Top Export Products from Zimbabwe to Malawi

11-Apr-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 from zimbabwe to malawi
Export Products from zimbabwe to malawi
100
Top Products 2023 2022 Growth% 2023 Share 2022 Share
coal; briquettes, Ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal - coal, Whether or not pulverised, But not agglomerated :

HSN Code:  27011200  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 6
Malawi Exporters Shipment 698
Value $997,005,226.49 $289,261,022.41 greenUpArrow 244.67% 2.49%
Shipment 187 404 redDownArrow -53.71% 10.78%
Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, With or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders

HSN Code:  25201000   25202000  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 14
Malawi Exporters Shipment 523
Value $1,513,317,969.71 $331,935,265.05 greenUpArrow 355.91% 3.78%
Shipment 174 337 redDownArrow -48.37% 10.03%
Cartons, Boxes, Cases, Bags and other packing containers, Of paper, Paperboard, Cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres; box files, Letter trays, And similar articles, Of paper or paperboard of a kind used in offices, Shops or the like

HSN Code:  48191000   48194090  48194000 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 9
Malawi Exporters Shipment 393
Value $5,335,594,796.32 $1,015,316,035.49 greenUpArrow 425.51% 13.34%
Shipment 166 179 redDownArrow -7.26% 9.57%
Unglazed ceramic flags and paving, Hearth or wall tiles; unglazed ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, Whether or not on a backing

HSN Code:  69074000   69072100 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 8
Malawi Exporters Shipment 348
Value $932,614,092.46 $111,699,003.78 greenUpArrow 734.94% 2.33%
Shipment 160 38 greenUpArrow 321.05% 9.22%

Paper and paperboard, Corrugated (with or without glued flat surface sheets), Creped, Crinkled, Embossed or perforated, In rolls or sheets, Other than paper of the kind described in heading 4803

HSN Code:  48081090   48081000  48084000 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 7
Malawi Exporters Shipment 275
Value $6,697,468,686.71 $462,918,635.44 greenUpArrow 1346.79% 16.74%
Shipment 143 123 greenUpArrow 16.26% 8.24%

Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, Whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free flowing agents; sea water

HSN Code:  25010021   25010029   25010099 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 3
Malawi Exporters Shipment 220
Value $995,064,212.98 $1,056,330,576.03 redDownArrow -5.80% 2.49%
Shipment 59 160 redDownArrow -63.13% 3.40%

Wood in the rough, Whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, Or roughly squared

HSN Code:  44031100   44031200 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 6
Malawi Exporters Shipment 131
Value $1,085,787,189.4 $232,413,530.3 greenUpArrow 367.18% 2.71%
Shipment 61 55 greenUpArrow 10.91% 3.52%

Other uncoated paper and paperboard, In rolls or sheets, Not further worked or processed than as specified in note 3 to this chapter - fluting paper :

HSN Code:  48051900  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 15
Malawi Exporters Shipment 105
Value $533,680,966.24 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.33%
Shipment 42 0 greenUpArrow 100% 2.42%

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:  39172390  39172300  39172900 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 11
Malawi Exporters Shipment 64
Value $4,443,898,772.54 $118,060,295.56 greenUpArrow 3664.09% 11.11%
Shipment 41 9 greenUpArrow 355.56% 2.36%

Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, In the form of bars, Cakes, Moulded pieces or shapes, Whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, In the form of liquid or c

HSN Code:  34011190   34011110  34011100 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 13
Malawi Exporters Shipment 62
Value $916,044,771.67 $3,120,305.67 greenUpArrow 29257.53% 2.29%
Shipment 19 4 greenUpArrow 375.00% 1.10%

Polishes and creams, For footwear, Furniture, Floors, Coachwork, Glass or metal, Scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, Wadding, Felt, Nonwovens, Cellular plastics or cellular rubber, Impregnated, Coated

HSN Code:  34054000  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 1
Malawi Exporters Shipment 62
Value $108,306,859.92 $31,695,185.82 greenUpArrow 241.71% 0.27%
Shipment 16 46 redDownArrow -65.22% 0.92%

Electric accumulators, Including separators therefore, Whether or not rectangular (including square

HSN Code:  85071000   85076010  85076090 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 11
Malawi Exporters Shipment 60
Value $2,075,372,085.52 $592,884,888.01 greenUpArrow 250.05% 5.19%
Shipment 22 23 redDownArrow -4.35% 1.27%

Waters, Including mineral waters and aerated waters, Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, And other non-alcoholic beverages, Not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 2009

HSN Code:  22021090   22021011  22029910 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 7
Malawi Exporters Shipment 54
Value $22,125.48 $313,571,082.9 redDownArrow -99.99% 0.00%
Shipment 1 50 redDownArrow -98.00% 0.06%

Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber, Solid or cushion tyres, Tyre treads and tyre flaps, Of rubber - retreaded tyres :

HSN Code:  40121919   40122090  40121900 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 6
Malawi Exporters Shipment 54
Value $21,759,181.54 $6,211,186.44 greenUpArrow 250.32% 0.05%
Shipment 26 26 redDownArrow 0.00% 1.50%

Angles, Shapes and sections of iron or non- alloy steel

HSN Code:  72162200  72162100  72162210 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 8
Malawi Exporters Shipment 53
Value $241,254,168.2 $166,738,248.19 greenUpArrow 44.69% 0.60%
Shipment 19 30 redDownArrow -36.67% 1.10%