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Malawi-United Arab Emirates Trade: In 2022, Malawi exported $255M to United Arab Emirates. The main products that Malawi exported to United Arab Emirates were Gold ($225M), Raw Tobacco ($8.87M), and Raw Cotton ($5.35M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Malawi to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 69.8%, from $18M in 2017 to $255M in 2022.

In 2022, Malawi did not export any services to United Arab Emirates.

United Arab Emirates-Malawi Trade: In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $240M to Malawi. The main products that United Arab Emirates exported to Malawi were Refined Petroleum ($125M), Nitrogenous Fertilizers ($38M), and Gold ($18.8M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Malawi have increased at an annualized rate of 7.33%,  from $168M in 2017 to $240M in 2022.

In 2022, United Arab Emirates did not export any services to Malawi.

Comparison In 2022,  Malawi ranked 157 in total exports ($1.19B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index. That same year, United Arab Emirates ranked 53 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.24), and 18 in total exports ($402B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Malawi exported $255M to United Arab Emirates. The main products exported from Malawi to United Arab Emirates were Gold ($225M), Raw Tobacco ($8.87M), and Raw Cotton ($5.35M). During the last 5 years the exports of Malawi to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 69.8%, from $18M in 2017 to $255M in 2022.

In 2017, United Arab Emirates exported $240M to Malawi. The main products exported from United Arab Emirates to Malawi were Refined Petroleum ($125M), Nitrogenous Fertilizers ($38M), and Gold ($18.8M). During the last 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Malawi have increased at an annualized rate of 7.33%, from $168M in 2022 to $240M in 2017.

Exports from Malawi (Flag) to United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2022)

Exports from United Arab Emirates (Flag) to Malawi (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between Malawi (Flag) and United Arab Emirates (Flag)

Malawi Exports

United Arab Emirates Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Malawi
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$255M
United Arab Emirates
Top Destination
India$51B

This map shows whether countries import more from Malawi or United Arab Emirates. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Malawi and United Arab Emirates or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Malawi than United Arab Emirates included Dominica ($2.76M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from United Arab Emirates than Malawi included India ($51B), Japan ($40.9B), and China ($32.5B).

Difference in imports from United Arab Emirates (Flag) and Malawi (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Malawi - United Arab Emirates

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Malawi and United Arab Emirates by product, considering products traded by both, Malawi and United Arab Emirates.

During 2022, Malawi had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Precious Metals ($225M), Foodstuffs ($8.87M), and Vegetable Products ($7.25M).

During 2017, United Arab Emirates had a large net trade with Malawi in the exports of Mineral Products ($126M), Chemical Products ($51.6M), and Precious Metals ($18.8M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Malawi United Arab Emirates+$4.87MRaw Tobacco
Top Product Potential United Arab Emirates Malawi+$1.72MRefined Petroleum

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Malawi and United Arab Emirates. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Malawi indicates it has a comparative advantage over United Arab Emirates. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of United Arab Emirates indicates it has a comparative advantage over Malawi.

Product Space of Malawi (Flag) and United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2022)

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