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Malawi: what it imports and exports

The top 20 imported and exported products of Malawi at HS4 level, from official CEPII BACI statistics. Open a product to see its world market.

Goods imports, 2024USD 3.2 billionGrowth +2.4% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:MW:TOTAL:1:2024.
Goods exports, 2024USD 1.0 billionGrowth −11.1% against 2023. Source: CEPII BACI, record BACI:MW:TOTAL:2:2024.
HS4 products imported1,155Products with a recorded import flow in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI.
Trade companies in the directory28Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G), counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top 20 imported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
12710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crudeUSD 472.1 million−13.5%BACI:MW:2710:1:2024
23102 Fertilizers: mineral or chemicalUSD 139.6 million−20.0%BACI:MW:3102:1:2024
33004 MedicamentsUSD 107.2 million+26.0%BACI:MW:3004:1:2024
43105 Fertilizers: mineral or chemicalUSD 102.3 million−33.0%BACI:MW:3105:1:2024
58703 Motor cars and other motor vehiclesUSD 90.6 million+37.3%BACI:MW:8703:1:2024
66309 Textiles: worn clothing and other worn articlesUSD 75.7 million−20.2%BACI:MW:6309:1:2024
72401 Tobacco, unmanufacturedUSD 64.4 million−4.4%BACI:MW:2401:1:2024
81511 Palm oil and its fractionsUSD 63.0 million+42.8%BACI:MW:1511:1:2024
93401 Soap: organic surface-active preparations used as soapUSD 60.2 million+52.5%BACI:MW:3401:1:2024
108704 Vehicles: for the transport of goodsUSD 58.7 million+14.9%BACI:MW:8704:1:2024
116304 Furnishing articlesUSD 49.6 million+6,242.9%BACI:MW:6304:1:2024
123901 Polymers of ethylene, in primary formsUSD 46.9 million−3.8%BACI:MW:3901:1:2024
137210 Iron or non-alloy steelUSD 46.8 million+9.1%BACI:MW:7210:1:2024
144907 Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or newUSD 40.7 million−63.2%BACI:MW:4907:1:2024
158517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephonesUSD 39.3 million+69.8%BACI:MW:8517:1:2024
161001 Wheat and meslinUSD 37.8 million+4.3%BACI:MW:1001:1:2024
173808 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicidesUSD 36.1 million−11.9%BACI:MW:3808:1:2024
183002 Human bloodUSD 36.1 million−46.8%BACI:MW:3002:1:2024
192523 Portland cement, aluminous cementUSD 35.6 million−15.2%BACI:MW:2523:1:2024
203402 Organic surface-active agentsUSD 32.5 million+26.6%BACI:MW:3402:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Top 20 exported products

#Product (HS4)Value 2024GrowthRecord
12401 Tobacco, unmanufacturedUSD 577.4 million+6.0%BACI:MW:2401:2:2024
20713 Vegetables, leguminous, shelledUSD 103.5 million+13.8%BACI:MW:0713:2:2024
30902 TeaUSD 73.3 million−18.1%BACI:MW:0902:2:2024
42304 Oil-cake and other solid residuesUSD 34.7 million−21.4%BACI:MW:2304:2:2024
51202 Ground-nuts: not roasted or otherwise cookedUSD 21.8 million−59.5%BACI:MW:1202:2:2024
60802 Nuts: fresh or driedUSD 17.1 million+25.5%BACI:MW:0802:2:2024
70207 Meat and edible offal of poultryUSD 13.2 million+123.1%BACI:MW:0207:2:2024
81701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucroseUSD 13.1 million−68.0%BACI:MW:1701:2:2024
98705 Special purpose motor vehiclesUSD 9.9 million+1,698.8%BACI:MW:8705:2:2024
101201 Soya beans, whether or not brokenUSD 7.5 million−72.8%BACI:MW:1201:2:2024
111207 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruitsUSD 7.0 million−61.7%BACI:MW:1207:2:2024
124001 Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayuleUSD 6.8 million+9.6%BACI:MW:4001:2:2024
134411 Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materialsUSD 6.1 million+5.2%BACI:MW:4411:2:2024
148429 Bulldozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, angledozersUSD 6.0 million+8.5%BACI:MW:8429:2:2024
157204 Ferrous waste and scrapUSD 5.5 million+5.4%BACI:MW:7204:2:2024
160901 Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinatedUSD 4.9 million+33.3%BACI:MW:0901:2:2024
172302 Bran, sharps and other residuesUSD 4.6 million+89.9%BACI:MW:2302:2:2024
180804 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavasUSD 4.2 million+80.3%BACI:MW:0804:2:2024
197404 Copper: waste and scrapUSD 4.1 million+29.2%BACI:MW:7404:2:2024
206305 Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goodsUSD 3.6 million+70.4%BACI:MW:6305:2:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Record IDs per row.

Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-22. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of Malawi with all partners, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; growth compares 2024 with 2023.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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