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Total exports · 2023 · Full yearvs last year +1.9%
MVR2.49B
~$161.7M at MVR 15.42 / USD
Trading partners
12
Top 12 shown
HS chapters active
9
of 99 WCO chapters
Line-items declared
301
HS × country rows
Top partner
Thailand
53.9% share
Put it in perspective

What MVR 2.49B actually means

Per Maldivian
~$308
exported per person over the period
Per resort
~$951K
across ~170 resort islands
Every single day
~$449K
shipping out on average
Biggest single item
51.8%
of all exports is frozen skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (katsuwonus pelamis)
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Exports value over time

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Trade flows · 2023

How exports actually move

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

Thailand → Fish & seafood: MVR 1.33BGreat Britain → Prepared meat & fish: MVR 339.7MGermany → Prepared meat & fish: MVR 168.2MFrance → Fish & seafood: MVR 85.3MIndia → Iron & steel: MVR 51.2MBangladesh → Animal feed residues: MVR 38.6MGermany → Fish & seafood: MVR 27.2MIndia → Copper: MVR 19.8MBangladesh → Fish & seafood: MVR 12.0MThailand → Prepared meat & fish: MVR 11.6MGreat Britain → Fish & seafood: MVR 2.9MIndia → Mineral fuels & oils: MVR 1.6MIndia → Fish & seafood: MVR 34K🇹🇭 ThailandMVR 1.34B🇬🇧 Great BritainMVR 342.7M🇩🇪 GermanyMVR 195.4M🇫🇷 FranceMVR 85.3M🇮🇳 IndiaMVR 78.7M🇧🇩 BangladeshMVR 50.6MFish & seafoodCH 03 · MVR 1.76BPrepared meat & fishCH 16 · MVR 595.0MIron & steelCH 72 · MVR 52.8MAnimal feed residuesCH 23 · MVR 52.6MCopperCH 74 · MVR 20.6MMineral fuels & oilsCH 27 · MVR 4.0M
Category map · 2023

What's going out, at a glance

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

CH 0370.6%
Fish & seafood
MVR 1.76B
CH 1623.9%
Prepared meat & fish
MVR 595.0M
CH 722.1%
Iron & steel
MVR 52.8M
CH 232.1%
Animal feed residues
MVR 52.6M
CH 740.8%
Copper
MVR 20.6M
CH 270.2%
Mineral fuels & oils
MVR 4.0M
CH 850.1%
Electrical machinery
MVR 2.5M
CH 390.1%
Plastics
MVR 2.4M
CH 760.1%
Aluminium
MVR 2.0M
Top sources · 2023

Where Maldives sells to

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

  1. 01🇹🇭Thailand +11.6%
    53.9%MVR 1.34B
  2. 02🇬🇧Great Britain +64.5%
    13.7%MVR 342.7M
  3. 03🇩🇪Germany -15.5%
    7.8%MVR 195.4M
  4. 04🇫🇷France -4.5%
    3.4%MVR 85.3M
  5. 05🇮🇳India -20.6%
    3.2%MVR 78.7M
  6. 06🇧🇩Bangladesh -15.1%
    2.0%MVR 50.6M
  7. 07🇮🇹Italy -12.1%
    1.9%MVR 46.2M
  8. 08🇻🇳Vietnam +77.7%
    1.8%MVR 45.7M
  9. 09🇯🇵Japan -25.6%
    1.4%MVR 34.4M
  10. 10🇺🇸United States -27.9%
    1.3%MVR 32.2M
  11. 11🇨🇭Switzerland -51.3%
    1.1%MVR 26.4M
  12. 12🇳🇱Netherlands -48.3%
    1.0%MVR 24.3M
Top items · 2023

Individual goods at 10-digit HS resolution

Ranked by FOB value across the period

#HS codeItemTop destinationFOB
010303430000Frozen skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (katsuwonus pelamis)🇹🇭Thailand+11MVR 1.29B
021604140011Skipjack tuna prepared or preserved)🇬🇧Great Britain+14MVR 572.6M
030303420010Yellowfin tuna (frozen)🇹🇭Thailand+11MVR 141.4M
040304491019Yellowfin tuna chunk (fresh or chilled)🇮🇹Italy+19MVR 82.7M
050304491013Yellowfin tuna loins (fresh or chilled)🇫🇷France+21MVR 63.9M
060302320000Fresh or chilled yellowfin tunas🇫🇷France+18MVR 53.3M
072301200000Flours, meals and pellets of fish, etc, unfit for human consumption🇧🇩Bangladesh+4MVR 52.6M
080305591020Fish chips (skipjack tuna) dried🇯🇵Japan+2MVR 31.1M
097204100000Waste and scrap of cast iron🇮🇳IndiaMVR 30.1M
100304870012Yellowfin tuna loin (frozen)🇫🇷France+10MVR 25.6M
117204290000Waste and scrap of alloy steel (excl. stainless)🇮🇳India+2MVR 22.5M
121604140014Yellowfin tuna (canned, prepared & preserved)🇹🇭Thailand+6MVR 22.3M

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

Source: 24 Apr 2024