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Total exports · 2020 · Full yearvs last year↑ +3.0%
MVR2.50B
~$162.4M 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
474
HS × country rows
Top partner
Thailand
43.6% share
Put it in perspective

What MVR 2.50B actually means

Per Maldivian
~$309
exported per person over the period
Per resort
~$955K
across ~170 resort islands
Every single day
~$451K
shipping out on average
Biggest single item
37.9%
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 · 2020

How exports actually move

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

Thailand → Fish & seafood: MVR 1.09BGermany → Prepared meat & fish: MVR 192.5MFrance → Fish & seafood: MVR 182.3MGreat Britain → Prepared meat & fish: MVR 163.6MItaly → Fish & seafood: MVR 99.9MUnited States → Prepared meat & fish: MVR 77.5MUnited States → Fish & seafood: MVR 53.7MGermany → Fish & seafood: MVR 49.9MFrance → Prepared meat & fish: MVR 18.5MGreat Britain → Fish & seafood: MVR 15.6MItaly → Prepared meat & fish: MVR 5.5M🇹🇭 ThailandMVR 1.09B🇩🇪 GermanyMVR 242.4M🇫🇷 FranceMVR 200.8M🇬🇧 Great BritainMVR 179.3M🇺🇸 United StatesMVR 132.1M🇮🇹 ItalyMVR 105.4MFish & seafoodCH 03 · MVR 1.86BPrepared meat & fishCH 16 · MVR 538.4MIron & steelCH 72 · MVR 46.2MAnimal feed residuesCH 23 · MVR 45.7MAluminiumCH 76 · MVR 2.7MSalt, sulphur, cementCH 25 · MVR 2.6M
Category map · 2020

What's going out, at a glance

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

CH 0374.4%
Fish & seafood
MVR 1.86B
CH 1621.5%
Prepared meat & fish
MVR 538.4M
CH 721.8%
Iron & steel
MVR 46.2M
CH 231.8%
Animal feed residues
MVR 45.7M
CH 760.1%
Aluminium
MVR 2.7M
CH 250.1%
Salt, sulphur, cement
MVR 2.6M
CH 740.1%
Copper
MVR 2.0M
CH 700.0%
Glass
MVR 1.0M
CH 390.0%
Plastics
MVR 744K
Top sources · 2020

Where Maldives sells to

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

  1. 01🇹🇭Thailand
    43.6%MVR 1.09B
  2. 02🇩🇪Germany
    9.7%MVR 242.4M
  3. 03🇫🇷France
    8.0%MVR 200.8M
  4. 04🇬🇧Great Britain
    7.2%MVR 179.3M
  5. 05🇺🇸United States
    5.3%MVR 132.1M
  6. 06🇮🇹Italy
    4.2%MVR 105.4M
  7. 07🇱🇰Sri Lanka
    2.8%MVR 71.3M
  8. 08🇮🇳India
    2.0%MVR 51.3M
  9. 09🇨🇭Switzerland
    1.8%MVR 45.5M
  10. 10🇻🇳Vietnam
    1.7%MVR 41.3M
  11. 11🇯🇵Japan
    1.6%MVR 39.7M
  12. 12🇧🇩Bangladesh
    1.5%MVR 37.2M
Top items · 2020

Individual goods at 10-digit HS resolution

Ranked by FOB value across the period

#HS codeItemTop destinationFOB
010303430000Frozen skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito🇹🇭Thailand+8MVR 949.8M
021604140011Skipjack (prepared, preserved)🇩🇪Germany+16MVR 459.3M
030303420010Yellowfin tuna (frozen)🇹🇭Thailand+17MVR 249.0M
040304491013Yellowfin tuna loins (fresh or chilled)🇫🇷France+26MVR 177.2M
050304491019Yellowfin tuna chunk (fresh or chilled)🇫🇷France+22MVR 111.5M
060302320000Fresh or chilled yellowfin tunas🇫🇷France+25MVR 84.5M
070304870012Yellowfin tuna loin (frozen)🇫🇷France+10MVR 84.4M
081604140014Yellowfin tuna (canned, prepared & preserved)🇺🇸United States+5MVR 76.5M
090305591010Skipjack (dried)🇱🇰Sri Lanka+5MVR 45.7M
102301200000Flours, meals and pellets of fish, etc, unfit for human consumption🇧🇩Bangladesh+3MVR 45.7M
117204100000Waste and scrap of cast iron🇮🇳IndiaMVR 41.8M
120302890010Fresh or chilled grouper🇭🇰Hong Kong+9MVR 31.0M

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

Source: 1 Jul 2021