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Reserves & FX Market

Imports

Merchandise imports, US dollar millions.

$1,792.8mSep 2026+5.4%on the month+51.6%on the year
12-month average1,429.1
Record high1,792.8Sep 2026
Record low348.5Apr 2020
Observations129since Jan 2016

Imports, Jan 2016 to Sep 2026

05001,0001,5002,0002016201820202022202420261,792.8

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MonthImports (USD m)
Sep 20261,792.8
Aug 20261,700.4
Jul 20261,684.7
Jun 20261,710.4
May 20261,528.1
Apr 20261,434.8
Mar 20261,250.9
Feb 20261,146.6
Jan 20261,155.7
Dec 20251,236.2
Nov 20251,209.3
Oct 20251,299.6
Sep 20251,182.7
Aug 20251,139.3
Jul 20251,146.2
Jun 20251,100.1
May 20251,065.2
Apr 2025935.3
Mar 2025980.5
Feb 2025919.0
Jan 2025987.1
Dec 20241,097.7
Nov 20241,112.4
Oct 20241,080.1
Sep 2024981.1
Aug 2024967.7
Jul 2024953.3
Jun 2024898.6
May 2024958.4
Apr 2024804.9
Mar 2024754.7
Feb 2024831.8
Jan 2024750.9
Dec 2023822.7
Nov 2023831.5
Oct 2023790.0
Sep 2023871.4
Aug 2023870.5
Jul 2023811.3
Jun 2023841.9
May 2023918.8
Apr 2023848.3
Mar 2023960.6
Feb 2023791.1
Jan 2023806.1
Dec 2022861.8
Nov 2022810.7
Oct 2022773.9
Sep 2022839.1
Aug 2022750.8
Jul 2022749.1
Jun 2022827.5
May 2022816.0
Apr 2022704.4
Mar 2022709.4
Feb 2022616.1
Jan 2022588.9
Dec 2021649.5
Nov 2021670.0
Oct 2021625.1
Sep 2021697.3
Aug 2021756.2
Jul 2021691.0
Jun 2021612.7
May 2021587.8
Apr 2021521.5
Mar 2021507.3
Feb 2021395.4
Jan 2021385.2
Dec 2020479.0
Nov 2020444.2
Oct 2020438.4
Sep 2020467.3
Aug 2020460.4
Jul 2020425.4
Jun 2020426.3
May 2020367.0
Apr 2020348.5
Mar 2020493.2
Feb 2020541.4
Jan 2020417.8
Dec 2019554.7
Nov 2019604.6
Oct 2019578.5
Sep 2019555.3
Aug 2019641.9
Jul 2019595.7
Jun 2019660.4
May 2019621.3
Apr 2019583.8
Mar 2019584.0
Feb 2019611.8
Jan 2019623.2
Dec 2018794.0
Nov 2018826.1
Oct 2018818.1
Sep 2018730.2
Aug 2018860.3
Jul 2018739.6
Jun 2018831.3
May 2018743.4
Apr 2018804.7
Mar 2018750.5
Feb 2018742.0
Jan 2018840.8
Dec 2017786.2
Nov 2017826.5
Oct 2017772.2
Sep 2017776.6
Aug 2017733.4
Jul 2017705.1
Jun 2017713.0
May 2017680.0
Apr 2017764.6
Mar 2017726.9
Feb 2017708.1
Jan 2017516.1
Dec 2016668.5
Nov 2016725.3
Oct 2016790.4
Sep 2016623.2
Aug 2016595.0
Jul 2016608.3
Jun 2016627.2
May 2016537.5
Apr 2016627.6
Mar 2016690.8
Feb 2016545.3
Jan 2016589.0

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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Gross International Reserves$5,802m−10.6%m/m+23.4%y/yJun 2026BoZ Forex Inflows from Mines$0.0m—m/m—y/yJun 2026BoZ Forex Inflows from Mining Taxes$241.1m+144.1%m/m+113.1%y/yJun 2026BoZ Net Forex Sales$34.5m+$19.5mm/m+$23.5my/yJun 2026Government Debt Service from Reserves$1,496.7m+2449.4%m/m+601.9%y/yJun 2026Bureau De Change Rate (USD)K21.60+14.9%m/m−8.1%y/ySep 2026Interbank Rate (USD)K19.42+2.8%m/m−18.4%y/ySep 2026Real Effective Exchange Rate76.5+1.6%m/m−22.9%y/yJul 2026Exports$1,606.4m−8.1%m/m+33.9%y/ySep 2026Trade Balance−$186.4m−$234.4mm/m−$203.1my/ySep 2026

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