ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka
ZAMBIA exports mainly tobacco and cotton to Indonesia averages to a tune of US$1.7million annually.
Indonesia has urged Zambian investors to consider participating at the forthcoming 32nd Trade Expo in Jakarta scheduled for October 11-15 2017.
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka
LAST WEEK, President Lungu emphasised the need to explore the opportunities that exists in the livestock sector in transforming Zambia’s economy.
The President explained that the livestock sector has the potential to contribute to wealth creation as well as poverty reduction.
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka
THE decision to lift the ban on exports of maize has boosted Zambia’s trade to the Great Lakes Region with volumes increasing to over 15,000 tonnes in August 2017 from the average of 11,000 tonnes when the ban was in place.
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka
THE Zambia Goats and Sheep Task Force (ZGSTF) has finalised all administrative works for the facilitation of goats and sheep exports to Saudi Arabia.
PRISCILLA MWILA, Lusaka
GOVERNMENT will raise US$13 million from the export of 100,000 metric tonnes of maize to East Africa and the Great Lakes Region.
NOMSA NKANA, Lusaka
ZAMBIA Export Growers Association (ZEGA) has continued to witness decline in revenue from US$60 million last year to US$25 million this year because of failure to compete on the global market.
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka
ZAMBIA’S honey industry has recorded an increase in exports from US$1.3million in 2015 to US$2.1million in 2016, the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) says.
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), in partnership with the European Union (EU), has introduced a self-certification electronic system for exporters to the EU market at a cost of K150,000.
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