Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2023-05-14
Reporting period: 2002 - 2022
Timeseries: 194 million
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Malawi | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2010 - 2021

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TOTAL. ALL COMMODITIESMalawiWorldExportsValue (US$)1,066,203,666.001,425,289,318.001,182,865,708.001,207,984,154.001,341,897,681.001,080,100,821.001,022,154,000.89883,851,985.84879,974,472.86899,120,983.80771,478,822.441,009,460,778.53
Value Growth, YoY (%)-10.2433.67-17.002.1211.08-19.50-5.36-13.53-0.432.17-14.1930.84
ImportsValue (US$)2,173,037,656.002,427,696,418.002,330,367,872.002,844,625,505.002,774,368,038.002,311,614,378.002,209,814,619.542,547,041,799.092,706,447,071.232,892,158,547.592,678,347,112.863,073,235,408.55
Value Growth, YoY (%)7.4811.71-4.0022.06-2.46-16.67-4.4015.266.256.86-7.3914.74

The value of merchandise exports from Malawi totalled $ 1 billion in 2021. Merchandise exports from Malawi increased by 30% compared to 2020. Goods exports grew up by $ 237 million in 2021 (the value of merchandise exports from Malawi amounted to $771 million in 2020)

Malawi's exports 2021 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from Malawi in 2021:

  • Belgium with a share of 13.7% (138 million US$)
  • India with a share of 7.57% (76 million US$)
  • Tanzania with a share of 7% (70 million US$)
  • South Africa with a share of 6.62% (66 million US$)
  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 4.58% (46 million US$)
  • China with a share of 4.13% (41 million US$)
  • USA with a share of 4.08% (41 million US$)
  • Egypt with a share of 4% (40 million US$)
  • Zimbabwe with a share of 3.61% (36 million US$)
  • Switzerland with a share of 3.59% (36 million US$)

Exports structure from Malawi in 2021 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 44% (450 million US$): 24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
  • 15.6% (157 million US$): 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
  • 7.61% (76 million US$): 09 - Coffee, tea, matT and spices
  • 7.37% (74 million US$): 17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery
  • 6.39% (64 million US$): 07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
  • 2.97% (30 million US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
  • 2.85% (28 million US$): 23 - Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed
  • 1.81% (18.3 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 1.13% (11.4 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 1.1% (11.1 million US$): 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal

What did Malawi export in 2021?

Malawi's Top Exports in 2021:

  • 44% ($447 million): 2401 - Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse
  • 10.7% ($108 million): 1201 - Soya beans, whether or not broken
  • 7.36% ($74 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
  • 7.14% ($72 million): 0902 - Tea, whether or not flavoured
  • 6.22% ($62 million): 0713 - Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split
  • 4.27% ($43 million): 1202 - Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken.
  • 2.66% ($26 million): 0802 - Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
  • 2.34% ($23 million): 2304 - Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soyabean oil
  • 1.05% ($10.6 million): 8409 - Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 84.07 or 84.08
  • 0.881% ($8.9 million): 1005 - Maize (corn)

The value of merchandise imports to Malawi totalled $ 3.07 billion in 2021. Merchandise imports to Malawi increased by 14.7% compared to 2020. Goods imports grew up by $ 394 million in 2021 (the value of merchandise imports to Malawi was equal to $2.67 billion in 2020)

Malawi's imports 2021 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of Malawi in 2021:

  • China with a share of 18.2% (560 million US$)
  • South Africa with a share of 17.7% (546 million US$)
  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 9.27% (285 million US$)
  • India with a share of 7.28% (223 million US$)
  • Zambia with a share of 4.23% (130 million US$)
  • United Kingdom with a share of 3.99% (122 million US$)
  • USA with a share of 3.52% (108 million US$)
  • Kuwait with a share of 3.48% (107 million US$)
  • Korea with a share of 3.09% (95 million US$)
  • Germany with a share of 3.02% (92 million US$)

Imports structure to Malawi in 2021 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 9.19% (282 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 9.11% (280 million US$): 31 - Fertilizers
  • 8.4% (258 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 8.06% (247 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 7.7% (236 million US$): 49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans
  • 6.33% (194 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 6.07% (186 million US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 5.44% (167 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 4.36% (134 million US$): 63 - Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
  • 3.84% (118 million US$): 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products

What did Malawi import in 2021?

Malawi's Top Imports in 2021:

  • 7.85% ($241 million): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
  • 7.34% ($225 million): 4907 - Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value; stamp-impressed paper; banknotes; cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title.
  • 5.29% ($162 million): 3105 - Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this Chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg
  • 4.51% ($138 million): 3002 - Human blood; animal blood for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions, immunological products, modified or obtained by biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) etc
  • 3.58% ($110 million): 3102 - Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous
  • 2.95% ($90 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 2.68% ($82 million): 6309 - Worn clothing and other worn articles
  • 2.54% ($78 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
  • 2.29% ($70 million): 8479 - Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
  • 2.01% ($61 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones

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Malawi | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2010 - 2021