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Reserves & FX Market

Exports

Merchandise exports, re-exports included, US dollar millions.

$1,606.4mSep 2026−8.1%on the month+33.9%on the year
12-month average1,462.3
Record high1,748.4Aug 2026
Record low458.1Sep 2019
Observations129since Jan 2016

Exports, Jan 2016 to Sep 2026

05001,0001,5002,0002016201820202022202420261,606.4

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MonthExports (USD m)
Sep 20261,606.4
Aug 20261,748.4
Jul 20261,601.0
Jun 20261,653.7
May 20261,603.1
Apr 20261,329.0
Mar 20261,298.6
Feb 20261,447.9
Jan 20261,393.3
Dec 20251,280.3
Nov 20251,237.2
Oct 20251,348.6
Sep 20251,199.5
Aug 20251,281.4
Jul 20251,156.1
Jun 2025883.2
May 20251,121.7
Apr 2025992.2
Mar 2025994.9
Feb 2025897.2
Jan 2025944.6
Dec 2024979.2
Nov 20241,151.3
Oct 2024962.1
Sep 2024916.3
Aug 2024944.3
Jul 20241,007.6
Jun 2024951.3
May 20241,025.3
Apr 2024894.5
Mar 2024859.5
Feb 2024693.0
Jan 2024823.4
Dec 2023849.9
Nov 2023795.0
Oct 2023736.4
Sep 2023826.0
Aug 2023979.7
Jul 2023935.7
Jun 2023889.3
May 2023920.5
Apr 2023823.2
Mar 2023825.4
Feb 2023824.3
Jan 20231,078.0
Dec 2022835.9
Nov 2022977.9
Oct 2022954.8
Sep 2022942.4
Aug 2022980.1
Jul 2022992.1
Jun 2022973.5
May 20221,032.1
Apr 2022958.8
Mar 20221,060.9
Feb 2022964.1
Jan 2022986.7
Dec 20211,057.5
Nov 20211,091.6
Oct 2021952.0
Sep 2021990.9
Aug 2021973.4
Jul 2021870.5
Jun 2021863.9
May 2021907.8
Apr 2021978.5
Mar 2021843.2
Feb 2021795.6
Jan 2021819.5
Dec 2020788.5
Nov 2020787.5
Oct 2020759.8
Sep 2020840.5
Aug 2020743.1
Jul 2020677.1
Jun 2020522.2
May 2020588.5
Apr 2020480.4
Mar 2020514.6
Feb 2020541.1
Jan 2020577.1
Dec 2019601.5
Nov 2019608.4
Oct 2019567.5
Sep 2019458.1
Aug 2019579.0
Jul 2019521.8
Jun 2019584.6
May 2019644.1
Apr 2019609.3
Mar 2019620.1
Feb 2019570.5
Jan 2019690.6
Dec 2018748.4
Nov 2018686.1
Oct 2018698.6
Sep 2018682.0
Aug 2018837.5
Jul 2018809.6
Jun 2018843.3
May 2018711.4
Apr 2018688.7
Mar 2018748.4
Feb 2018795.8
Jan 2018813.0
Dec 2017833.1
Nov 2017868.7
Oct 2017684.7
Sep 2017561.3
Aug 2017878.4
Jul 2017633.9
Jun 2017667.4
May 2017638.3
Apr 2017633.9
Mar 2017651.8
Feb 2017673.8
Jan 2017607.2
Dec 2016594.0
Nov 2016577.7
Oct 2016613.1
Sep 2016494.9
Aug 2016503.6
Jul 2016556.6
Jun 2016591.2
May 2016509.5
Apr 2016527.5
Mar 2016589.8
Feb 2016464.1
Jan 2016551.7

Source: Zambia Statistics Agency. Monthly. Gaps in the line are months with no published figure.

Change on a year earlier

Each bar is this month against the same month twelve months before — the comparison that strips out the seasonal pattern.

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