72801 v2 World Trade Indicators 2009/10 Zambia: Trade-at-a-Glance Table 2008 GDP 2008 GDP 2008 Share 2008 Trade Membership No. of FTAs/ EIAs (millions) per capita in World Trade per capita GATT WTO Goods Services $14,314 $1,134 0.03% $932 1982 1995 2 0 TRADE PERFORMANCE‡ Zambia Ranking Decile SSA Low inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 88 8 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 125) 32 3 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 183) 90 5 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 155) 138 9 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 157) 9 1 Outer bound represents best value in latest year ‡ Rankings are based on the representative indicators (in bold) in each group below for the latest year TRADE POLICY (TP) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-08^ Latest Tariff Trade Restrictiveness Index TTRI (MFN applied tariff) 11.2 8.7 8.9 * TTRI (applied tariff including preferences) .. 8.2 7.9 * MFN applied tariff (spl avg) OTRI (Overall TRI, applied tariff incl. prefs.+NTMs) .. 8.8 8.5 * MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 14.2 13.3 13.9 13.8 TTRI (MFN) Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 Maximum rate (excl. alcohol and tobacco) .. .. 48.9 72.8 Agriculture - simple avg (%) 18.5 18.8 19.0 19.2 MFN applied tariff (wgt avg) Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 13.5 12.4 13.1 13.0 MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 11.3 10.2 10.9 11.2 Applied tariff (wgt avg) Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 11.3 9.1 7.3 7.8 Agriculture 13.9 9.5 7.7 9.4 Import duties Nonagriculture 11.1 9.0 7.3 7.6 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 8.2 .. 0 10 20 30 MFN applied tariff escalation (finished % minus raw %) .. 1.1 0.9 Zambia SSA Low inc Agriculture .. .. 4.0 3.9 Nonagriculture .. .. 2.3 1.9 Import duties (% of imports) 9.7 .. 5.0 5.0 * Tariff overhang (MFN bound minus MFN applied rate,%) 87.8 88.9 90.6 90.6 GATS commit. Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) .. 15.3 16.2 16.7 index Non-ad valorem tariff frequency ratio (%) 0.0 1.1 1.0 2.1 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) .. .. .. .. 0 40 80 Anti-dumping initiations 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Zambia SSA Low inc Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 14.2 14.2 * EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-08^ Latest Market Access-TTRI (MA-TTRI, applied tariff incl. prefs.) 2.5 1.4 * MA-TTRI MA-OTRI (applied tariff incl. prefs. and NTMs) 11.4 4.5 * ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 3.6 4.4 3.3 3.3 ROW applied(wgt avg) Agriculture 11.0 10.6 12.2 10.9 Nonagriculture 2.6 2.6 1.7 2.2 MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 41.2 33.8 31.4 30.8 * MFN zero duty exports (%) Exports to FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 0.0 0.0 11.5 22.1 Zambia SSA Low inc Anti-dumping initiations faced 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1 All numbers normalized to a 0 to 1 scale Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) 2.7 1.9 10.4 -2.1 All data are as of January 2010 and are drawn from the World Trade Indicators 2009/10 Database. The database, Trade-at-a-Glance Tables, Country Trade Briefs and User Guide, are available at http://www.worldbank.org/wti. ^ Indicators shown are period averages. "Latest" indicates 2008, when not available, 2006 or 2007 (noted by *). EAP: East Asia and Pacific, ECA: Europe and Central Asia, LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean, MNA: Middle East and North Africa, SAS: South Asia, SSA: Sub-Saharan Africa. GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; WTO: World Trade Organization; FTA: free trade agreement; EIA: economic integration arrangement; NTM: nontariff measures; ROW: rest of the world; CU: customs union; ".." indicates missing value. World Trade Indicators 2009/10 Trade-at-a-Glance Tables INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2006 2007 2008 2009 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 183) .. 101 99 90 Ease of Starting a business (rank) .. 84 72 94 Doing 160 Business Enforcing contracts (rank) .. 85 88 87 Rank Closing a business (rank) .. 87 83 83 80 World Governance Indicators (WGI) 2005 2006 2007 2008 Zambia Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.63 -0.59 -0.52 -0.33 SSA Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.57 -0.63 -0.59 -0.50 Low inc 0 Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) -0.77 -0.74 -0.59 -0.48 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-08^ Latest Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 2.4 2.3 Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 2.1 2.2 Quality of transport and IT infrastructure .. .. 2.0 1.8 Logistics Performance Ease of arranging competitively-priced shipments .. .. 2.4 2.4 Index Logistics competence .. .. 2.4 2.0 Ability to track and trace shipments .. .. 2.8 2.4 Timeliness of shipments .. .. 2.5 2.9 0 2 4 Zambia SSA Low inc Trading Across Borders (Doing Business, rank out of 183) 157 157 No. of documents required for export .. .. 7 6 200 No. of days required to export .. .. 53 53 160 Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 2,240 2,664 120 No. of documents required for import .. .. 9 9 80 No. of days required to import .. .. 64 64 40 Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 2,964 3,335 0 Telephones (fixed + mobile) per 100 people 0.9 2.7 18.6 28.8 Trading Across Borders Rank Internet users per 100 people 0.0 0.8 4.4 5.6 Zambia SSA Low inc Export credit insured exposures - short term (% of goods export) .. 14.5 15.2 TRADE OUTCOME (TO)# 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-08^ Latest Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) ## 16.3 21.9 18.4 18.0 Real Trade Growth Rate 25 Exports 8.3 25.5 21.5 20.7 21.9 20 18.4 Imports 25.3 19.5 15.6 15.3 16.3 18.0 15 Goods 909.5 24.5 19.5 15.1 10 Services 9.8 6.4 -5.9 4.3 7.3 7.1 8.1 7.6 7.0 6.3 5.9 6.5 5 Nominal growth in trade of goods and services (%) 23.8 16.4 28.9 24.0 0 Exports 36.3 20.8 28.4 10.2 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 Imports 17.5 13.5 30.6 38.5 Zambia SSA Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 50.0 72.3 75.4 78.1 Low inc Goods balance (% GDP) -2.4 -5.4 4.3 -4.7 Export Composition (2005-08) Food balance (% GDP) -0.9 -0.3 0.6 0.0 Travel , 3.1 Transport Oth com Services balance (% GDP) -4.4 -5.9 -4.2 -5.1 , 2.5 ser, 0.9 Agric, Goods share of total exports (%) 73.5 87.7 93.1 94.5 11.1 Services share of total exports (%) 26.4 12.3 6.9 5.5 Manufac, 12.2 Goods exports as a share of world goods exports (rank)** 120 117 105 102 Services exports as share of world services exports (rank)** 134 146 144 138 Fuels, 0.6 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows (% of GDP) 5.5 5.7 6.5 8.6 * Total remittances inflows (% GDP) .. 0.9 0.6 0.5 Export product concentration index (0-100, most) 64.0 48.9 64.3 65.1 Minral, Export market concentration index (0-100, most) 32.2 46.0 39.7 35.6 68.6 Top 5 export markets (shares) Switzerland (36%), South Africa (11%), China, People's Rep. of (8%), Congo, Dem. Rep. (5%), Saudi Arabia (5%) Top 5 import markets (shares) South Africa (49%), China, People's Rep. of (8%), United Arab Emirates (8%), India (4%), Congo, Dem. Rep. (3%) Top 5 export products (SITC 3 digit-shares) 682-Copper (66%), 283-Copper ores, conc. (12%), 699-Base metal many (6%), 121-Tobacco, raw (2%), 61-Sugar etc (1%) Top 5 import products (SITC 3 digit-shares) 333-Petrol, crude (10%), 283-Copper ores, conc. (9%), 334-Hvy petrol. (7%), 723-Civil engine plnt (4%), 562-Manu. fertilizers (4%) ^ Indicators shown are period averages (except for Trading Across Borders rank: 2005-08 reflects 2008). "Latest" indicates 2008 (for Doing Business, LPI 2009), when not available, 2006 or 2007 (noted by *). # Outcome indicators are from the World Bank Development Data Group, Prospects Group, UNCTAD and COMTRADE. ## In constant 2000 US dollars. ** Rank is based on average annual world share for each period. The sample sizes are 173, 179, 180 and 173 countries, respectively.