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Total imports · 2025 · Jan-Novvs last year↓ -1.7%
MVR50.46B
~$3.27B 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
53,128
HS × country rows
Top partner
United Arab Emirates
18.3% share
Put it in perspective

What MVR 50.46B actually means

Per Maldivian
~$6K
imported per person over the period
Per resort
~$19.2M
across ~170 resort islands
Every single day
~$9.9M
crossing in on average
Biggest single item
14.9%
of all imports is marine gas oil (diesel)
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Import duty · 2025

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
8.1%
value-weighted across all imports
Duty-free lines
45%
24,164 of 53,128 HS×country rows
Est. duty revenue
MVR 4.08B
CIF × rate (this period)
Highest rate seen
400%
usually tobacco or spirits
Average duty by category
  1. 01CH 27Mineral fuels & oils4.8%
  2. 02CH 84Machinery & boilers13.5%
  3. 03CH 85Electrical machinery13.3%
  4. 04CH 25Salt, sulphur, cement0%
  5. 05CH 94Furniture, lighting, bedding3.6%
  6. 06CH 04Dairy, eggs, honey0%
  7. 07CH 73Iron & steel articles9.8%
  8. 08CH 02Meat2.5%
  9. 09CH 08Fruit & nuts3.1%
  10. 10CH 88Aircraft & spacecraft25%
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 · 2025

How imports actually move

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

Oman → Mineral fuels & oils: MVR 4.34BUnited Arab Emirates → Mineral fuels & oils: MVR 3.40BChina → Electrical machinery: MVR 1.33BSingapore → Mineral fuels & oils: MVR 1.20BIndia → Salt, sulphur, cement: MVR 1.12BChina → Machinery & boilers: MVR 1.06BChina → Furniture, lighting, bedding: MVR 965.9MMalaysia → Mineral fuels & oils: MVR 833.5MSingapore → Machinery & boilers: MVR 802.6MSingapore → Electrical machinery: MVR 667.4MUnited Arab Emirates → Salt, sulphur, cement: MVR 593.9MIndia → Machinery & boilers: MVR 540.2MUnited Arab Emirates → Electrical machinery: MVR 498.4MIndia → Electrical machinery: MVR 470.0MUnited Arab Emirates → Machinery & boilers: MVR 395.6MUnited Arab Emirates → Meat: MVR 253.4MIndia → Meat: MVR 221.4MMalaysia → Machinery & boilers: MVR 142.5M🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesMVR 7.92B🇨🇳 ChinaMVR 6.06B🇮🇳 IndiaMVR 5.74B🇴🇲 OmanMVR 4.34B🇸🇬 SingaporeMVR 2.90B🇲🇾 MalaysiaMVR 1.77BMineral fuels & oilsCH 27 · MVR 9.77BMachinery & boilersCH 84 · MVR 3.67BElectrical machineryCH 85 · MVR 3.44BSalt, sulphur, cementCH 25 · MVR 1.91BFurniture, lighting, beddingCH 94 · MVR 1.09BMeatCH 02 · MVR 1.08B
Category map · 2025

What's coming in, at a glance

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

CH 2719.7%
Mineral fuels & oils
MVR 9.93B
CH 849.3%
Machinery & boilers
MVR 4.70B
CH 857.9%
Electrical machinery
MVR 3.99B
CH 254.0%
Salt, sulphur, cement
MVR 2.04B
CH 943.4%
Furniture, lighting, bedding
MVR 1.72B
CH 043.1%
Dairy, eggs, honey
MVR 1.54B
CH 733.0%
Iron & steel articles
MVR 1.49B
CH 022.7%
Meat
MVR 1.39B
CH 082.6%
Fruit & nuts
MVR 1.30B
Top sources · 2025

Where Maldives buys from

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

  1. 01🇦🇪United Arab Emirates↓ -9.3%
    18.3%MVR 9.26B
  2. 02🇮🇳India↑ +4.6%
    15.1%MVR 7.59B
  3. 03🇨🇳China↑ +6.1%
    14.4%MVR 7.27B
  4. 04🇴🇲Oman↑ +9.8%
    8.8%MVR 4.42B
  5. 05🇸🇬Singapore↓ -21.2%
    8.3%MVR 4.17B
  6. 06🇲🇾Malaysia↑ +5.2%
    5.3%MVR 2.67B
  7. 07🇱🇰Sri Lanka↑ +2.2%
    4.6%MVR 2.32B
  8. 08🇺🇸United States↓ -4.0%
    2.7%MVR 1.37B
  9. 09🇹🇭Thailand↓ -9.4%
    2.4%MVR 1.20B
  10. 10🇹🇷Turkey↑ +36.4%
    1.9%MVR 949.8M
  11. 11🇩🇪Germany↑ +0.4%
    1.7%MVR 877.7M
  12. 12🇮🇩Indonesia↑ +24.3%
    1.7%MVR 874.7M
Top items · 2025

Individual goods at 10-digit HS resolution

Ranked by CIF value across the period

#HS codeItemTop sourceCIF
012710200010Marine gas oil (diesel)🇴🇲Oman+3MVR 7.54B
022710191110Petrol🇦🇪United Arab Emirates+3MVR 1.24B
032516120010Rock boulders🇮🇳India+4MVR 1.19B
048807300000Other parts of airplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircrafts🇺🇸United States+38MVR 714.0M
057214200000Iron/steel bars & rods,hotrolled,twisted/with deformtns from rolling proc.🇮🇳India+9MVR 674.4M
063004900012Medicaments nes🇮🇳India+30MVR 633.1M
072710200011Aviation gas🇦🇪United Arab Emirates+3MVR 581.0M
088517130000Smartphones🇦🇪United Arab Emirates+30MVR 474.3M
098544490010Insulated cables for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 v (not fitted with connectors)🇮🇳India+29MVR 442.4M
102523290011Portland cement🇮🇩Indonesia+7MVR 405.1M
118415101000Inverter airconditioner (designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor🇨🇳China+17MVR 384.5M
124407990010Timber, nes🇲🇾Malaysia+22MVR 337.7M

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

Source: 29 Dec 2025