In 2023, Zambia exported gold worth $1.7 billion to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) alone, but the Ministry of Mines and Customs data from the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) only recorded paltry exports, which have not led to gold mineral taxes contributing anything significant
to the treasury.
According to customs and country data reported by the Observatory of Economic Complexity
(OEC), Zambia’s gold exports to the UAE have been growing and are dominated by gold, and then followed by refined copper.
A check by the Zambian Business Times – ZBT on official gold production figures for Zambia compiled by the Ministry of Mines and used as baseline data for accounting for taxes collected from gold production by ZRA shows that Zambia in 2023 produced… Read the details in the weekly ZBT edition 25 August 2025!, Get your copy via the link https://zambianbusinesstimes.com/subscribe_to_zambian…/
