Zambia belongs to the 21-member Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), which allows for preferential tariff duties among member states.  COMESA’s Secretariat is located Lusaka.  Zambia also belongs to the 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC), which established an FTA in 2008.  Zambia ratified the African Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement (a single market that includes COMESA, SADC, and East African Community [EAC], member states) in January 2021.  Zambia also ratified the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in February 2021.

Zambia has duty-free and quota-free access to EU markets, under the “Everything but Arms” program for the world’s Least-Developed Countries (LDCs).  Zambia is also eligible for U.S. trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Generalized System of Preferences, which provide duty- and quota-free access to the U.S. market for most goods.