# Zambia exports to the United States: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Zambia reported $108.1M in goods exports to the United States. 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 | $108.1M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 98.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 7 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.5 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 26.1% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 710391 | Stones: rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked (other than simply sawn or roughly shaped), not strung, mounted or set | $1.4B | 5.8% | High attention |
| 2 | 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $8.3B | 80.2% | Critical attention |
| 3 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $6.0B | 32.7% | High attention |
| 4 | 710399 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, (other than rubies, sapphires and emeralds), worked other than simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $586.8M | 36.8% | High attention |
| 5 | 710310 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $48.8M | 46.1% | High attention |
| 6 | 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value: stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | $375.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 720230 | Ferro-alloys: ferro-silico-manganese | $380.8M | 56.3% | High attention |
| 8 | 810520 | Cobalt: mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, powders | $273.3M | 98% | High attention |
| 9 | 240120 | Tobacco: partly or wholly stemmed or stripped | $487.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 040900 | Honey: natural | $609.3M | 43.2% | 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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