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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 85615, member: 27"]
Trade with China hit record billions, tobacco leads, and Chinese projects reshape Zimbabwe's industry.

Zimbabwe-China trade spike
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[*]Bilateral trade reached US$4.39 billion last year.
[*]Annual growth hit 14.7 percent.
[*]China bought US$2.56 billion from Zimbabwe.
[*]Zimbabwe kept a US$720 million surplus.
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Tobacco drives exports
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[*]Tobacco earned US$790 million from Chinese demand.
[*]Leaf sales formed 31 percent of Chinese purchases.
[*]National output passed 300 million kilograms in 2025.
[*]Contract farming backs over 140000 growers.
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Macadamia and fruit pipeline
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[*]China took 5250 tonnes of macadamias worth US$11.62 million.
[*]Orchards span over 10000 hectares in Chipinge and Chimanimani.
[*]Avocado and blueberry protocols cleared for China.
[*]Shipments are expected this year.
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Chinese-backed industry push
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[*]Dinson Iron and Steel Company expanded into rods and mill balls.
[*]Local steel output trims import costs by US$500000 yearly.
[*]Beijing funds energy, aviation, and telecom projects.
[*]Ties trace back to the liberation war era and the 1980 independence.
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