Exports:
$3.928 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities:
copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton
Exports - partners:
Switzerland 28.7%, South Africa 18.6%, UK 14.4%, Democratic
Republic of the Congo 5.4%, Tanzania 5.1%, Zimbabwe 4.1% (2005)
Imports:
$3.092 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products,
electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing
Imports - partners:
South Africa 47.6%, UK 12.6%, Zimbabwe 4.3% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.05 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$4.397 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$640.6 million (2002)
Currency (code):
Zambian kwacha (ZMK)