Monthly Statistical Bulletin (Trade): February 2011 | ||||||
Indicator | Unit | Period | Value this period | Value previous period | Value in this period in previous year | |
6 | External Trade | |||||
6.1 | Trade Balance | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | -14,117.4 | -13,228.8 | -17,270.5 |
Total imports | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 25749.6 | 30,684.3 | 34,663.7 | |
Total exports | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 11,632.2 | 17,455.6 | 17,393.2 | |
Domestic exports | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 11,619.3 | 17,447.9 | 17,343.2 | |
Re-exports | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 12.9 | 7.6 | 50.1 | |
6.2 | Value of imports of selected commodities | |||||
Diesel and other fuel | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 1,464.7 | 1,719.3 | 1,632.4 | |
Petrol | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 591.9 | 967.6 | 865.0 | |
Fertilizers | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 2,392.0 | 4,187.3 | 1,970.4 | |
Paraffin | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 90.7 | 102.9 | 72.3 | |
6.3 | Quantity of imports of selected commodities | |||||
Diesel and other fuel | Million litres | Dec 2010 | 17.3 | 26.6 | 18.1 | |
Petrol | Million litres | Dec 2010 | 7.4 | 12.0 | 10.8 | |
Fertilizers | '000 tonnes | Dec 2010 | 24.4 | 43.7 | 32.1 | |
Paraffin | Million litres | Dec 2010 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | |
6.4 | Value of exports of selected commodities | |||||
Tobacco | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 6,573.4 | 12,014.6 | 12,613.4 | |
Tea | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 399.6 | 668.4 | 331.7 | |
Sugar | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 399.2 | 737.4 | 123.1 | |
Coffee | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 161.0 | 162.4 | 38.7 | |
Apparel clothing (Knitted or Crochetted) | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 67.4 | 0.0 | 36.4 | |
Pulses | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 88.7 | 79.9 | 21.1 | |
Cotton | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | |
Cotton Fabrics | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | - | 4,109.2 | 16,202.9 | |
Rice | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 7.9 | 11.7 | 10.8 | |
Ground nuts, cashew nuts, and macadamia nuts | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 101.3 | 73.8 | 597.0 | |
Natural rubber | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 47.2 | 92.7 | 26.9 | |
Uranium | Million kwacha | Dec 2010 | 1,806.8 | 2,044.3 | - | |
6.5 | Quantity of exports of selected commodities | |||||
Tobacco | '000'' tonnes | Dec 2010 | 11.7 | 17.0 | 20.7 | |
Tea | '000'' tonnes | Dec 2010 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | |
Sugar | '000'' tonnes | Dec 2010 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 0.2 | |
Coffee | '000'' tonnes | Dec 2010 | 0.3 | 0.3 | * | |
Apparel clothing | '000'' Number | Dec 2010 | 0.5 | - | 2.3 | |
Pulses | '000'' tonnes | Dec 2010 | 0.8 | 0.7 | * | |
Cotton | '000'' tonnes | Dec 2010 | 0.0 | 0.0 | * | |
Cotton Fabrics | Thousand sq. m | Dec 2010 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 9.3 | |
Rice | tonnes | Dec 2010 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Ground nuts, cashew nuts, and macadamia nuts | '000'' tonnes | Dec 2010 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | |
Natural rubber | '000'' tonnes | Dec 2010 | 0.8 | 1.7 | * | |
Uranium | '000'' tonnes | Dec 2010 | 103.1 | 115.0 | - | |
6.6 | Exports to major trading regions & countries | |||||
SADC region | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 7,472.9 | 7,372.8 | 11,447.6 | |
European Union | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 21,708.7 | 20,876.7 | 19,865.6 | |
Far East | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 4,356.8 | 2,032.0 | 66,758.0 | |
Neighbouring countries | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 2,204.9 | 2,882.6 | 1,210.1 | |
North America | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 6,144.6 | 6,011.1 | 1,181.7 | |
COMESA region | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 6,139.3 | 7,859.9 | 7,439.0 | |
UK | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 1,185.5 | 1,871.6 | 1,842.9 | |
Germany | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 2,454.7 | 4,147.2 | 1,860.7 | |
South Africa | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 2,113.1 | 2,461.0 | 5,031.2 | |
Zimbabwe | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 2,978.4 | 1,724.1 | 1,398.0 | |
6.7 | Imports from major trading regions & countries | |||||
SADC region | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 38,793.7 | 39,525.6 | 34,448.2 | |
European Union | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 8,284.7 | 18,552.9 | 9,374.0 | |
COMESA region | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 9,997.9 | 10,482.8 | 8,905.1 | |
Far East | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 15,200.6 | 20,176.0 | 190.1 | |
Neighbouring countries | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 9,004.5 | 8,350.8 | 3,267.5 | |
North America | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 398.2 | 362.5 | 140.9 | |
UK | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 2,696.8 | 4,645.0 | 4,158.9 | |
Germany | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 768.3 | 1,695.3 | 1,221.5 | |
South Africa | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 26,661.5 | 27,073.3 | 27,070.9 | |
Zimbabwe | Million kwacha | Q4 2010 | 1,408.6 | 1,407.1 | 1,428.1 | |
Key: p=provisional, r=revised since last bulletin, ..=not available * = less than half the unit used. Periods refer to Months or Quarters.For more details on any of these data, including details on source, please contact us at the address below or visit our website. Reference publications giving time series data on many of the above series include the Quarterly Statistical Bulletin and the Statistical Yearbook. |