Editing Transport in Zambia (section)

== Trade corridors ==
As a landlocked minerals producer, Trade Corridors are vital to Zambia. In Zambia's case these are road and/or rail routes which cross international borders to ports and which are the subject of international agreements on planning, use and management. They are not separate from the road and rail networks listed above, but are entities superimposed on those networks for strategic economic and trade development. They are:<ref>{{Cite book |title=Regional Transport Infrastructure Development in South Africa |publisher=JBIC Review No. 2 |date=November 2000}}</ref>
# Southern Corridor: to [[Durban]] Port via [[Johannesburg]], South Africa via Zimbabwe (road or rail) or Botswana (road).
# Maputo Corridor: As for (1) but rail or road from Johannesburg to [[Maputo]] Port, Mozambique.
# Walvis Bay Corridor: Road via Livingstone/Sesheke/Katima Mulilo to [[Walvis Bay]] Port, Namibia.
# Beira Corridor: Road to [[Harare]] or rail to [[Bulawayo]], then rail via Mutare to [[Beira, Mozambique|Beira]], Mozambique.
# Nacala Corridor: road to [[Lilongwe]] then rail to [[Nacala]], Mozambique.
# Tazara Corridor: road or rail via [[Kapiri Mposhi]] to [[Dar es Salaam]], Tanzania.
# Lobito Corridor: rail via DR Congo to [[Lobito|Lobito Bay]], Angola (not currently operational, depends on Benguala Railway re-opening).
Corridors 1 to 6 may also be used by southeastern DR Congo though Zambia.