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Madagascar — Trade & Compliance

Madagascar's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.

Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.

5
trade agreements
5
cargo treaties
11.87%
MFN applied tariff

Memberships & standing

Income groupLow income
DatabookThe Record of Consolidated Knowledge
Madagascar beyond logistics?
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Trade Flow

Top export markets
  1. 1USA17.9%
  2. 2France16.7%
  3. 3China8.2%
  4. 4India6.2%
  5. 5Japan5.4%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Top import sources
  1. 1China26.4%
  2. 2Oman12.8%
  3. 3France6.5%
  4. 4India5.4%
  5. 5South Africa4.5%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading export goods (HS2)
  1. 1Coffee, tea, spices16.2%
  2. 2Nickel13.7%
  3. 3Non-knitted apparel12.9%
  4. 4Knitted apparel11.5%
  5. 5Ores, slag, ash7.1%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Leading import goods (HS2)
  1. 1Mineral fuels & oils17.7%
  2. 2Machinery & mechanical appliances7.7%
  3. 3Electrical machinery6.6%
  4. 4Vehicles5.6%
  5. 5Cereals4.5%
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export markets
  1. 1India+2.82pp
  2. 2France+1.81pp
  3. 3Rep. of Korea+1.08pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export markets
  1. 1Japan−4.44pp
  2. 2China−4.28pp
  3. 3Indonesia−1.65pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Fastest-rising export goods
  1. 1Ores, slag, ash+2.47pp
  2. 2Cocoa+2.20pp
  3. 3Non-knitted apparel+2.10pp
CEPII BACI · 2024
Declining export goods
  1. 1Nickel−6.30pp
  2. 2Coffee, tea, spices−6.23pp
  3. 3Other base metals−2.43pp
CEPII BACI · 2024

Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is inCEPII BACI · 2024

Preferential Trade Agreements

EU - Eastern and Southern Africa States - Accession of Comoros2019
FTAGoods
Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Accession of Seychelles2015
FTAGoods
EU - Eastern and Southern Africa States2012
FTAGoods
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - Accession of Seychelles2009
CUGoods
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - Accession of Egypt1999
CUGoods
World Bank DTA · 5 trade agreements in force

International Cargo Treaties

  • Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
    Party · 1961176 ratifications
  • Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. New York, 28 July 1994
    Party · 1994171 ratifications
  • Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. New York, 19 June 2023
    Party · 2025148 ratifications
  • United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Vienna, 11 April 1980
    Party · 201499 ratifications
  • Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. Geneva, 29 April 1958
    Party · 196274 ratifications
UN Treaty Collection · 5 ratified

Fiscal & Tariffs

Currency
MGA
Malagasy Ariary
ISO numeric 9692 minor units
ISO 4217
MFN applied tariff
11.87%
simple average (2022)
World Bank WDI

Key commodities

Top agricultural output
Rice
5M t
FAOSTAT · 2024
Top mineral output
titanium minerals
613K tonnes (metric)
BGS · 2023
Energy production
Primary energy production
U.S. EIA

Top item per category of 115 commodities trackedfull lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA

All Sources

TradeCountry Trade Facts (CEPII BACI)
etalab-2.0
TradeWorld Bank Deep Trade Agreements (DTA)
cc-by-4.0
Sanctions & complianceUN Treaty Collection — Multilateral Treaties Deposited (MTDSG)
open
fiscalWorld Bank – World Development Indicators (WDI)
cc-by-4.0
fiscalISO 4217 Currency Codes
open
commoditythe British Geological Surveythe British Geological Survey
OGL
Referencelogibook trade-bloc referencelogibook trade-bloc reference
Compiled (public facts)
commoditythe U.S. Energy Information Administrationthe U.S. Energy Information Administration
Public domain (US gov)
commodityFAOSTATFAOSTAT
CC BY 4.0 IGO
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)
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