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About

New Zealand-Malawi Trade: In 2022, New Zealand exported $279k to Malawi. The main products that New Zealand exported to Malawi were Concentrated Milk ($200k), Therapeutic Appliances ($38.9k), and Malt Extract ($33.8k). Over the past 5 years the exports of New Zealand to Malawi have increased at an annualized rate of 14%, from $145k in 2017 to $279k in 2022.

In 2022, New Zealand did not export any services to Malawi.

Malawi-New Zealand Trade: In 2022, Malawi exported $66.6k to New Zealand. The main products that Malawi exported to New Zealand were Dried Legumes ($29.5k), Office Machine Parts ($17.1k), and Medical Instruments ($13.1k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Malawi to New Zealand have decreased at an annualized rate of 27.5%,  from $333k in 2017 to $66.6k in 2022.

In 2022, Malawi did not export any services to New Zealand.

Comparison In 2022,  New Zealand ranked 45 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.46),  and 64 in total exports ($46.5B). That same year, Malawi ranked 157 in total exports ($1.19B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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Value

In 2022, New Zealand exported $279k to Malawi. The main products exported from New Zealand to Malawi were Concentrated Milk ($200k), Therapeutic Appliances ($38.9k), and Malt Extract ($33.8k). During the last 5 years the exports of New Zealand to Malawi have increased at an annualized rate of 14%, from $145k in 2017 to $279k in 2022.

In 2017, Malawi exported $66.6k to New Zealand. The main products exported from Malawi to New Zealand were Dried Legumes ($29.5k), Office Machine Parts ($17.1k), and Medical Instruments ($13.1k). During the last 5 years the exports of Malawi to New Zealand have decreased at an annualized rate of 27.5%, from $333k in 2022 to $66.6k in 2017.

Exports from New Zealand (Flag) to Malawi (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Malawi (Flag) to New Zealand (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between New Zealand (Flag) and Malawi (Flag)

New Zealand Exports

Malawi Exports

Date

Market Competitiveness

Color
New Zealand
Top Destination
China$13.1B
Malawi
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$255M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from New Zealand than Malawi included China ($13.1B), Australia ($5.35B), and United States ($5.07B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Malawi than New Zealand included Tanzania ($72.8M), Kenya ($58.8M), and Zimbabwe ($45M).

Difference in imports from Malawi (Flag) and New Zealand (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage New Zealand - Malawi

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between New Zealand and Malawi by product, considering products traded by both, New Zealand and Malawi.

During 2022, New Zealand had a large net trade with Malawi in the exports of Animal Products ($200k), Instruments ($38.9k), and Foodstuffs ($34.1k).

During 2017, Malawi had a large net trade with New Zealand in the exports of Vegetable Products ($29.5k), Machines ($19.8k), and Instruments ($13.1k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential New Zealand Malawi+$23.7kTherapeutic Appliances
Top Product Potential Malawi New Zealand+$28.3kComputers

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 New Zealand and Malawi. This means that a dot/product with the flag of New Zealand indicates it has a comparative advantage over Malawi. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Malawi indicates it has a comparative advantage over New Zealand.

Product Space of New Zealand (Flag) and Malawi (Flag) (2022)

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