Zambia
Trade Policy Review: Zambia 2016
“Trade Policy Reviews” analyse the trade policies and practices of each member of the WTO. The reviews consist of three parts: an independent report by the WTO Secretariat, a report by the government, and the concluding remarks by the Chair of the WTO’s Trade Policy Review Body. The opening section - “key trade facts” - provides a visual overview of the WTO member's major exports/imports, main export destinations, origins for its imports and other key data. This edition looks into the trade practices of Zambia.
Trade Policy Review: Zambia 2009
“Trade Policy Reviews” analyse the trade policies and practices of each member of the WTO. The reviews consist of three parts: an independent report by the WTO Secretariat, a report by the government, and the concluding remarks by the Chair of the WTO’s Trade Policy Review Body. The opening section - “key trade facts” - provides a visual overview of the WTO member’s major exports/imports, main export destinations, origins for its imports and other key data. This edition looks into the trade practices of Zambia.
Trade Policy Review: Zambia 2025
The fifth review of the trade policies and practices of Zambia takes place on 23 and 25 September 2025. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Zambia.
Report by the WTO Secretariat
The mining sector plays a critical role in Zambia’s economy, exercising a heavy influence over growth, job creation, poverty reduction, and the external accounts. Since mid 2008, world copper prices have fallen by more than 60% and there have been cutbacks in production in Zambia. Adjusting to this external shock has confronted the Zambian Government with a major economic policy challenge.
Report by Zambia
Zambia has continued to maintain a trade policy aimed at enhancing productivity and competitiveness of Zambian products in both the domestic and international markets. This objective has been strengthened during the review period with the launch of the Fifth National Development Plan (FNDP) in 2006 for the period 2006-2010 and the Vision 2030, which articulates the country’s long term development objectives. The FNDP focus is to enhance rural development, especially agriculture; strengthen the linkages between the resource sectors with manufacturing; foster a competitive and outward-oriented economy; and improving infrastructure and social service delivery.
Introduction
The Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) was first established on a trial basis by the GATT contracting parties in April 1989. The Mechanism became a permanent feature of the World Trade Organization under the Marrakesh Agreement which established the WTO in January 1995.
Concluding Remarks by the Chairperson of the Trade Policy Review Body, H.E. Mr. John Gero at the Trade Policy Review of Zambia 27 and 29 July
Zambia’s third Trade Policy Review (TPR) has been thorough and informative; it has given us a much better understanding of the trade and related policies and practices of Zambia, together with the challenges it faces. I thank Minister Mutati and his delegation as well as the discussant, Ambassador Feyder of Luxemburg, and Members of the TPRB for contributing to our useful exchange of views. The reports by the Zambian authorities and the Secretariat, as well as the detailed responses of the delegation of Zambia to the many questions posed, have provided a valuable resource for transparency both within Zambia and as far as the WTO membership is concerned.
Preface
The Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) was first established on a trial basis by the GATT CONTRACTING PARTIES in April 1989. The Mechanism became a permanent feature of the World Trade Organization under the Marrakesh Agreement which established the WTO in January 1995.