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Malawi Trade Summary

2008

Malawi exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR MALAWI 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Malawi 2008

Exports and imports of Malawi in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 880 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,033 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,117 products were exported to 118 countries and 3,413 products were imported from 117 countries.

Malawi top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Malawi exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Malawi exports to Belgium worth US$ 115 million, with a partner share of 13.03 percent.
  2. Malawi exports to South Africa worth US$ 89 million, with a partner share of 10.14 percent.
  3. Malawi exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 78 million, with a partner share of 8.92 percent.
  4. Malawi exports to Netherlands worth US$ 52 million, with a partner share of 5.89 percent.
  5. Malawi exports to United States worth US$ 50 million, with a partner share of 5.72 percent.

Top five countries from which Malawi imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Malawi imports from South Africa worth US$ 561 million, with a partner share of 27.59 percent.
  2. Malawi imports from Mozambique worth US$ 279 million, with a partner share of 13.72 percent.
  3. Malawi imports from Tanzania worth US$ 130 million, with a partner share of 6.41 percent.
  4. Malawi imports from Switzerland worth US$ 117 million, with a partner share of 5.75 percent.
  5. Malawi imports from India worth US$ 115 million, with a partner share of 5.64 percent.

Malawi Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

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

  1. Malawi exported Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped , worth 428,847.28 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Malawi exported Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped , worth 161,762.84 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Malawi exported Raw cane sugar, in solid form , worth 50,796.65 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Malawi exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, , worth 36,890.30 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Malawi exported Cotton, not carded or combed , worth 21,849.80 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Malawi imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 204,379.42 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Malawi imported Urea , worth 131,343.35 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Malawi imported Mineral or chemical fertilizers with nitrogen, , worth 116,470.66 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Malawi imported New stamps; stamp-impressed paper; banknotes; c , worth 87,122.22 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Malawi imported Double salts and mixtures of ammonium sulphate , worth 54,212.25 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Malawi in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 25 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.09 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.96 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 1,048,170.85 and duty free tariff line items share was 24.80 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Malawi in 2008 are below

  • Malawi GDP in current US dollar was 7,744 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 520.00 .
  • Malawi Trade balance: as % of GDP was not available.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was not available.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was not available .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 3.39 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Malawi in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.59.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Malawi Country Growth was -98.46 .