
6:Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
68,572,960
7:Machinery and transport equipment
5,314,623
8:Miscellaneous manufactured articles
4,095,151
9:Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere
59,349,784
in the SITC
Total
372,749,640
November
18,215,578
236,741,400
47,768,513
1,717,079
54,960
1,470,906
51,184,393
4,356,898
4,225,151
45,794,709
411,529,587
December
22,664,548
44,476,989
64,404,581
1,763,940
7,140
1,614,134
51,623,139
5,005,683
3,141,306
36,926,754
231,628,214
9:Commodities and
transactions not classified
elsewhere in the SITC
8:Miscellaneous manufactured
14%
articles
1%
0:Food and live animals
6%
7:Machinery and transport
equipment 6:Manufactured
1%
goods classified
5:Chemicals
chiefly by material
0%
17%
4:Animal and vegetable
oils,fats and waxes
0%
3:Mineral fuels, lubricants and
related materials
1%
Quarterly bulletin of External Trade Statistics
Total
60,826,783
435,484,032
169,921,243
5,126,547
98,808
4,859,477
171,380,493
14,677,204
11,461,608
142,071,247
1,015,907,441
1:Beverages and
tobacco
43%
2:Crude materials,
(excl fuels)
17%
7
% Share
6.0
42.9
16.7
0.5
0.0
0.5
16.9
1.4
1.1
14.0
100.0