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Maldives Trade Summary

2018

Maldives exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR MALDIVES 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Maldives 2018

Exports and imports of Maldives in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 182 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,961 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 68 products were exported to 45 countries and 2,669 products were imported from 114 countries.

Maldives top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Maldives exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Maldives exports to Thailand worth US$ 66 million, with a partner share of 36.26 percent.
  2. Maldives exports to Germany worth US$ 23 million, with a partner share of 12.71 percent.
  3. Maldives exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 17 million, with a partner share of 9.23 percent.
  4. Maldives exports to United States worth US$ 15 million, with a partner share of 8.28 percent.
  5. Maldives exports to France worth US$ 13 million, with a partner share of 7.40 percent.

Top five countries from which Maldives imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Maldives imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 537 million, with a partner share of 18.13 percent.
  2. Maldives imports from China worth US$ 488 million, with a partner share of 16.49 percent.
  3. Maldives imports from Singapore worth US$ 369 million, with a partner share of 12.47 percent.
  4. Maldives imports from India worth US$ 287 million, with a partner share of 9.68 percent.
  5. Maldives imports from Malaysia worth US$ 232 million, with a partner share of 7.84 percent.

Maldives Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Maldives along with trade value are:

  1. Maldives exported Frozen skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito , worth US$ 59,103.82 million.
  2. Maldives exported Prepared or preserved tuna, skipjack and bonito , worth US$ 40,524.56 million.
  3. Maldives exported Fresh or chilled fish fillets , worth US$ 28,254.35 million.
  4. Maldives exported Fresh or chilled yellowfin tunas , worth US$ 19,176.72 million.
  5. Maldives exported Frozen yellowfin tunas , worth US$ 12,243.37 million.

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Maldives along with trade value are

  1. Maldives imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 439,864.20 million.
  2. Maldives imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 58,095.67 million.
  3. Maldives imported Pebbles, gravel, shingle and flint , worth US$ 52,241.13 million.
  4. Maldives imported Wood, nes sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or , worth US$ 46,830.36 million.
  5. Maldives imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth US$ 44,804.84 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Maldives in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 400 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.69 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 11.39 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 968,754.42 and duty free tariff line items share was 35.04 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of Maldives in 2018 are below

  • Maldives GDP in current US dollar was 5,301 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 9,700.00 .
  • Maldives Trade balance: as % of GDP was -13.61.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -721.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 153.83 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 86.45 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Maldives in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.09.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.53.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.83 and Maldives Country Growth was -15.93 .