Top Export Products of Malawi

03-Jan-2025

Overview

Malawi
 

> Tobacco: 50%

> Tea: 15%

> Sugar: 10%

> Coffee: 5%

> Uranium: 4%

> Nuts: 3%

> Cotton: 3%

> Rubber: 3%

> Apparel: 3%

> Pulses: 2%

These top 10 export items represented a significant 98% of Malawi's total export value for 2023. When analyzing Malawi's customs records, it's evident that the fastest-growing export categories were Tobacco (USD 1 billion), Tea (USD 0.3 billion), and Sugar (USD 0.2 billion) showing a robust upward trend. Conversely, the declining sectors in the export landscape included products of the Coffee, Uranium, Nuts, as well as Cotton.

For businesses and market analysts, the subsequent chart offers a deeper dive, showcasing the monetary value and market dynamics of Malawi’s top 10 export commodities for 2023.

YOY and MOM comparison of growth and share of top Export Products of malawi
Export Products of Malawi
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Top Products 2023 2022 Growth% 2023 Share 2022 Share
Oil-cake and other solid residues whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, Resulting from the extraction of soyabean oil

HSN Code:  23040000  23040030  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 187
Malawi Exporters Shipment 10,454
Value $8,970,686,371.89 $1,550,886,379.07 greenUpArrow 478.42% 17.30%
Shipment 3,796 1,806 greenUpArrow 110.19% 12.96%
Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse

HSN Code:  24012035   24012012   24012085  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 245
Malawi Exporters Shipment 10,218
Value $29,314,729,802.87 $4,736,493,804.74 greenUpArrow 518.91% 56.53%
Shipment 4,630 2,260 greenUpArrow 104.87% 15.81%
Dried leguminous vegetables, Shelled, Whether or not skinned or split

HSN Code:  07136090   07136000   07131090  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 350
Malawi Exporters Shipment 6,689
Value $102,154,302.13 $921,965,462.79 redDownArrow -88.92% 0.20%
Shipment 2,445 605 greenUpArrow 304.13% 8.35%
Ground-nuts, Not roasted or otherwise cooked, Whether or not shelled or broekn

HSN Code:  12024200   12023000  12024100 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 281
Malawi Exporters Shipment 5,587
Value $65,278,783.83 $183,897,636.91 redDownArrow -64.50% 0.13%
Shipment 2,408 1,865 greenUpArrow 29.12% 8.22%
Tea , Whether or not flavoured

HSN Code:  09024000  09023000   09024030  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 203
Malawi Exporters Shipment 4,693
Value $146,995,846.45 $358,767,852.09 redDownArrow -59.03% 0.28%
Shipment 1,407 600 greenUpArrow 134.50% 4.80%
Bran, Sharps and other residues, Whether or not in the form of pellets, Derived from the sifting, Milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants

HSN Code:  23024000   23021000  23023000  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 80
Malawi Exporters Shipment 3,217
Value $1,530,301.68 $109,265,433.63 redDownArrow -98.60% 0.00%
Shipment 1,117 161 greenUpArrow 593.79% 3.81%
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, In solid form - raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter :

HSN Code:  17019990   17011490   17019910  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 109
Malawi Exporters Shipment 2,748
Value $2,608,900,140.24 $330,434,845.46 greenUpArrow 689.54% 5.03%
Shipment 1,050 128 greenUpArrow 720.31% 3.58%
Fibre board of wood or other ligneous materials, Whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances - medium density fibre board (mdf):

HSN Code:  44111400  44111200  44111300 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 13
Malawi Exporters Shipment 1,905
Value $2,115,900,969.97 $936,672,383.63 greenUpArrow 125.90% 4.08%
Shipment 495 599 redDownArrow -17.36% 1.69%
Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel

HSN Code:  72043000   72044900   72042900  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 291
Malawi Exporters Shipment 1,870
Value $3,762,600.21 $11,365,673.66 redDownArrow -66.90% 0.01%
Shipment 174 522 redDownArrow -66.67% 0.59%
Soya beans, Whether or not broken

HSN Code:  12019000  12011000 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 156
Malawi Exporters Shipment 1,728
Value $1,537,653,953.66 $21,477,969.21 greenUpArrow 7059.21% 2.97%
Shipment 731 98 greenUpArrow 645.92% 2.50%
Printed books, Brochures, Leaflets and similar printed matter, Whether or not in single sheets

HSN Code:  49019990   49011090   49019900 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 231
Malawi Exporters Shipment 1,248
Value $48,771.83 $42,536.4 greenUpArrow 14.66% 0.00%
Shipment 439 38 greenUpArrow 1055.26% 1.50%
Other furniture and parts thereof

HSN Code:  94038990   94038100   94036090  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 328
Malawi Exporters Shipment 1,119
Value $363,118.3 $2,432,269.14 redDownArrow -85.07% 0.00%
Shipment 324 159 greenUpArrow 103.77% 1.11%
Maize (corn)

HSN Code:  10051000  10059000  10051001 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 45
Malawi Exporters Shipment 792
Value $8,077,383.93 $819,462,043.38 redDownArrow -99.01% 0.02%
Shipment 228 541 redDownArrow -57.86% 0.78%
Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, Other than those of mustard

HSN Code:  12081000  12089000 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 33
Malawi Exporters Shipment 743
Value $1,044,820,664.57 $748,342,348.36 greenUpArrow 39.62% 2.01%
Shipment 88 32 greenUpArrow 175.00% 0.30%
Worked mica and articles of mica, Including agglomerated or reconstituted mica, Whether or not on a support of paper, Paperboard or other materials

HSN Code:  68149000   68141000 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 18
Malawi Exporters Shipment 693
Value $1,626,562.98 $337,099.86 greenUpArrow 382.52% 0.00%
Shipment 423 88 greenUpArrow 380.68% 1.44%