THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) says the value of the country’s exports amounted to US$513,1 million in May, a 12,6 percent decline from US$587,3 million achieved prior month.
In a statement last week, the agency said imports increased by 12,1 percent to US$714,5 million during the same period.
This comes as the country’s trade development and promotion organisation, ZimTrade, recently said Zimbabwe’s exports have continued to increase, with the country recording a 39 percent growth to US$2,13 billion between January and April this year, compared to the same period last year.
New markets such as Jordan are emerging where Zimbabwe recorded its first exports this year amounting to US$11,5 million while exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) grew by almost 98 percent from US$359 million in 2021 to US$710 million in 2022, said the
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