What is the price of vegetables per kilogram/pound in Zambia today?
The retail price range for Zambia vegetables is between US$ 0.22 and US$ 0.43 per kilogram or between US$ 0.10 and US$ 0.19 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of vegetables in Zambia
The retail price range in Zambian Kwacha for vegetables is between ZMW 4.23 and ZMW 8.09 per kilogram or between ZMW 1.92 and ZMW 3.67 per pound(lb) in Lusaka and Kitwe.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Zambia vegetables is between US$ 0.16 and US$ 0.30 per kilogram or between US$ 0.07 and US$ 0.14 per pound(lb).
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Zambia Vegetables Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of vegetables from Zambia over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2017, the export price was 1.86 US$ per kg, which dropped to 1.54 US$ per kg in 2020. The lowest price was recorded in 2021, at 1.24 US$ per kg. The price has since increased slightly to 1.42 US$ per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price of vegetables from Zambia in 2023 will be around 1.30 US$ per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 1.20 US$ per kg.The exports of vegetables from Zambia are classified as:
- Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excluding potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn) (HS code 071080)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, homogenized vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "Pisum sativum", beans "Vigna, Phaseolus", asparagus, olives and sweet corn "Zea Mays var. Saccharata", unmixed) (HS code 200590)
- Dried, shelled leguminous vegetables, whether or not skinned or split (excluding peas, chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans, horse beans and pigeon peas) (HS code 071390)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables (excluding potatoes, tomatoes, vegetables of the Allium spp., cabbages of the genus Brassica, lettuces of the species Lactuca sativa and Cichorium, carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, cucumbers and gherkins, leguminous vegetables, asparagus, aubergines, mushrooms, truffles, fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach) (HS code 070990)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s. (HS code 070999)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles and potatoes, unmixed) (HS code 200490)
- Dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excluding onions, mushrooms and truffles, not mixed) (HS code 071290)
- Homogenised vegetables put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of <= 250 g (HS code 200510)
Zambia Vegetables Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of vegetables into Zambia has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2017, the price was 1.86 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 1.82 US dollars per kg in 2019. The lowest price was recorded in 2020, at 1.54 US dollars per kg. This was followed by a slight increase in 2021, to 1.24 US dollars per kg, and then a further increase in 2022, to 1.42 US dollars per kg. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of vegetables into Zambia will remain relatively stable in 2023, at around 1.42 US dollars per kg, and will increase slightly in 2024, to around 1.45 US dollars per kg.Export values for Zambia vegetables
The total values in export for vegetables in Zambia were US$ 3,683, US$ 5,776, US$ 5,169 and US$ 5,065 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Vegetables category in Zambia: Tomatoes, Onions, Leeks, Cauliflowers and broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbages, Lettuce, Chicory, Carrots & beetroot, salsify & celeriac.
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Zambia vegetables - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Zambia shipped 2,790 tonnes of vegetables. Through 2019 alone, the interest in Zambia vegetables (vegetables category) has improved, with a change of 2.725 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, vegetables' exports went down by -10.35 percent earning the nation US$5.06m for the year 2019. Zambia's vegetables exports are categorised as:
- Homogenised vegetables put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of <= 250 g (HS code 200510)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, homogenized vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "Pisum sativum", beans "Vigna, Phaseolus", asparagus, olives and sweet corn "Zea Mays var. Saccharata", unmixed) (HS code 200590)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles and potatoes, unmixed) (HS code 200490)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s. (HS code 070999)
- Dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excluding onions, mushrooms and truffles, not mixed) (HS code 071290)
- Dried, shelled leguminous vegetables, whether or not skinned or split (excluding peas, chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans, horse beans and pigeon peas) (HS code 071390)
- Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excluding potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn) (HS code 071080)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables (excluding potatoes, tomatoes, vegetables of the Allium spp., cabbages of the genus Brassica, lettuces of the species Lactuca sativa and Cichorium, carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, cucumbers and gherkins, leguminous vegetables, asparagus, aubergines, mushrooms, truffles, fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach) (HS code 070990)
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Zambia vegetables export values
In 2019, Zambia sold vegetables with a value of 5.06m USD, a contraction of -2.11% from 2018's total vegetables export of 5.169m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Zambia vegetables between 2017 to 2018 was -10.509 per cent.
The yearly variation in the quantity of Zambia's vegetables exports between 2017 and 2019 was -10.35 per cent in comparison to a variation of 2.725% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Zambia vegetables ( in '000$ )
Zambia's best performing destinations for vegetables are the Netherlands, United Kingdom (UK), Germany, New Zealand and Angola.
Zambia imported 791 tonnes of vegetables in 2019.
Production
The production of vegetables in Zambia was 3,219,248 tonnes in 2019 and is projected to change by an average of 1.74%. The country had an estimated 417,992.00 hectares under vegetables cultivation.