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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in Zambia, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
ZDA, ZRA and ZamStats: the guide’s first stops, of the 14 organizations below.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
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National trade and investment agency
ZDA
Zambia Development Agency
Promotes non-traditional exports, registers companies that export, and licenses and registers investors, including those in special economic zones.
Visit ZDA (opens in a new tab)Source: Zambia Development Agency, export overview (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
Tax and customs authority
ZRA
Zambia Revenue Authority
Issues taxpayer numbers, clears exports through customs and registers companies that claim preferences.
Visit ZRA (opens in a new tab)Source: Zambia Revenue Authority, exportation of goods (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
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National statistics office
ZamStats
Zambia Statistics Agency
Is the body the Statistics Act designates to publish official statistics, including consumer prices and national accounts.
Visit ZamStats (opens in a new tab)Source: National Assembly of Zambia, Statistics Act (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
2. Export development and market information
5 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
National trade and investment agency
ZDA
Zambia Development Agency
Promotes non-traditional exports, registers companies that export, and licenses and registers investors, including those in special economic zones.
Visit ZDA (opens in a new tab)Source: Zambia Development Agency, export overview (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Research markets
National statistics office
ZamStats
Zambia Statistics Agency
Is the body the Statistics Act designates to publish official statistics, including consumer prices and national accounts.
Visit ZamStats (opens in a new tab)Source: National Assembly of Zambia, Statistics Act (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Get advice
Trade and industry ministry
MCTI
Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry
Sets trade and industrial policy and hosts the national notification authority for technical barriers to trade.
Visit MCTI (opens in a new tab)Source: WTO, Trade Policy Review of Zambia, Secretariat report, August 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of August 19, 2025
- Meet requirements
Central bank
BoZ
Bank of Zambia
Runs the framework that tracks export proceeds and issues the rules on settling domestic payments in kwacha.
Visit BoZ (opens in a new tab)Source: Bank of Zambia, Zambanker journal, December 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
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Regional economic community
SADC
Southern African Development Community Secretariat
Regional body
Administers the SADC Protocol on Trade, under which qualifying Zambian goods can claim preferential access in member states.
Visit SADC (opens in a new tab)Source: Zambia Development Agency, export trade agreements (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Company and business registry
PACRA
Patents and Companies Registration Agency
Clears company names and registers local companies, foreign company branches and business names.
Visit PACRA (opens in a new tab)Source: Zambia Development Agency, starting a business (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
Immigration authority
Immigration Department
Zambia Department of Immigration
Issues the investor's permit, employment permits and other permits for foreign owners and their staff.
Visit Immigration Department (opens in a new tab)Source: Zambia Department of Immigration, permit types (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
Citizen empowerment commission
CEEC
Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission
Funds and supports citizen-owned businesses, whose status sets the investment thresholds for incentives.
4. Customs and tax
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Tax and customs authority
ZRA
Zambia Revenue Authority
Issues taxpayer numbers, clears exports through customs and registers companies that claim preferences.
Visit ZRA (opens in a new tab)Source: Zambia Revenue Authority, exportation of goods (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
5. Standards and sector requirements
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
National plant protection organization
PQPS
Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Service
Inspects plants and plant products for export and import and is the national plant protection organization.
Visit PQPS (opens in a new tab)Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Service (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
National standards body
ZABS
Zambia Bureau of Standards
Develops national standards, tests and certifies products, and is the technical barriers to trade enquiry point.
Visit ZABS (opens in a new tab)Source: WTO, Trade Policy Review of Zambia, Secretariat report, August 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of August 19, 2025
- Meet requirements
Compulsory standards agency
ZCSA
Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency
Enforces compulsory standards, including inspections of export timber and of imported goods.
Visit ZCSA (opens in a new tab)Source: Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency, home page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
6. Chambers and industry associations
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
National chamber of commerce
ZACCI
Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Represents businesses of all sectors in dialogue with government and runs local chambers in several towns.
Visit ZACCI (opens in a new tab)Source: WTO, Trade Policy Review of Zambia, Secretariat report, August 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of August 19, 2025
- Get advice
Manufacturers association
ZAM
Zambia Association of Manufacturers
Represents manufacturers in policy dialogue and runs the Proudly Zambian campaign.
Visit ZAM (opens in a new tab)Source: Zambia Association of Manufacturers, home page, June 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of June 24, 2026
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Promote:Zambia is an independent guide by Promote:Global, not an official government portal. The organizations named here are independent public and membership bodies, not Promote:Global partners, and every link goes to their own site.
Facts read from public sources, with an editorial cut-off of October 31, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.