# Zimbabwe Import Opportunities

Explore Zimbabwe's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $8.4B
- Import CAGR: +10.3%
- Trade openness: 62.4%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $510.6M | +29.1% | 7 | 9834 |
| 2 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $664.1M | +9.8% | 51 | 2771 |
| 3 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $392.6M | +9.2% | 18 | 2385 |
| 4 | HS 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $95.9M | +38.9% | 8 | 9509 |
| 5 | HS 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $76.3M | +36.1% | 1 | 10000 |
| 6 | HS 150710 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $177.2M | +19.3% | 7 | 3576 |
| 7 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $205.7M | +10.3% | 5 | 3581 |
| 8 | HS 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $132.7M | +4.8% | 28 | 5583 |
| 9 | HS 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $55.8M | +24.5% | 6 | 9929 |
| 10 | HS 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $60.3M | +17.0% | 6 | 6955 |
| 11 | HS 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $48.3M | +20.5% | 24 | 6817 |
| 12 | HS 100119 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | $61.8M | +49.5% | 10 | 3467 |
| 13 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $93.0M | +13.4% | 43 | 2845 |
| 14 | HS 851761 | Base stations | $46.9M | +16.4% | 8 | 7020 |
| 15 | HS 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | $30.3M | +29.2% | 17 | 8901 |
| 16 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $44.7M | +25.6% | 22 | 4531 |
| 17 | HS 870423 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), nes in item no 8704.1 | $50.7M | +12.5% | 21 | 5262 |
| 18 | HS 210390 | Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | $30.6M | +19.5% | 16 | 9536 |
| 19 | HS 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $33.3M | +16.9% | 37 | 8285 |
| 20 | HS 340290 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), including auxiliary washing preparations, not for retail sale | $36.2M | +20.9% | 26 | 5515 |
| 21 | HS 310540 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | $45.3M | +40.4% | 8 | 3554 |
| 22 | HS 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $49.2M | +2.7% | 4 | 7235 |
| 23 | HS 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $42.5M | +33.7% | 4 | 4280 |
| 24 | HS 330210 | Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industries | $49.2M | +15.4% | 25 | 3863 |
| 25 | HS 310260 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, double salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate | $23.8M | +24.6% | 4 | 8178 |
| 26 | HS 842959 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: n.e.c. in item no. 8429.50 | $43.3M | +10.3% | 19 | 5011 |
| 27 | HS 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $66.9M | +8.0% | 20 | 2910 |
| 28 | HS 283711 | Cyanides and cyanide oxides: of sodium | $59.7M | +9.2% | 15 | 3188 |
| 29 | HS 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $28.5M | +13.9% | 15 | 8932 |
| 30 | HS 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $29.4M | +14.7% | 36 | 7834 |
| 31 | HS 230630 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils | $20.3M | +27.9% | 2 | 9727 |
| 32 | HS 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $25.7M | +45.1% | 7 | 6183 |
| 33 | HS 870333 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 2500cc | $57.1M | +8.8% | 33 | 3291 |
| 34 | HS 252210 | Quicklime: excluding calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading no. 2825 | $20.7M | +34.3% | 5 | 8684 |
| 35 | HS 310240 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or other inorganic non-fertilizing substances, mixtures thereof | $23.9M | +17.6% | 5 | 8747 |
| 36 | HS 360200 | Explosives, prepared: other than propellent powders | $25.5M | +18.1% | 5 | 7607 |
| 37 | HS 847490 | Machines, for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing etc mineral substances, for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid fuels, ceramic pastes etc, for forming foundry moulds of sand: parts | $54.8M | +11.9% | 30 | 4377 |
| 38 | HS 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $26.1M | +17.1% | 13 | 7116 |
| 39 | HS 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $34.4M | +9.8% | 21 | 6132 |
| 40 | HS 271320 | Petroleum bitumen: obtained from bituminous minerals | $18.0M | +41.2% | 4 | 9783 |
| 41 | HS 721720 | Iron or non-alloy steel: wire, plated or coated with zinc | $20.9M | +23.0% | 10 | 7761 |
| 42 | HS 252310 | Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured) | $27.0M | +32.7% | 8 | 5379 |
| 43 | HS 842482 | Mechanical appliances: agricultural or horticultural, n.e.c. in heading 8424 | $25.7M | +13.7% | 24 | 7850 |
| 44 | HS 310520 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium | $22.0M | +15.1% | 8 | 9852 |
| 45 | HS 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $21.6M | +20.2% | 19 | 7463 |
| 46 | HS 870210 | Vehicles: public transport type (carries 10 or more passengers), compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) | $44.9M | +4.4% | 20 | 4333 |
| 47 | HS 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | $38.3M | +16.5% | 9 | 4555 |
| 48 | HS 170490 | Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $20.2M | +19.2% | 25 | 8067 |
| 49 | HS 190219 | Food preparations: pasta, uncooked (excluding that containing eggs), not stuffed or otherwise prepared | $21.4M | +22.0% | 12 | 6385 |
| 50 | HS 441011 | Particle board of wood, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances | $16.8M | +21.5% | 10 | 9887 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.