Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Malawi
Malawi
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
8 488 379 -19.8 101 26.7
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
155 129 166 140
Imports
142 116 168 142
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f. Share in world total exports (%)
Annual percentage change
2020 767 2 820
2010-2020 -3 3
2019 4 9
2020 0.00
Share in world total imports (%)
2020 -16 -4 2020 0.02
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 92.9
Fuels and mining products: 0.4
Agricultural products: 13.3
Fuels and mining products: 8.7
Manufactures: 6.7
Other: 0
Manufactures: 77.7
Other: 0.4
By main destination, % (2019)
By main origin, % (2019)
European Union: 28.7 Egypt: 7.2 United States of America: 5.5
Kenya: 7.4 South Africa: 6.7 Other: 44.5
China: 18.4 United Arab Emirates: 9.5 United Kingdom: 7.6
South Africa: 16.7 India: 8.7 Other: 39.1
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2401 HS1701 HS0902 HS1202 HS0713
2019 . 498 85 80 40 40
Unmanufactured tobacco Cane or beet sugar Tea Ground-nuts, not cooked Dried leguminous vegetables
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1001 HS2401 HS1511 HS2106 HS1507
2019
Wheat and meslin Unmanufactured tobacco Palm oil and its fractions Other food preparations Soya-bean oil and its fractions
45 42 40 23 18
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
40%
Imports 60%
80%
0%
HS2401
HS1001
HS1701
HS2401
HS0902
HS1511
HS1202
HS2106
HS0713
HS1507
10%
20%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 846 312
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 0 0
2018 1 -14
2019 4 10
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS4411 HS8705 HS6305 HS4001 HS8504
2019
Fibreboard of ligneous materials Special purpose motor vehicles Sacks and bags Natural rubber, balata Electrical transformers
5 4 4 4 4
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS4907 HS2710 HS3004 HS3105 HS8471
2019
Other documents of title Petroleum oils, other than crude Medicaments in measured doses Mineral or chemical fertilisers Automatic data-processing machines
267 213 132 117 96
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
224
5%
Imports 10%
0%
HS4411
HS4907
HS8705
HS2710
HS6305
HS3004
HS4001
HS3105
HS8504
HS8471
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 67 2 629
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 -13 4
2018 -18 9
2019 0 8
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Malawi TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
162 275 2020 0.00
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
9 12
-7 -18
8 3
2020 0.01
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2019)
By main services item, % (2019)
Transport: 17.3 Other commercial services: 58.5
Travel: 24.2 Goods-related services: 0
Transport: 28 Other commercial services: 40.2
By main destination
Travel: 31.8 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Malawi
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2019 30 94
Exports By sea By air (2019) By other (2019)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value na 9 18
2010-2019 -1 1
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2018 17 9
Imports By sea By air (2019) By other (2019)
na 28.3 60.7
2019 8 12
Value
Share (%)
na 56 37
na 59.2 39.0
Travel Malawi
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2019 42 107
2010-2019 3 6
Annual percentage change 2018 21 12
2019 13 11
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2019)
Other commercial services Exports Imports
ICTs 13.3 43.1
18.3
Insurance & pension
2019
2010-2019
102 136
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
27 10
2020
Financial services
25.3
Value
2010-2020
na na
na na
2018
2019
15 12
8 11
2019
2020
na na
na na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2016 Residents
3
Trademark applications, 2016
Non-residents
1
Total
4
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
499
Non-residents
668
Industrial design applications, 2016 Total
1 167
Residents
95
Non-residents
na
Total
95
225