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Total imports · 2015 · Full yearvs last year↓ -4.9%
MVR29.15B
~$1.89B 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
48,408
HS × country rows
Top partner
Singapore
17.1% share
Put it in perspective

What MVR 29.15B actually means

Per Maldivian
~$4K
imported per person over the period
Per resort
~$11.1M
across ~170 resort islands
Every single day
~$5.3M
crossing in on average
Biggest single item
11.0%
of all imports is marine gas oil (diesel)
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Import duty · 2015

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
10.2%
value-weighted across all imports
Duty-free lines
36%
17,208 of 48,408 HS×country rows
Est. duty revenue
MVR 2.98B
CIF × rate (this period)
Highest rate seen
400%
usually tobacco or spirits
Average duty by category
  1. 01CH 27Mineral fuels & oils6.5%
  2. 02CH 84Machinery & boilers18.1%
  3. 03CH 85Electrical machinery14.9%
  4. 04CH 44Wood & charcoal5.1%
  5. 05CH 88Aircraft & spacecraft25%
  6. 06CH 25Salt, sulphur, cement0.1%
  7. 07CH 39Plastics24.9%
  8. 08CH 94Furniture, lighting, bedding10.1%
  9. 09CH 04Dairy, eggs, honey0%
  10. 10CH 73Iron & steel articles10%
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 · 2015

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 2.37BSingapore → Mineral fuels & oils: MVR 1.11BSingapore → Machinery & boilers: MVR 875.0MIndia → Salt, sulphur, cement: MVR 874.0MSingapore → Electrical machinery: MVR 855.8MMalaysia → Wood & charcoal: MVR 475.2MMalaysia → Mineral fuels & oils: MVR 449.0MChina → Electrical machinery: MVR 372.2MU.A.E → Machinery & boilers: MVR 260.1MSingapore → Wood & charcoal: MVR 250.7MSri Lanka → Electrical machinery: MVR 236.9MChina → Machinery & boilers: MVR 233.6MMalaysia → Machinery & boilers: MVR 192.9MU.A.E → Electrical machinery: MVR 188.4MSri Lanka → Machinery & boilers: MVR 166.5MIndia → Machinery & boilers: MVR 164.5MChina → Wood & charcoal: MVR 110.9MChina → Salt, sulphur, cement: MVR 107.5MMalaysia → Electrical machinery: MVR 93.2MIndia → Electrical machinery: MVR 91.5MSingapore → Salt, sulphur, cement: MVR 78.2M🇸🇬 SingaporeMVR 3.88B🌐 U.A.EMVR 3.76B🇮🇳 IndiaMVR 2.65B🇨🇳 ChinaMVR 1.61B🇲🇾 MalaysiaMVR 1.29B🇱🇰 Sri LankaMVR 980.2MMineral fuels & oilsCH 27 · MVR 4.27BMachinery & boilersCH 84 · MVR 2.44BElectrical machineryCH 85 · MVR 1.95BWood & charcoalCH 44 · MVR 1.09BSalt, sulphur, cementCH 25 · MVR 1.06BAircraft & spacecraftCH 88 · MVR 1.05B
Category map · 2015

What's coming in, at a glance

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

CH 2715.2%
Mineral fuels & oils
MVR 4.44B
CH 849.8%
Machinery & boilers
MVR 2.85B
CH 858.2%
Electrical machinery
MVR 2.38B
CH 444.7%
Wood & charcoal
MVR 1.37B
CH 884.5%
Aircraft & spacecraft
MVR 1.31B
CH 254.3%
Salt, sulphur, cement
MVR 1.26B
CH 393.0%
Plastics
MVR 869.0M
CH 943.0%
Furniture, lighting, bedding
MVR 860.9M
CH 042.7%
Dairy, eggs, honey
MVR 788.8M
Top sources · 2015

Where Maldives buys from

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

  1. 01🇸🇬Singapore↓ -7.0%
    17.1%MVR 5.00B
  2. 02🌐U.A.E↓ -33.0%
    16.7%MVR 4.87B
  3. 03🇮🇳India↑ +32.7%
    11.9%MVR 3.48B
  4. 04🇨🇳China↑ +40.1%
    7.8%MVR 2.26B
  5. 05🇲🇾Malaysia↓ -2.3%
    7.5%MVR 2.18B
  6. 06🇱🇰Sri Lanka↑ +2.8%
    7.0%MVR 2.05B
  7. 07🇹🇭Thailand↑ +3.9%
    4.8%MVR 1.40B
  8. 08🌐U.S.A↑ +11.7%
    2.0%MVR 575.5M
  9. 09🇮🇩Indonesia↑ +7.2%
    1.9%MVR 559.1M
  10. 10🇩🇪Germany↑ +2.4%
    1.9%MVR 548.5M
  11. 11🇪🇸Spain↑ +1214.1%
    1.7%MVR 506.4M
  12. 12🇦🇺Australia↓ -12.6%
    1.7%MVR 493.7M
Top items · 2015

Individual goods at 10-digit HS resolution

Ranked by CIF value across the period

#HS codeItemTop sourceCIF
012710200010Marine gas oil (diesel)🌐U.A.E+5MVR 3.20B
028802400012Aircraft (of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000 kg)🇪🇸Spain+2MVR 793.7M
032710200011Aviation gas🌐U.A.E+3MVR 506.3M
048803300010Aircraft parts, nes🌐U.S.A+31MVR 384.3M
052517100010Aggregates🇮🇳India+4MVR 344.3M
067213100000Hotrolled iron/steel bars &rods,in coils,cont.deformations prod.by rolling🇮🇳India+10MVR 293.5M
074407990010Timber, nes🇲🇾Malaysia+19MVR 285.0M
082523290011Portland cement🇮🇳India+9MVR 281.8M
098517629019Telecommunication apparatus, nes🇸🇬Singapore+31MVR 272.6M
108517120010Mobile phone.🇸🇬Singapore+25MVR 269.4M
111006300099Rice (not specified).🇮🇳India+23MVR 235.5M
122710191110Petrol🌐U.A.E+2MVR 208.5M

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

Source: 31 Dec 2015