Zambia's non-traditional exports have continued to increase

The country’s metals and non-traditional exports have continued to increase.

The increase is for months of march and February, 2011 which surged in value terms from over three billion and seventeen million kwacha (k3,017.7 billion) to slightly over three billion , six hundred million kwacha (k3,670.8 billion).

The overall contribution of metals and their products to the total export earnings in the same months under review averaged about 84 percent.

Of this, the non-traditional exports recorded an average of about 16 percent in revenue earnings.

The major export destination were Switzerland, china, south Africa, democratic republic of Congo and Zimbabwe which accounted for 58.9%, 14.4%, 11.9%,3.7%and 2.1% respectively.

And Zambia imported raw materials, intermediate goods, capital goods and consumer goods which stood at approximately K2, 808,567 billion in March and K2, 372,536 billion in the month of February.

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