# Zambia exports to Italy: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Zambia to Italy, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/ZMB-ITA/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Zambia reported $48.9M in goods exports to Italy. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $48.9M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 87.2% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 5 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 61.8% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 720230 | Ferro-alloys: ferro-silico-manganese | $204.0M | 52% | High attention |
| 2 | 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $4.5B | 94% | High attention |
| 3 | 710391 | Stones: rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked (other than simply sawn or roughly shaped), not strung, mounted or set | $233.3M | 30.4% | Watch |
| 4 | 720221 | Ferro-alloys: ferro-silicon, containing by weight more than 55% of silicon | $85.9M | 76.5% | High attention |
| 5 | 720211 | Ferro-alloys: ferro-manganese, containing by weight more than 2% of carbon | $48.5M | 86.1% | High attention |
| 6 | 410320 | Hides and skins: raw, of reptiles (fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split | $119.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 240120 | Tobacco: partly or wholly stemmed or stripped | $141.6M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 970500 | Collections and collectors' pieces: of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest | $51.6M | 43.8% | Watch |
| 9 | 710310 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $11.1M | 91.3% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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