Zimbabwe import and export data
In 2024, Zimbabwe imported goods worth $9.66 billion and exported $8.31 billion, a trade deficit of $1.35 billion. The value was almost unchanged from 2023. Over 2017-2024 the trade grew strongly, by about 16% a year on average.
Imports 2024
$9.66B
Exports 2024
$8.31B
Trade balance
-$1.35B
Zimbabwe imports and exports, 2017-2024
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Where Zimbabwe imports from
The largest suppliers were South Africa (40%), China (15%), Bahamas (8%). Among the main suppliers, Bahamas grew fastest (+56% on the year before).
Top supplier countries
- South Africa 40%
- China 15%
- Bahamas 7.6%
- Mozambique 4.3%
- Singapore 3.5%
- Zambia 3.4%
- United Arab Emirates 3.2%
- Bahrain 2.9%
- Mauritius 2.1%
- India 2.1%
Where Zimbabwe exports to
The largest buyer markets were United Arab Emirates (33%), China (29%), South Africa (17%). Among the main buyer markets, China grew fastest (+52% on the year before).
Top export markets
- United Arab Emirates 33%
- China 29%
- South Africa 17%
- Mozambique 2.9%
- Zambia 2.1%
- Belgium 1.7%
- India 1.5%
- Indonesia 1.5%
- Netherlands 1.3%
- France 0.9%
Top Zimbabwe imports
- 1Refined petroleum products · HS 2710$1.63B17%
- 2Maize · HS 1005$560.4M5.8%
- 3Trucks · HS 8704$288.8M3%
- 4Soya bean oil · HS 1507$216.5M2.2%
- 5Electricity · HS 2716$206.7M2.1%
- 6Rice · HS 1006$187.9M1.9%
- 7Nitrogen fertilizer · HS 3102$175.2M1.8%
- 8Wheat · HS 1001$142.9M1.5%
- 9Cars · HS 8703$131.7M1.4%
- 10Packaged medicines · HS 3004$129.4M1.3%
- 11Phones and network equipment · HS 8517$122.8M1.3%
- 12Compound fertilizer · HS 3105$120.3M1.2%
Top Zimbabwe exports
- 1Gold · HS 7108$2.51B30%
- 2Tobacco leaf · HS 2401$1.31B16%
- 3Nickel matte · HS 7501$986.2M12%
- 4Mineral substances · HS 2530$839.4M10%
- 5Chromium ore · HS 2610$555.1M6.7%
- 6Ferro-alloys · HS 7202$430.2M5.2%
- 7Diamonds · HS 7102$337.9M4.1%
- 8Metal ore · HS 2617$247.2M3%
- 9Coke · HS 2704$169.5M2%
- 10Raw hides and skins · HS 4103$94.8M1.1%
- 11Sugar · HS 1701$59.2M0.7%
- 12Granite · HS 2516$55.2M0.7%
Beyond the public totals
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Zimbabwe trade data by product
Every product below has its own page: yearly trend, partner countries on a map, prices per kg and HS detail.
Chapter 01 · Animals; live
Chapter 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
Chapter 03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other…
Chapter 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey…
Chapter 06 · Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and…
Chapter 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
Chapter 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or…
Chapter 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
Chapter 10 · Cereals
Chapter 11 · Products of the milling industry; malt…
Chapter 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous…
Chapter 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils…
Chapter 16 · Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other…
Chapter 17 · Sugars and sugar confectionery
Chapter 18 · Cocoa and cocoa preparations
Chapter 19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk…
Chapter 20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or…
Chapter 21 · Miscellaneous edible preparations
Chapter 22 · Beverages, spirits and vinegar
Chapter 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof…
Chapter 24 · Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes…
Chapter 25 · Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering…
Chapter 26 · Ores, slag and ash
Chapter 27 · Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of…
- Zimbabwe coal trade
- Zimbabwe coke trade
- Zimbabwe coal tar trade
- Zimbabwe coal tar oil trade
- Zimbabwe refined petroleum products trade
- Zimbabwe petroleum gas trade
- Zimbabwe petroleum wax trade
- Zimbabwe petroleum residue trade
- Zimbabwe natural bitumen trade
- Zimbabwe bituminous mixture trade
- Zimbabwe electricity trade
Chapter 28 · Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic…
- Zimbabwe sulfuric acid trade
- Zimbabwe inorganic acid trade
- Zimbabwe caustic soda trade
- Zimbabwe aluminium oxide trade
- Zimbabwe chloride trade
- Zimbabwe hypochlorite trade
- Zimbabwe chlorate trade
- Zimbabwe sulfate trade
- Zimbabwe phosphate trade
- Zimbabwe carbonate trade
- Zimbabwe cyanide trade
- Zimbabwe silicate trade
- Zimbabwe hydrogen peroxide trade
Chapter 29 · Organic chemicals
Chapter 30 · Pharmaceutical products
Chapter 31 · Fertilizers
Chapter 32 · Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their…
Chapter 33 · Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery…
Chapter 34 · Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing…
Chapter 35 · Albuminoidal substances; modified starches…
Chapter 36 · Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches…
Chapter 37 · Photographic or cinematographic goods
Chapter 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
- Zimbabwe artificial graphite trade
- Zimbabwe activated carbon trade
- Zimbabwe pesticide trade
- Zimbabwe textile finish trade
- Zimbabwe paint thinner trade
- Zimbabwe catalyst trade
- Zimbabwe refractory mortar trade
- Zimbabwe brake fluid trade
- Zimbabwe diagnostic reagent trade
- Zimbabwe fatty acid trade
- Zimbabwe chemical product trade
Chapter 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
- Zimbabwe polyethylene trade
- Zimbabwe polypropylene trade
- Zimbabwe polystyrene trade
- Zimbabwe pvc trade
- Zimbabwe acrylic resin trade
- Zimbabwe engineering plastic trade
- Zimbabwe cellulose trade
- Zimbabwe plastic hose trade
- Zimbabwe self-adhesive film trade
- Zimbabwe plastic sheet trade
- Zimbabwe plastic film trade
- Zimbabwe plastic sanitary ware trade
- Zimbabwe plastic bottle trade
- Zimbabwe plastic dinnerware trade
- Zimbabwe plastic building material trade
- Zimbabwe plastic product trade
Chapter 40 · Rubber and articles thereof
Chapter 41 · Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and…
Chapter 42 · Articles of leather; saddlery and harness…
Chapter 44 · Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
Chapter 48 · Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp…
- Zimbabwe newsprint trade
- Zimbabwe uncoated printing paper trade
- Zimbabwe tissue paper trade
- Zimbabwe kraft paper trade
- Zimbabwe uncoated paperboard trade
- Zimbabwe coated paper trade
- Zimbabwe specialty coated paper trade
- Zimbabwe cigarette paper trade
- Zimbabwe toilet paper and tissues trade
- Zimbabwe paperboard boxes and cartons trade
- Zimbabwe paper notebooks and albums trade
- Zimbabwe paper labels trade
- Zimbabwe paper articles trade
Chapter 49 · Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other…
Chapter 52 · Cotton
Chapter 54 · Man-made filaments; strip and the like of…
Chapter 55 · Man-made staple fibres
Chapter 56 · Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns…
Chapter 59 · Textile fabrics; impregnated, coated, covered…
Chapter 62 · Apparel and clothing accessories; not knitted…
Chapter 63 · Textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing…
Chapter 64 · Footwear; gaiters and the like; parts of such…
Chapter 65 · Headgear and parts thereof
Chapter 67 · Feathers and down, prepared; and articles made…
Chapter 68 · Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or…
Chapter 69 · Ceramic products
Chapter 70 · Glass and glassware
Chapter 71 · Natural, cultured pearls; precious…
Chapter 72 · Iron and steel
- Zimbabwe ferro-alloys trade
- Zimbabwe iron and steel scrap trade
- Zimbabwe hot-rolled steel coils trade
- Zimbabwe cold-rolled steel sheets trade
- Zimbabwe coated steel sheets trade
- Zimbabwe narrow steel strips trade
- Zimbabwe hot-rolled steel bars trade
- Zimbabwe forged and hot-rolled steel bars trade
- Zimbabwe other steel bars trade
- Zimbabwe steel shapes trade
- Zimbabwe steel wire trade
- Zimbabwe alloy steel bars and shapes trade
Chapter 73 · Iron or steel articles
- Zimbabwe railway track trade
- Zimbabwe seamless steel pipes trade
- Zimbabwe welded steel tubes trade
- Zimbabwe steel pipe fittings trade
- Zimbabwe steel structural sections trade
- Zimbabwe steel storage tanks trade
- Zimbabwe steel drums trade
- Zimbabwe gas cylinders trade
- Zimbabwe steel wire ropes trade
- Zimbabwe barbed wire trade
- Zimbabwe steel wire mesh trade
- Zimbabwe steel chain trade
- Zimbabwe steel fasteners trade
- Zimbabwe steel springs trade
- Zimbabwe steel stoves trade
- Zimbabwe steel cookware trade
- Zimbabwe steel sanitary ware trade
- Zimbabwe cast iron articles trade
- Zimbabwe steel articles trade
Chapter 74 · Copper and articles thereof
Chapter 76 · Aluminium and articles thereof
Chapter 82 · Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks…
Chapter 83 · Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal
Chapter 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers…
- Zimbabwe industrial boilers trade
- Zimbabwe heating boilers trade
- Zimbabwe boiler economizer trade
- Zimbabwe steam turbine trade
- Zimbabwe piston engine trade
- Zimbabwe diesel engine trade
- Zimbabwe engine parts trade
- Zimbabwe pneumatic motor trade
- Zimbabwe liquid pump trade
- Zimbabwe air compressor trade
- Zimbabwe air conditioner trade
- Zimbabwe industrial furnace trade
- Zimbabwe refrigerator trade
- Zimbabwe heat treatment machinery trade
- Zimbabwe centrifuge trade
- Zimbabwe dishwasher trade
- Zimbabwe weighing scale trade
- Zimbabwe spray gun trade
- Zimbabwe hoist trade
- Zimbabwe crane trade
- Zimbabwe forklift trade
- Zimbabwe conveyor trade
- Zimbabwe excavator trade
- Zimbabwe excavation machinery trade
- Zimbabwe lifting machinery parts trade
- Zimbabwe soil cultivator trade
- Zimbabwe harvester trade
- Zimbabwe milking machine trade
- Zimbabwe poultry incubator trade
- Zimbabwe grain mill trade
- Zimbabwe food processing machinery trade
- Zimbabwe paper machinery trade
- Zimbabwe paper cutter trade
- Zimbabwe printing press trade
- Zimbabwe sewing machine trade
- Zimbabwe metal casting machine trade
- Zimbabwe rolling mill trade
- Zimbabwe drill press trade
- Zimbabwe metal press trade
- Zimbabwe stone cutting machine trade
- Zimbabwe wood working machine trade
- Zimbabwe power tool trade
- Zimbabwe calculator trade
- Zimbabwe computer trade
- Zimbabwe office machine trade
- Zimbabwe computer parts trade
- Zimbabwe crushing machine trade
- Zimbabwe plastic molding machine trade
- Zimbabwe tobacco machinery trade
- Zimbabwe specialized machinery trade
- Zimbabwe metal mold trade
- Zimbabwe valve trade
- Zimbabwe bearing trade
- Zimbabwe gearbox trade
- Zimbabwe gasket trade
Chapter 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts…
- Zimbabwe electric motor trade
- Zimbabwe generator trade
- Zimbabwe motor parts trade
- Zimbabwe transformer trade
- Zimbabwe battery trade
- Zimbabwe accumulator trade
- Zimbabwe ignition system trade
- Zimbabwe automotive lighting trade
- Zimbabwe electric furnace trade
- Zimbabwe electric welding machine trade
- Zimbabwe electric heater trade
- Zimbabwe phones and network equipment trade
- Zimbabwe microphone trade
- Zimbabwe storage media trade
- Zimbabwe television camera trade
- Zimbabwe radar trade
- Zimbabwe monitor trade
- Zimbabwe alarm system trade
- Zimbabwe high voltage switch trade
- Zimbabwe low voltage switch trade
- Zimbabwe control panel trade
- Zimbabwe electrical parts trade
- Zimbabwe light bulbs trade
- Zimbabwe semiconductors trade
- Zimbabwe electrical machinery trade
- Zimbabwe electrical wire and cable trade
Chapter 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling…
Chapter 88 · Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
Chapter 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic…
- Zimbabwe surveying instruments trade
- Zimbabwe medical instruments trade
- Zimbabwe orthopaedic appliances trade
- Zimbabwe x-ray apparatus trade
- Zimbabwe temperature and humidity meters trade
- Zimbabwe pressure and flow meters trade
- Zimbabwe analytical instruments trade
- Zimbabwe utility meters trade
- Zimbabwe electrical measuring instruments trade
- Zimbabwe measuring instruments trade
- Zimbabwe control instruments trade
Chapter 93 · Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories…
Chapter 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress…
Chapter 95 · Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and…
Chapter 96 · Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Chapter 97 · Works of art; collectors' pieces and antiques
Zimbabwe on EximDataX
Mirror data: built from the shipment records of the countries that trade with it. Updated weekly on EximDataX (some markets daily), while public statistics stop at 2024.
Source: CEPII BACI (reconciled UN Comtrade data), HS 2017 edition, release 202601, Etalab Open Licence 2.0. Values in US dollars.
Straight answers
Trade data for Zimbabwe: questions
What does Zimbabwe import most?
The largest imports by value in 2024 were refined petroleum products ($1.63 billion), maize ($560.4 million) and trucks ($288.8 million). Together they made up 26% of total imports of $9.66 billion. Each product has its own page below with suppliers and prices.
What are the main exports of Zimbabwe?
The top exports in 2024 were gold ($2.51 billion), tobacco leaf ($1.31 billion) and nickel matte ($986.2 million), 58% of exports of $8.31 billion. That left a trade deficit of $1.35 billion.
Who are the biggest trading partners of Zimbabwe?
The largest suppliers were South Africa (40% of imports), China and the Bahamas. The largest export markets were the United Arab Emirates (33% of exports), China and South Africa. The maps above show every partner country.
Where can I get shipment-level Zimbabwe trade data?
Mirror data: built from the shipment records of the countries that trade with it. Updated weekly on EximDataX (some markets daily), while public statistics stop at 2024. Public statistics like these stop at country totals; the platform shows the companies, dates and values behind them.
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