Applied tariffs
Simple average MFN applied
2023
12.2 %
Trade-weighted MFN average
2023
8.2 %
Share of MFN duty-free
2023
33.4 %
Bound tariffs
Simple average bound
73.2 %
Binding coverage
35.1 %
Share of bound duty-free
0.0 %
Imports
Total imports: 3,140.7 million USD in 2023
Imports by partner
China
17.4 %
546.1
million USD
South Africa
15.6 %
488.6
million USD
United Arab Emirates
12.4 %
388.8
million USD
India
7.0 %
220.2
million USD
Tanzania
6.7 %
211.0
million USD
European Union
5.9 %
184.5
million USD
Zambia
4.1 %
127.5
million USD
Mozambique
3.3 %
102.8
million USD
United Kingdom
3.1 %
98.6
million USD
Kuwait, the State of
2.9 %
89.7
million USD
Rest of the World
21.7 %
683.0
million USD
Imports by products HS 2022
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)
18.1 %
568.8
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)
4.6 %
144.9
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)
4.3 %
135.9
million USD
490700
Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value; stamp-impressed paper; banknotes; cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title
3.5 %
110.7
million USD
999999
Unspecified products
3.2 %
99.7
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)
3.2 %
99.2
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)
2.8 %
87.9
million USD
300241
Vaccines for human medicine
1.8 %
57.9
million USD
240120
Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed or stripped, otherwise unmanufactured
1.1 %
33.4
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 %
32.9
million USD
Rest of the products
56.3 %
1,769.4
million USD
Exports
Total exports: 965.5 million USD in 2023
Exports by destination
European Union
31.0 %
299.4
million USD
Tanzania
10.8 %
104.8
million USD
China
5.6 %
54.4
million USD
South Africa
5.4 %
51.7
million USD
Zimbabwe
5.3 %
51.1
million USD
Zambia
4.7 %
45.0
million USD
India
4.6 %
44.4
million USD
United States of America
4.2 %
40.4
million USD
United Kingdom
4.0 %
38.3
million USD
Kenya
3.2 %
30.5
million USD
Rest of the World
21.3 %
205.6
million USD
Exports by products HS 2022
240120
Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed or stripped, otherwise unmanufactured
44.2 %
426.9
million USD
090240
Black fermented tea and partly fermented tea, whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of > 3 kg
7.3 %
70.3
million USD
120242
Groundnuts, shelled, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing, roasted or otherwise cooked)
5.6 %
53.8
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
5.1 %
48.9
million USD
170114
Raw cane sugar, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter (excl. cane sugar of 1701 13)
4.3 %
41.2
million USD
120190
Soya beans, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing)
3.5 %
34.0
million USD
071360
Dried, shelled pigeon peas "Cajanus cajan", whether or not skinned or split
3.3 %
31.6
million USD
071290
Dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excl. onions, mushrooms and truffles, not mixed)
3.1 %
29.8
million USD
240110
Tobacco, unstemmed or unstripped
1.5 %
14.3
million USD
071339
Dried, shelled beans "Vigna and Phaseolus", whether or not skinned or split (excl. beans of species "Vigna mungo [L.] Hepper or Vigna radiata [L.] Wilczek", small red "Adzuki" beans, kidney beans, Bambara beans and cow peas)
1.3 %
12.8
million USD
Rest of the products
20.9 %
201.9
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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