Applied tariffs
Simple average MFN applied
2022
12.2 %
Trade-weighted MFN average
2022
8.1 %
Share of MFN duty-free
2022
33.1 %
Bound tariffs
Simple average bound
73.2 %
Binding coverage
35.1 %
Share of bound duty-free
0.0 %
Imports
Total imports: 1,586.3 million USD in 2022
Imports by partner
China
16.5 %
261.4
million USD
United Arab Emirates
14.0 %
222.2
million USD
South Africa
14.0 %
222.1
million USD
Kuwait, the State of
7.4 %
117.6
million USD
European Union
7.1 %
112.2
million USD
India
5.5 %
87.4
million USD
Japan
3.2 %
51.4
million USD
Malaysia
2.8 %
43.9
million USD
Zambia
2.6 %
41.8
million USD
United States of America
2.4 %
37.4
million USD
Rest of the World
24.5 %
389.0
million USD
Imports by products HS 2017
271012
Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210°C "ASTM D 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel)
16.3 %
258.8
million USD
310210
Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution (excl. that in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10 kg)
6.4 %
102.3
million USD
310520
Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the three fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (excl. those in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10 kg)
2.9 %
46.6
million USD
630900
Worn clothing and clothing accessories, blankets and travelling rugs, household linen and articles for interior furnishing, of all types of textile materials, incl. all types of footwear and headgear, showing signs of appreciable wear and presented in bulk or in bales, sacks or similar packings (excl. carpets, other floor coverings and tapestries)
2.2 %
35.2
million USD
151190
Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified and crude)
2.1 %
34.0
million USD
210690
Food preparations, n.e.s.
1.8 %
28.1
million USD
300490
Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steroids used as hormones, alkaloids, provitamins, vitamins, their derivatives, antimalarial active principles and blinded clinical trial kits)
1.5 %
23.5
million USD
340120
Soap in the form of flakes, granules, powder, paste or in aqueous solution
1.2 %
19.2
million USD
252310
Cement clinkers
1.0 %
16.6
million USD
721049
Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of >= 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", not corrugated, plated or coated with zinc (excl. electrolytically plated or coated with zinc)
1.0 %
16.0
million USD
Rest of the products
63.4 %
1,006.0
million USD
Exports
Total exports: 899.7 million USD in 2022
Exports by destination
European Union
28.5 %
256.8
million USD
Tanzania
9.4 %
84.8
million USD
Kenya
6.9 %
61.9
million USD
South Africa
6.4 %
58.0
million USD
Zimbabwe
5.3 %
47.9
million USD
United States of America
5.3 %
47.3
million USD
Zambia
4.4 %
39.2
million USD
India
4.0 %
36.3
million USD
United Kingdom
3.6 %
32.8
million USD
United Arab Emirates
3.0 %
27.0
million USD
Rest of the World
23.1 %
207.6
million USD
Exports by products HS 2017
240120
Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed or stripped, otherwise unmanufactured
40.3 %
362.6
million USD
120242
Groundnuts, shelled, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing, roasted or otherwise cooked)
8.9 %
80.5
million USD
090240
Black fermented tea and partly fermented tea, whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of > 3 kg
8.5 %
76.1
million USD
240110
Tobacco, unstemmed or unstripped
4.8 %
43.0
million USD
071360
Dried, shelled pigeon peas "Cajanus cajan", whether or not skinned or split
3.9 %
35.1
million USD
230400
Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil
2.8 %
25.5
million USD
170114
Raw cane sugar, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter (excl. cane sugar of 1701 13)
2.3 %
20.7
million USD
080262
Fresh or dried macadamia nuts, shelled
2.3 %
20.6
million USD
120190
Soya beans, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing)
2.3 %
20.4
million USD
847810
Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco (excl. dryers and other heating equipment, centrifuges and filter presses)
2.1 %
19.3
million USD
Rest of the products
21.8 %
196.1
million USD
Preferential regimes provided by Malawi
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Malawi as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes
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