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Total exports · 2016 · Full yearvs last year↓ -3.2%
MVR2.15B
~$139.1M at MVR 15.42 / USD
ImportsExports
Year
2026YTD2025YTD2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Trading partners
12
Top 12 shown
HS chapters active
9
of 99 WCO chapters
Line-items declared
315
HS × country rows
Top partner
Thailand
34.4% share
Put it in perspective

What MVR 2.15B actually means

Per Maldivian
~$265
exported per person over the period
Per resort
~$818K
across ~170 resort islands
Every single day
~$387K
shipping out on average
Biggest single item
26.0%
of all exports is frozen skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito
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Yearly trend

Exports value over time

Latest published slice per year. Click any bar to jump to that year.

2.22B
'15
2.15B
'16
3.07B
'17
2.80B
'18
2.43B
'19
2.50B
'20
2.33B
'21
2.45B
'22
2.49B
'23
1.42B
'24
2.02B
'25
194.2M
'26
SelectedOther yearsPartial (YTD)
Trade flows · 2016

How exports actually move

Top sources on the left, top product chapters on the right. Band thickness ∝ FOB value.

Thailand → Fish & seafood: MVR 738.4MSri Lanka → Fish & seafood: MVR 205.8MFrance → Fish & seafood: MVR 188.6MUnited States → Fish & seafood: MVR 185.5MGermany → Fish & seafood: MVR 98.4MIreland → Prepared meat & fish: MVR 95.6MGermany → Prepared meat & fish: MVR 86.5MIreland → Fish & seafood: MVR 10.5MSri Lanka → Animal feed residues: MVR 5.0MUnited States → Prepared meat & fish: MVR 2.3M🇹🇭 ThailandMVR 738.4M🇱🇰 Sri LankaMVR 210.8M🇫🇷 FranceMVR 188.6M🇺🇸 United StatesMVR 187.8M🇩🇪 GermanyMVR 184.8M🌐 IrelandMVR 106.1MFish & seafoodCH 03 · MVR 1.87BPrepared meat & fishCH 16 · MVR 237.5MIron & steelCH 72 · MVR 12.5MCopperCH 74 · MVR 9.0MAnimal feed residuesCH 23 · MVR 8.7MElectrical machineryCH 85 · MVR 5.5M
Category map · 2016

What's going out, at a glance

Each tile sized by share of total. Click a chapter to filter.

CH 0387.1%
Fish & seafood
MVR 1.87B
CH 1611.1%
Prepared meat & fish
MVR 237.5M
CH 720.6%
Iron & steel
MVR 12.5M
CH 740.4%
Copper
MVR 9.0M
CH 230.4%
Animal feed residues
MVR 8.7M
CH 850.3%
Electrical machinery
MVR 5.5M
CH 760.1%
Aluminium
MVR 1.8M
CH 390.1%
Plastics
MVR 1.3M
CH 480.0%
Paper & paperboard
MVR 402K
Top sources · 2016

Where Maldives sells to

Ranked by FOB value · YoY change uses same-period monthly average

  1. 01🇹🇭Thailand
    34.4%MVR 738.4M
  2. 02🇱🇰Sri Lanka
    9.8%MVR 210.8M
  3. 03🇫🇷France
    8.8%MVR 188.6M
  4. 04🇺🇸United States
    8.8%MVR 187.8M
  5. 05🇩🇪Germany
    8.6%MVR 184.8M
  6. 06🌐Ireland
    4.9%MVR 106.1M
  7. 07🇮🇹Italy
    4.9%MVR 105.6M
  8. 08🇬🇧Great Britain
    4.1%MVR 88.6M
  9. 09🇨🇭Switzerland
    3.0%MVR 64.4M
  10. 10🇯🇵Japan
    1.9%MVR 41.1M
  11. 11🇳🇱Netherlands
    1.6%MVR 33.8M
  12. 12🌐New Taiwan
    1.6%MVR 33.5M
Top items · 2016

Individual goods at 10-digit HS resolution

Ranked by FOB value across the period

#HS codeItemTop destinationFOB
010303430000Frozen skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito🇹🇭Thailand+4MVR 557.2M
020302320000Fresh or chilled yellowfin tunas🇺🇸United States+24MVR 395.7M
030304491013Yellowfin tuna loins (fresh or chiled)🇫🇷France+23MVR 233.0M
041604140011Skipjack (prepared, preserved)🌐Ireland+10MVR 230.7M
050304491019Yellowfin tuna chunk (fresh or chilled)🇫🇷France+14MVR 229.3M
060303420010Yellowfin tuna (frozen)🇹🇭Thailand+11MVR 158.1M
070305591010Skipjack (dried)🇱🇰Sri Lanka+3MVR 76.2M
080302890010Fresh or chilled grouper🌐New Taiwan+6MVR 44.2M
090302340000Fresh or chilled bigeye tunas (thunnus obesus)🇺🇸United States+11MVR 31.4M
100305491010Skipjack (smoked)🇱🇰Sri Lanka+1MVR 24.4M
110302330000Fresh or chilled skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito🇹🇭Thailand+3MVR 17.9M
120305599014Marlin (salted dried) "thalapath"(hibaru)🇱🇰Sri LankaMVR 14.1M

Data republished from Maldives Customs Service. Imports are CIF, exports are FOB. Current-year figures cover the months published to date.

Source: 18 Dec 2017