Names: conventional long form: Republic of Zambia conventional short form: Zambia former: Northern Rhodesia

Capital City: Lusaka

Population: 11,502,010 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $1,000 (2006 est.)

Currency: Zambian kwacha (ZMK)

Languages: English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages

Total Area: total: 752,614 sq km land: 740,724 sq km water: 11,890 sq km slightly larger than Texas

Region: Africa

Industries: copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture

Agriculture: corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), coffee; cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides

Resources: copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower

Labor Force: 4.903 million (2006 est.)
agriculture: 85% industry: 6% services: 9%

Exports: $3.928 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton

Imports: $3.092 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing

Overview: Despite progress in privatization and budgetary reform, Zambia's economic growth in 2005-06 remained somewhat below the 6%-7% per year needed to reduce poverty significantly. Privatization of government-owned copper mines relieved the government from covering mammoth losses generated by the industry and greatly improved the chances for copper mining to return to profitability and spur economic growth. Copper output has increased steadily since 2004, due to higher copper prices and the opening of new mines. The maize harvest was again good in 2005, helping boost GDP and agricultural exports. Cooperation continues with international bodies on programs to reduce poverty, including a new lending arrangement with the IMF in the second quarter of 2004. A tighter monetary policy will help cut inflation, but Zambia still has a serious problem with high public debt.

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In 2007 Missouri exported $1,029,341 in goods to Zambia. This ranks Zambia 94^th among the 223 international buyers of Missouri goods. Missouri exports to Zambia increased from the previous year by $339,089 a change of 49.13%. State exports to Zambia have increased over the last 5 years by $477,513 a change of 86.53%. Missouri exports account for .01%. of all 2007 US exports to Zambia.