Zinc
4,021US$/t▲ 3.8% vs Aug 2026
Latest observation Sept 2026
- Latest
- 4,021
- Change
- +1,440.6%
- Year on year
- +37.1%
- High
- 4,405 Dec 2006
- Low
- 177 Sept 1962
- Average
- 1,321
- Volatility
- 21.2%
Zinc is 4,021 US$/t (Sept 2026), 1440.6% higher than in Jan 1960. Over the last year: +37.1%.
What is this?
The world market price of zinc (US$/t).
Not a significant Mozambican export; shown as a global industrial-metal benchmark.
How to read it
Higher means the commodity sells for more on world markets.
Unit: US$/t.
Measure: Global benchmark price.
What does the data say?
Zinc is 4,021 US$/t (Sept 2026), 1440.6% higher than in Jan 1960. Over the last year: +37.1%.
Over all 801 observations since Jan 1960, the highest was 4,405 (Dec 2006) and the lowest 177 (Sept 1962).
Why does it matter?
- Households: Affects local prices only where Mozambique imports the product.
- Businesses: Exporters earn more when world prices rise; importers pay more.
- Government: Royalties and export taxes move with world prices.
- Investors: Commodity exposure of Mozambique's exports.
- Mobile money: Indirect; mainly through incomes in producing regions.
Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.
What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 801 (Jan 1960 – Sept 2026)
- Source published
- 2026-10-02
- Last retrieved
- 2026-10-17
- Method
- Monthly average in nominal US dollars. Column "Zinc" ($/mt).
- Limitations
- A world market price, not the price Mozambican producers or exporters actually receive, nor the export unit value in customs data.
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