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May 2025 records a Trade Surplus
The country recorded a trade Surplus of K1.5 billion in May 2025 compared to the Surplus of K0.5 billion recorded in April 2025 (see Table12).
Exports mainly comprising domestically produced goods, increased by 13.1 percent from K26.7 billion in April 2025 to K30.2 billion in May 2025. This was mainly on account of increases in export earnings from Intermediate goods by 12.1 percent, Consumer goods by 18.8 percent, Capital goods by 100.7 percent and Raw materials by 9.9 percent.
Imports increased by 9.4 percent from K26.2 billion in April 2025 to K28.7 billion in May 2025. This was mainly as a result of increases in import bills of Consumer goods by 15.4 percent, Capital goods by 16.0 percent and Intermediate goods by 4.8 percent (see Table 2.2 in Annex).
Table 12: Total Exports, Imports and Trade Balance, May 2025 (K’ Billion)
Months | Imports | Domestic Exports | Total Exports | Trade Balance |
Jan-25® | 27.6 | 24.9 | 26.4 | -1.2 |
Feb-25® | 25.9 | 24.0 | 25.3 | -0.6 |
Mar-25® | 28.1 | 26.9 | 28.5 | 0.5 |
Quarter1® | 81.6 | 75.8 | 80.2 | -1.3 |
Apr-25 | 26.2 | 25.0 | 26.7 | 0.5 |
May-25* | 28.7 | 28.1 | 30.2 | 1.5 |
Total | 136.4 | 128.9 | 137.1 | 0.7 |