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City Population
Maputo 1,191,613
Matola 675,422
Beira 530,604
Nampula 388,526
Chimoio 256,936
Nacala 224,795
Quelimane 188,964
Tete 129,316
Xai-Xai 127,366
Maxixe 119,868
Market Brief on Mozambique
Jan 2018
Location Facts and Figures
The Republic of Mozambique is located in South-east Africa
and is bordered by the Indian Ocean on the east, Tanzania on
the north, Malawi and Mozambique on the northwest,
Zimbabwe on the west and Swaziland as well as South Africa
on the south west.
Total Population 26,5 million
Area 799 380 sq.km
Time Zone +2 hrs GMT
Capital City Maputo
International Telephone Code
+258
Currency Meticais (MZM)
Exchange Rate (02/02/18)
1 US$ = 61.06 MZN
GDP (2017 est.) US$11.4 billion
GDP per capita (2017 est.)
US$387.5
GDP Growth Rate (2017 est.)
5.5%
Ease of Doing Business (World Bank 2017)
137/190
Inflation Rate (2017 est.)
15.5%
Official Language(s) Portuguese
Other Languages Swahili, Makhuwa, Sena
Business Hours 0800 hrs-1700 hrs Lunch 1300-1400 hrs
Banking Hours 0900-1530 hrs (weekdays) 0830-1200 (Sat)
Literacy Rate 58.55 % (2016)
Measures Metric System
Important International Participation
UN, AU, SADC, WTO
Cities and Population
Mozambique Trade with the world
Major import sources of Mozambique (2016) Major export destinations of Mozambique (2016)
Na
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Exports (US$'000) 3,469,852 4,023,719 4,725,331 3,196,082 3,354,938
Imports (US$'000) 6,177,210 10,099,147 8,743,074 7,907,622 5,295,313
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000U
S$
'00
0
30%
8%
8%7%
6%
6%
3%
3%
2%
2%
25%
South Africa Singapore China
UAE India Portugal
Germany Netherlands USA
UK Other
21%
21%
20%
4%
4%
3%
2%
2%
2%
1%
20%
South Africa Netherlands India
China Singapore USA
Spain Hong Kong, China UK
Zambia Other Source: Trademap Source: Trademap
Source: Trademap
Major import products of Mozambique (2016) Major export products of Mozambique (2016)
Zimbabwe-Mozambique Trade (US$’000)
18%
5%
5%
5%
4%
3%
3%
3%2%2%
50%
Petroleum oils Electrical energy
Fluorides Medicaments
Rice Motor vehicles
Wheat and meslin Unwrought aluminium
Petroleum coke Machinery & spare parts
Others
15%
14%
11%
10%8%
8%
7%
4%
3%
2%
18%
Unwrought aluminium
Activated carbon
Electrical energy
Bars, rods and profiles of aluminium
Petroleum gas and other gaseous hydrocarbons
Coke and semi-coke of coal
Unmanufactured tobacco
Titanium ores and concentrates
Precious stones and semi-precious stones
Niobium, tantalum, vanadium or zirconium ores and concentrates
Other
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Exports (US$'000) 283,121 369,624 577,419 408,884 267,697
Imports (US$'000) 160,138 200,455 148,428 170,816 162,419
Trade Bal (US$'000) 122,983 169,169 428,991 238,068 105,278
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
US$
'00
0
Source: Trademap Source: Trademap
Source: Trademap
Zimbabwe’s exports to Mozambique (2016) Zimbabwe’s imports from Mozambique (2016)
• Cement
• Mining machinery
• Seeds, fruits and spores for sowing
• Packing containers, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding, webs
• Wood in the rough
• Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco
• Live poultry
• Seeds, fruit and spores, for sowing
• Twine, cordage &cable, with rubber/plastic
• Central heating boilers
• Iron ores & concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites
• Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel
• Milk and cream not concentrated nor sweetened
• Men’s suits, jackets, trousers and shorts.
• Petroleum oils, not crude
• Electrical energy
• Wheat and meslin flour
• Fish, cured or smoked
• Mixtures of nitrogen, phosphorous or potassium fertiliser
• Tobacco unmanufactured, tobacco refuse
• Pasta & couscous
• Tubes and pipes of iron and steel
• Fertilisers.
Zimbabwe products with export potential to Mozambique
• Pharmaceuticals
• Structures (rods, angle, plates) of iron & steel
• Machinery parts
• Mining machinery/equipment
• Cement
• Pumps for liquids; liquid elevators
• Board & panels, equipped with two/more switches, fuses
• Refrigerator, freezer
• Plastic packing goods or closures (stoppers, lids, caps)
• Packing containers, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding, webs
• Meat of poultry
• Insecticides, fungicides and herbicides
• Tap, cock, valve for pipe, tank for the like, including pressure reducing valve
• Refractory bricks
• Electric transformers
• Insulated wire/cable
• Furniture and parts thereof.
ZimTrade carried out a market survey in Mozambique (Tete, Nampula and Niassa Provinces) in 2013. The Market Survey report is available in the Trade Information Centre (Harare & Bulawayo).
Useful Addresses Preferential Trade Arrangements
Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique 152 Herbert Chitepo Avenue P. O. Box 4608, Harare Tel: +263 4 253871-3 Fax: +263 4 253875 E-mail: [email protected] Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe No. 1657 Ave. Martires da Machava Maputo Tel: +258 21 490404; 488877 Fax: +258 21 492237 E-mail: [email protected] Consulate of the Republic of Zimbabwe 617 Rua Francisco Dechange Almeida Ponde Geo P. O. Box 649, Beira Tel: +258 3 372950; 327942 Fax: +258 3 328942 E-mail: [email protected] Mozambique Chamber of Commerce Mateus Sansco Muthemba Road, 452 P. O. Box 1836 Maputo Tel: +258 21 492210 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.chamber-commerce.net/
Zimbabwe-Mozambique Preferential Bilateral Trade
Agreement
Signed in January 2004, this agreement entered into force in March 2005. Its objective is to eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers as well as to cooperate in customs and trade promotion. The agreement provides for duty free trade between the two members with the rules of origin specifying a 25 percent domestic value added.
Excluded from the agreement are refined and unrefined sugar,
Coca-Cola/Schweppes soft drinks, firearms, ammunition
and explosives, motor vehicles and cigarettes.
SADC Trade Protocol
Zimbabwe and Mozambique are both members of the SADC
Protocol. The Protocol is an agreement between SADC
Member States to reduce customs duties and other barriers
to trade on products from each other. By January 1, 2008,
most customs duties (on 85% of tariff lines) had been
eliminated for goods originating from SADC Member States.
• Zimbabwe nationals do not need a visa to visit Mozambique.
• A valid passport (at least 6 months) is required.
• Mozambique is accessible by both air and road.
✓ There are flights from Harare to Maputo (via South Africa).
✓ By road there are 1283 Km (Harare-Maputo) and 1822 km (Bulawayo-Maputo).
Travelling to Mozambique
For more information, please contact us
www.tradezimbabwe.com [email protected] +263-4-369330-41
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