Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
21 038 1 373 4.7 na na
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
112 88 168 142
Imports
126 100 159 133
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f. a
Annual percentage change
2020 4 396 5 002
2010-2020 3 na
2020 0.02
Share in world total imports (%)
Share in world total exports (%)
2019 5 -25
2020 3 4 2020 0.03
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 25.7
Fuels and mining products: 36.4
Agricultural products: 8.4
Fuels and mining products: 31.4
Manufactures: 13.1
Other: 24.7
Manufactures: 59.3
Other: 0.9
By main destination, % (2020)
By main origin, % (2020)
South Africa: 39.4 Mozambique: 9.3 European Union: 1.8
United Arab Emirates: 20.3 Uganda: 2.9 Other: 26.4
South Africa: 49.3
Singapore: 10.9
China: 9.3
European Union: 3.9
India: 3.2
Other: 23.3
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2401 HS1701 HS4103 HS2403 HS5201
2020 . 741 76 29 27 26
Unmanufactured tobacco Cane or beet sugar Other raw hides and skins Other manufactured tobacco Cotton, not carded or combed
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1005 HS1507 HS1006 HS1001 HS1103
2020
Maize (corn) Soya-bean oil and its fractions Rice Wheat and meslin Cereal groats, meal and pellets
299 128 106 103 45
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
40%
Imports 60%
80%
0%
HS2401
HS1005
HS1701
HS1507
HS4103
HS1006
HS2403
HS1001
HS5201
HS1103
20%
40%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 1 036 997
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 3 0
2019 -7 -49
2020 -4 152
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS7501 HS7108 HS2604 HS7102 HS7202
Nickel mattes, nickel oxide sinters Gold Nickel ores and concentrates Diamonds, whether or not worked Ferro-alloys
2020
Top imported products (Million US$)
985 982 612 141 140
HS2710 HS2716 HS3004 HS8704 HS3102
Value 2020
Petroleum oils, other than crude Electrical energy Medicaments in measured doses Motor vehicles for goods transport Nitrogenous fertilisers
614 154 134 121 109
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS7501
HS2710
HS7108
HS2716
HS2604
HS3004
HS7102
HS8704
HS7202
HS3102
10%
20%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 3 358 4 017
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 6 -1
2019 11 -23
2020 5 -8
a Break in series: 2017 for imports.
398
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Zimbabwe TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
2019
2020
148 474
-6 -10
1 -28
-62 -32
2020 0.00
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2020 0.01
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2017)
By main services item, % (2017)
Transport: 44.7 Other commercial services: 14.9
Travel: 40.2 Goods-related services: 0.3
Transport: 24.3 Other commercial services: 45.7
By main destination
Travel: 29.4 Goods-related services: 0.7
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2015 904 na
2010-2015 na na
2014 na na
2015 24 na
Transport Zimbabwe
300
World
200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2017 166 260
Exports By sea (2017) By air (2017) By other (2017)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value
2010-2017 11 -13
Share (%)
0 9 157
Annual percentage change 2016 2 -18
Imports By sea (2017) By air (2017) By other (2017)
0.0 5.3 94.7
2017 82 -30
Value
Share (%)
10 32 217
3.8 12.3 83.3
Travel Zimbabwe
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2017 149 315
2010-2017 3 13
Annual percentage change 2016 1 -31
2017 -16 -4
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2017)
25.1 74.9
Other business services
ICTs
Value
Other commercial services Exports Imports
2017
2010-2017
55 490
-1 0
2017
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Annual percentage change
2010-2017
1 7
na na
2016
2017
5 -2
-31 -7
2016
2017
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2016 Residents
8
Trademark applications, 2019
Non-residents
5
Total
13
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Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Industrial design applications, 2016 Total
2 181
Residents
2
Non-residents
na
Total
2
399