Top Export Products from Mozambique 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 mozambique to malawi
Export Products from mozambique to malawi
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Top Products 2023 2022 Growth% 2023 Share 2022 Share
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, Other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, Containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, These oils being the basic cons

HSN Code:  27101299   27101219   27101999 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 63
Malawi Exporters Shipment 2,290
Value $325,036,135,680.12 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 62.51%
Shipment 1,594 0 greenUpArrow 100% 53.44%
Maize (corn)

HSN Code:  10059000   10051000  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 18
Malawi Exporters Shipment 361
Value $186,683,126,182.39 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 35.91%
Shipment 316 0 greenUpArrow 100% 10.59%

Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugur

HSN Code:  17031000  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 5
Malawi Exporters Shipment 268
Value $1,228,038.77 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.00%
Shipment 196 0 greenUpArrow 100% 6.57%

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, Of a width of 600 mm or more, Clad, Plated or coated - plated or coated with tin :

HSN Code:  72104190   72107000  72104110 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 15
Malawi Exporters Shipment 171
Value $289,405,851.84 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.06%
Shipment 66 0 greenUpArrow 100% 2.21%

Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse

HSN Code:  24012011   24011014   24011019 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 12
Malawi Exporters Shipment 170
Value $430,405,335.5 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.08%
Shipment 115 0 greenUpArrow 100% 3.86%

Pasta, Whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, Such as spaghetti, Macaroni, Noodles, Lasagne, Gnocchi, Ravioli, Cannelloni; couscous, Whether or not prepared - uncooked pasta, Not stuffed or otherwise prepar

HSN Code:  19023000   19021900  19021100 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 30
Malawi Exporters Shipment 135
Value $29,277,902.89 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.01%
Shipment 37 0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.24%

Other tubes, Pipes and hollow profiles (for example, Open seam or welded, Riveted or similarly closed), Of iron or steel - line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines:

HSN Code:  73064000   73066190  73065090 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 11
Malawi Exporters Shipment 113
Value $96,712,946.54 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.02%
Shipment 40 0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.34%

Wheat or meslin flour

HSN Code:  11010010  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 16
Malawi Exporters Shipment 103
Value $1,250,952,128.46 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.24%
Shipment 68 0 greenUpArrow 100% 2.28%

Carboys, Bottles, Flasks, Jars, Pots, Phials, Ampoules and other containers, Of glass, Of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, Lids and other closures, Of glass

HSN Code:  70109020   70109090  70109010 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 20
Malawi Exporters Shipment 81
Value $2,676.7 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.00%
Shipment 33 0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.11%

Fish, Fresh or chilled, Excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 - salmonidae, Excluding livers and roes:

HSN Code:  03027100   03021900 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 4
Malawi Exporters Shipment 71
Value $48,411,901.73 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.01%
Shipment 24 0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.80%

Ii. –waste, Parings and scrap; semi-manufactures; articles waste, Parings and scrap, Of plastics

HSN Code:  39159000   39151000 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 20
Malawi Exporters Shipment 69
Value $1,797.1 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.00%
Shipment 35 0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.17%

Fruit, Dried, Other than that of headings 0801 to 0806; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this chapter

HSN Code:  08134000   08135000 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 16
Malawi Exporters Shipment 65
Value $8,044,163.38 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.00%
Shipment 35 0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.17%

Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, With or without side-cars;

HSN Code:  87112020   87112021  87111019 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 50
Malawi Exporters Shipment 64
Value $16,971,614.3 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.00%
Shipment 25 0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.84%

Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, Of a width of 600 mm or more, Cold- rolled (cold-reduced), Not clad, Plated or coated - in coils, Not further worked than cold-rolled (cold- reduced) :

HSN Code:  72092600  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 5
Malawi Exporters Shipment 59
Value $41,875,034.61 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.01%
Shipment 15 0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.50%

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, Sliced or peeled, Whether or not planed, Sanded or end-jointed, Of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

HSN Code:  44071910  44072990  44079990 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 14
Malawi Exporters Shipment 44
Value $39,706,758.74 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.01%
Shipment 14 0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.47%