Zambia Copper Share of Exports

## What this measures

The share of Zambia's goods exports that is copper: copper ores and concentrates (HS 2603) plus copper and copper articles (HS chapter 74), as a percent of the value of all goods Zambia exported that year.

## Why it matters

Zambia earns most of its foreign currency from copper. The share shows how far the economy depends on one metal and its price.

## How to read it

A higher share means more dependence on copper. The share moves with the copper price as much as with volumes, so read it beside the copper price. Compare with the World Bank's broader ores and metals share (worldbank_zmb_ores_metals_export_share), which also counts other metals.

## What it does not say

It counts goods only, not services. It does not separate price from volume, and it leaves out cobalt and other metals mined alongside copper.

## Source

CEPII BACI, HS 1992 version (cepii.fr). BACI reconciles the exports and imports countries report to UN Comtrade into one value per trade flow. Source: CEPII BACI (Gaulier and Zignago, 2010), used under the Etalab 2.0 open licence, which allows commercial reuse with attribution. Palanor computes the shares; CEPII does not publish them. CEPII releases a new version each January, covering trade through two years earlier.