Top Import Products of Maldives

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10-Apr-2025

Overview

Maldives

As the Maldives import data reveals, the nation's top import products for 2023 were prominently characterized by:

> Machinery and Equipment: 20%

> Petroleum Products: 18%

> Foodstuffs: 15%

> Construction Materials: 10%

> Chemicals: 8%

> Pharmaceuticals: 7%

> Vehicles: 6%

> Electronics: 5%

> Textiles: 4%

> Plastics: 3%

These top 10 import items represented a significant 96% of Maldives's total import value for 2023. When analyzing Maldives's customs records, it's evident that the fastest-growing import categories were Machinery and Equipment (USD 400 million), Petroleum Products (USD 360 million), and Foodstuffs (USD 300 million) showing a robust upward trend. Conversely, the declining sectors in the import landscape included products of the Machinery and Equipment, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, as well as Vehicles.

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

YOY and MOM comparison of growth and share of top Import Products of maldives

Top Import Products of Maldives

YOY comparison of growth and share of top Import Products of Maldives

MOM comparison of growth and share of top Import Products of Maldives

Import Products of Maldives
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1M 3M 6M 1Y 3Y ALL

Top Products		2023	2022	Growth%	2023 Share	2022 Share
Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, Put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings HSN Code: 30049099 30049079 30049011 Importers : Maldives Importers 372 Maldives Importers Shipment 74,659	Value	$34,229,892.32	$31,801,116.42	7.64%	2.83%	2.83%
	Shipment	28,591	20,224	41.37%	6.21%	5.45%
Other vegetables, Fresh or chilled HSN Code: 07099990 07099920 07099912 Importers : Maldives Importers 398 Maldives Importers Shipment 70,541	Value	$14,977,315.5	$11,888,002.43	25.99%	1.24%	1.06%
	Shipment	26,044	20,633	26.22%	5.65%	5.56%
Other fruit, Fresh HSN Code: 08109090 08109010 08105000 Importers : Maldives Importers 472 Maldives Importers Shipment 34,198	Value	$8,764,418.1	$6,691,489.54	30.98%	0.72%	0.60%
	Shipment	13,290	10,617	25.18%	2.88%	2.86%
Tubes, Pipes and hoses, And fittings therefor (for example, Joints, Elbows, Flanges), Of plastics - artificial guts (sausage casings) of hardened protein or of cellulosic materials: HSN Code: 39174000 39172390 39172190 Importers : Maldives Importers 464 Maldives Importers Shipment 24,833	Value	$13,454,350.53	$13,928,315.83	-3.40%	1.11%	1.24%
	Shipment	11,393	6,968	63.50%	2.47%	1.88%
Instruments and appliances used in medical, Surgical, Dental or veterinary sciences, Including scientigraphic apparatus, Other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional explorat HSN Code: 90189099 90183990 90184900 Importers : Maldives Importers 383 Maldives Importers Shipment 23,475	Value	$10,498,397.98	$9,426,378.92	11.37%	0.87%	0.84%
	Shipment	8,692	7,380	17.78%	1.89%	1.99%
Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), Fresh - melons (including watermelons) : HSN Code: 08071100 08071990 08072000 Importers : Maldives Importers 93 Maldives Importers Shipment 21,827	Value	$2,853,059.8	$2,823,522.13	1.05%	0.24%	0.25%
	Shipment	7,671	6,743	13.76%	1.67%	1.82%
Bananas, Including plaintains, Fresh or dried HSN Code: 08039010 08039090 08031010 Importers : Maldives Importers 83 Maldives Importers Shipment 20,487	Value	$1,318,617.26	$1,269,621.93	3.86%	0.11%	0.11%
	Shipment	7,086	6,504	8.95%	1.54%	1.75%
Tomatoes, Fresh or chilled HSN Code: 07020000 Importers : Maldives Importers 71 Maldives Importers Shipment 19,699	Value	$2,291,365.53	$1,800,601.1	27.26%	0.19%	0.16%
	Shipment	7,079	6,344	11.59%	1.54%	1.71%
Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Kohlrabi,Kale and similar edible brassicas, Fresh or chilled HSN Code: 07049000 07041010 07049010 Importers : Maldives Importers 78 Maldives Importers Shipment 18,865	Value	$1,578,982.09	$2,031,933.55	-22.29%	0.13%	0.18%
	Shipment	7,213	5,606	28.67%	1.57%	1.51%
Bread, Pastry, Cakes, Biscuits and other bakers’ wares, Whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, Empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, Sealing wafers, Rice paper and similar products HSN Code: 19059090 19053100 19059040 Importers : Maldives Importers 566 Maldives Importers Shipment 17,891	Value	$10,151,517.91	$8,280,877.32	22.59%	0.84%	0.74%
	Shipment	6,483	4,016	61.43%	1.41%	1.08%
Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), Including sunscreen or suntan preparations; manicure or pedicure preparations HSN Code: 33049990 33049910 33049930 Importers : Maldives Importers 403 Maldives Importers Shipment 17,641	Value	$6,559,259.85	$4,507,853.12	45.51%	0.54%	0.40%
	Shipment	6,833	5,701	19.86%	1.48%	1.54%
Birds’ eggs, In shell, Fresh, Preserved or cooked - fertilised eggs for incubation: HSN Code: 04072100 04071100 04079000 Importers : Maldives Importers 91 Maldives Importers Shipment 17,474	Value	$17,792,669.43	$15,166,216.13	17.32%	1.47%	1.35%
	Shipment	6,375	5,519	15.51%	1.38%	1.49%
Onions, Shallots, Garlic, Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, Fresh or chilled HSN Code: 07031019 07031010 07039000 Importers : Maldives Importers 131 Maldives Importers Shipment 16,868	Value	$6,905,482.98	$4,873,055.91	41.71%	0.57%	0.43%
	Shipment	6,701	5,810	15.34%	1.45%	1.57%
Dates, Figs, Pineapples, Avocados, Guavas, Mangoes, And mangosteens, Fresh or dried HSN Code: 08043000 08045010 08045022 Importers : Maldives Importers 236 Maldives Importers Shipment 15,792	Value	$4,113,234.8	$3,194,146.05	28.77%	0.34%	0.28%
	Shipment	5,637	4,416	27.65%	1.22%	1.19%
Potatoes, Fresh or chilled HSN Code: 07019000 07011000 Importers : Maldives Importers 32 Maldives Importers Shipment 15,655	Value	$2,598,312.15	$2,557,882.08	1.58%	0.21%	0.23%
	Shipment	5,703	4,736	20.42%	1.24%	1.28%

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