Full trade & compliance profile
Malawi — Trade & Compliance
Malawi'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
12.40%
MFN applied tariff
Memberships & standing
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Malawi beyond logistics?
Trade Flow
Top export markets
- 1Belgium12.2%
- 2India8.2%
- 3South Africa6.3%
- 4Germany5.4%
- 5Türkiye5.3%
Top import sources
- 1South Africa16.7%
- 2China16.4%
- 3United Rep. of Tanzania9.4%
- 4United Arab Emirates8.6%
- 5India7.4%
Leading export goods (HS2)
- 1Tobacco57.7%
- 2Vegetables10.5%
- 3Coffee, tea, spices8.2%
- 4Food residues, animal feed4.4%
- 5Oil seeds4.0%
Leading import goods (HS2)
- 1Mineral fuels & oils15.5%
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances8.1%
- 3Fertilizers7.8%
- 4Vehicles7.3%
- 5Electrical machinery5.8%
Declining export markets
- 1United Arab Emirates−25.71pp
- 2Germany−6.05pp
- 3USA−2.66pp
Fastest-rising export goods
- 1Tobacco+22.32pp
- 2Vegetables+4.35pp
- 3Food residues, animal feed+2.10pp
Declining export goods
- 1Pearls, precious stones & metals−26.11pp
- 2Coffee, tea, spices−2.23pp
- 3Fertilizers−1.85pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade) Agreement2019
Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Accession of Seychelles2015
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - Accession of Seychelles2009
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - Accession of Egypt1999
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)1994
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓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
- ✓Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. Geneva, 29 April 1958
- ✓Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States. New York, 8 July 1965
- ✓Customs Convention on Containers. Geneva, 18 May 1956
Fiscal & Tariffs
Currency
MWK
Malawi Kwacha
MFN applied tariff
12.40%
simple average (2021)
Key commodities
Top agricultural output
Sweet potatoes
8M t
Top mineral output
coal
64.3K tonnes (metric)
Energy production
Primary energy production
Top item per category of 96 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA
All Sources
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Compiled (public facts)
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Public domain (US gov)↗
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
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