Top Export Products from Zambia 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 zambia to malawi
Export Products from zambia to malawi
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Top Products 2023 2022 Growth% 2023 Share 2022 Share
Portland cement, Aluminous cement, Slag cement, Supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, Whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers

HSN Code:  25232900   25231000 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 52
Malawi Exporters Shipment 2,689
Value $10,169,636,584.4 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 65.55%
Shipment 1,401 0 greenUpArrow 100% 34.83%
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  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 54
Malawi Exporters Shipment 1,321
Value $595,154,864.67 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 3.84%
Shipment 497 0 greenUpArrow 100% 12.36%
Quicklime, Slaked lime and hydraulic lime, Other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825

HSN Code:  25223000   25222000  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 35
Malawi Exporters Shipment 420
Value $257,427,900.73 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.66%
Shipment 165 0 greenUpArrow 100% 4.10%
Organic surface-active agents (other than soap), Surface-active preparations, Washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, Whether or not containing soap, Other than those of heading 3401 - organic surface-act

HSN Code:  34025000   34022000  34029090 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 22
Malawi Exporters Shipment 385
Value $394,282,225.74 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 2.54%
Shipment 78 0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.94%
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:  22021011   22029990   22029920  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 39
Malawi Exporters Shipment 358
Value $112,711,190.73 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.73%
Shipment 185 0 greenUpArrow 100% 4.60%

Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, Not further worked than forged, Hot- rolled, Hot-drawn or hot-extruded, But including those twisted after rolling

HSN Code:  72142090   72142010   72142020  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 46
Malawi Exporters Shipment 276
Value $144,346,292.12 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.93%
Shipment 90 0 greenUpArrow 100% 2.24%

Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse

HSN Code:  24012021   24012024 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 4
Malawi Exporters Shipment 274
Value $826,853,472.82 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 5.33%
Shipment 41 0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.02%

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

HSN Code:  72162110   72169990   72162190  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 41
Malawi Exporters Shipment 222
Value $35,993,710.1 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.23%
Shipment 78 0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.94%

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:  27101919   27101999  27109900 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 5
Malawi Exporters Shipment 205
Value $372,188.26 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.00%
Shipment 94 0 greenUpArrow 100% 2.34%

Sugar confectionery (including white choco-late), Not containing cocoa

HSN Code:  17049000   17041000  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 11
Malawi Exporters Shipment 196
Value $33,907,216.08 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.22%
Shipment 51 0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.27%

Oil-cake and other solid residues, Whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, Resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats or oils, Other than those of heading 2304 or 2305

HSN Code:  23063000  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 18
Malawi Exporters Shipment 189
Value $69,134,523.69 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.45%
Shipment 29 0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.72%

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:  34011110   34011190   34011990 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 23
Malawi Exporters Shipment 182
Value $19,927,820.28 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.13%
Shipment 54 0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.34%

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   70109030 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 21
Malawi Exporters Shipment 149
Value $2,251,790.2 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.01%
Shipment 36 0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.90%

Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, Other than goods of heading 6801; mosaic cubes and the like, Of natural stone (including slate), Whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, Chippings and powder, Of

HSN Code:  68022390   68029390  
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 22
Malawi Exporters Shipment 134
Value $54,736,766.97 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.35%
Shipment 50 0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.24%

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:  19053100   19059010  19059090 
Exporters : Malawi Exporters 21
Malawi Exporters Shipment 131
Value $30,525,206.87 $0 greenUpArrow 100% 0.20%
Shipment 74 0 greenUpArrow 100% 1.84%