Industrial machinery
exported to Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is landlocked and the short route is Beira in Mozambique - 560 km to Harare against 1,680 km from Durban - with rail and road both running the corridor. Durban remains the alternative where sailing schedules favour it. We quote both when the difference is close.

Consignment Based Conformity Assessment is current and it is scheduled by tariff heading, not by category. That is the single most useful thing to know about a Zimbabwean order, because it means the answer is specific rather than general: pumps and compressors, industrial heat-treatment plant, centrifuges and filtration, bearings, textile machinery, and the whole of the electrical chapter - motors, generators, transformers, switchgear - sit inside the scheme and need a certificate issued before export. Verification is done in the exporting country. Several inspection houses hold mandates rather than one, and the schedule has been amended more than once, so we check the current list against your HS code at quotation.

Tenders run through PRAZ and its eGP system. ZIMRA operates a VAT deferment facility on qualifying imported plant and machinery for manufacturing, mining and agriculture, which is worth raising with your clearing agent before the order.