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Total imports · 2014 · Full year
MVR30.65B
~$1.99B at MVR 15.42 / USD
ImportsExports
Year
2026YTD2025YTD20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Trading partners
12
Top 12 shown
HS chapters active
9
of 99 WCO chapters
Line-items declared
45,251
HS × country rows
Top partner
U.A.E
23.7% share
Put it in perspective

What MVR 30.65B actually means

Per Maldivian
~$4K
imported per person over the period
Per resort
~$11.7M
across ~170 resort islands
Every single day
~$5.5M
crossing in on average
Biggest single item
17.4%
of all imports is marine gas oil (diesel)
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Import duty · 2014

How much duty is paid on imports

Effective rate is value-weighted. Half of all line-items are duty-free under preferential agreements; concentrated chapters (tobacco, spirits) carry much higher rates.

Effective duty rate
7.6%
value-weighted across all imports
Duty-free lines
35%
15,844 of 45,251 HS×country rows
Est. duty revenue
MVR 2.33B
CIF × rate (this period)
Highest rate seen
400%
usually tobacco or spirits
Average duty by category
  1. 01CH 27Mineral fuels & oils0%
  2. 02CH 84Machinery & boilers17.5%
  3. 03CH 85Electrical machinery14.0%
  4. 04CH 44Wood & charcoal5.2%
  5. 05CH 88Aircraft & spacecraft25%
  6. 06CH 25Salt, sulphur, cement0.0%
  7. 07CH 04Dairy, eggs, honey0%
  8. 08CH 94Furniture, lighting, bedding9.0%
  9. 09CH 39Plastics27.8%
  10. 10CH 02Meat3.0%
Yearly trend

Imports value over time

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

30.65B
'14
29.15B
'15
32.66B
'16
36.31B
'17
45.57B
'18
44.42B
'19
28.27B
'20
39.56B
'21
53.66B
'22
53.68B
'23
55.97B
'24
50.46B
'25
10.43B
'26
SelectedOther yearsPartial (YTD)
Trade flows · 2014

How imports actually move

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

U.A.E → Mineral fuels & oils: MVR 4.96BSingapore → Mineral fuels & oils: MVR 1.55BBahrain → Mineral fuels & oils: MVR 1.23BSingapore → Electrical machinery: MVR 875.4MSingapore → Machinery & boilers: MVR 823.5MMalaysia → Mineral fuels & oils: MVR 735.1MIndia → Salt, sulphur, cement: MVR 501.3MMalaysia → Wood & charcoal: MVR 322.1MU.A.E → Machinery & boilers: MVR 207.3MSri Lanka → Electrical machinery: MVR 206.2MSingapore → Wood & charcoal: MVR 198.5MMalaysia → Machinery & boilers: MVR 189.1MU.A.E → Electrical machinery: MVR 166.8MSri Lanka → Mineral fuels & oils: MVR 165.0MSri Lanka → Machinery & boilers: MVR 158.6MIndia → Machinery & boilers: MVR 129.8MMalaysia → Electrical machinery: MVR 90.3MSingapore → Salt, sulphur, cement: MVR 78.2M🌐 U.A.EMVR 6.36B🇸🇬 SingaporeMVR 4.31B🇮🇳 IndiaMVR 1.81B🇲🇾 MalaysiaMVR 1.51B🇧🇭 BahrainMVR 1.23B🇱🇰 Sri LankaMVR 1.02BMineral fuels & oilsCH 27 · MVR 8.75BMachinery & boilersCH 84 · MVR 2.23BElectrical machineryCH 85 · MVR 1.74BWood & charcoalCH 44 · MVR 823.3MAircraft & spacecraftCH 88 · MVR 728.6MSalt, sulphur, cementCH 25 · MVR 579.4M
Category map · 2014

What's coming in, at a glance

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

CH 2728.7%
Mineral fuels & oils
MVR 8.79B
CH 848.5%
Machinery & boilers
MVR 2.61B
CH 857.2%
Electrical machinery
MVR 2.21B
CH 443.3%
Wood & charcoal
MVR 997.5M
CH 883.1%
Aircraft & spacecraft
MVR 940.1M
CH 252.8%
Salt, sulphur, cement
MVR 855.6M
CH 042.7%
Dairy, eggs, honey
MVR 819.2M
CH 942.7%
Furniture, lighting, bedding
MVR 814.9M
CH 392.5%
Plastics
MVR 764.9M
Top sources · 2014

Where Maldives buys from

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

  1. 01🌐U.A.E
    23.7%MVR 7.27B
  2. 02🇸🇬Singapore
    17.5%MVR 5.38B
  3. 03🇮🇳India
    8.6%MVR 2.62B
  4. 04🇲🇾Malaysia
    7.3%MVR 2.23B
  5. 05🇱🇰Sri Lanka
    6.5%MVR 1.99B
  6. 06🇨🇳China
    5.3%MVR 1.62B
  7. 07🇹🇭Thailand
    4.4%MVR 1.35B
  8. 08🇧🇭Bahrain
    4.0%MVR 1.23B
  9. 09🇦🇺Australia
    1.8%MVR 565.0M
  10. 10🇩🇪Germany
    1.7%MVR 535.6M
  11. 11🇮🇩Indonesia
    1.7%MVR 521.7M
  12. 12🌐U.S.A
    1.7%MVR 515.0M
Top items · 2014

Individual goods at 10-digit HS resolution

Ranked by CIF value across the period

#HS codeItemTop sourceCIF
012710200010Marine gas oil (diesel)🌐U.A.E+4MVR 5.33B
022710200011Aviation gas🌐U.A.E+4MVR 2.12B
032711190010Petrol🌐U.A.E+3MVR 870.7M
048802400012Aircraft (of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000 kg)🌐Ireland+1MVR 451.5M
058803300010Aircraft parts, nes🌐U.S.A+29MVR 310.4M
068517120010Mobile phone.🇸🇬Singapore+24MVR 252.4M
071006300099Rice (not specified).🇮🇳India+26MVR 215.8M
082711120011Cooking gas🇴🇲Oman+6MVR 213.3M
092523290011Portland cement🇮🇳India+10MVR 209.4M
102517100010Aggregates🇮🇳India+3MVR 201.9M
114407990010Timber, nes🇲🇾Malaysia+14MVR 199.6M
121101000010Wheat flour🇮🇳India+18MVR 178.6M

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

Source: 31 Dec 2014