Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Malta
Malta
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
14 559 30 067 -0.6 38 454 127.9
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
129 43 -
Imports
125 49 -
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 2 680 5 223
2010-2020 -3 0
2020 0.02
Share in world total imports (%)
Share in world total exports (%)
2019 -6 4
2020 -11 -26 2020 0.03
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 9.2
Fuels and mining products: 13.5
Agricultural products: 11.1
Fuels and mining products: 19.8
Manufactures: 75.9
Other: 1.4
Manufactures: 68.9
Other: 0.2
By main destination, % (2019)
By main origin, % (2019)
European Union: 39.3 United States of America: 4.3 Libya: 3.1
Japan: 4.3 Singapore: 3.9 Other: 45
European Union: 47.5 Turkey: 4.2 China: 3.7
United Kingdom: 18.5 Russian Federation: 3.9 Other: 22.3
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2106 HS1901 HS2402 HS2102 HS1905
2019 . 67 21 21 10 3
Other food preparations Malt extract Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos Yeasts (active or inactive) Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2402 HS1905 HS0406 HS2309 HS1602
2019
Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Cheese and curd Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding Other prepared or preserved meat
52 45 36 29 28
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
Imports 50%
0%
HS2106
HS2402
HS1901
HS1905
HS2402
HS0406
HS2102
HS2309
HS1905
HS1602
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 143 693
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 4 2
2018 -5 7
2019 1 0
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2710 HS8542 HS3004 HS8803 HS4907
2019
Petroleum oils, other than crude Electronic integrated circuits Medicaments in measured doses Parts of goods 8801, 8802 Other documents of title
1 158 535 315 198 193
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2710 HS8903 HS8802 HS8542 HS8901
2019
Petroleum oils, other than crude Vessels for pleasure or sports Other aircraft Electronic integrated circuits Vessels for transport
1 865 1 279 393 330 286
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
232
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS2710
HS2710
HS8542
HS8903
HS3004
HS8802
HS8803
HS8542
HS4907
HS8901
10%
20%
30%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 3 961 7 516
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 1 4
2018 -5 5
2019 7 16
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Malta TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
15 816 13 207 2020 0.32
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
3 4
-6 3
5 5
2020 0.29
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 4.5 Other commercial services: 92.1
Travel: 2.6 Goods-related services: 0.7
Transport: 4.1 Other commercial services: 94.6
By main destination, % (2017) a
Travel: 1 Goods-related services: 0.3
By main origin, % (2017) a
European Union: 54 Norway: 2.8 United States of America: 1.4
Canada: 3 Switzerland: 2.4 Other: 36.4
European Union: 51.7
Canada: 4
Curacao: 3.4
Gibraltar: 3.2
Cayman Islands: 1.7
Other: 36
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$, 2013)
Annual percentage change
2018 5 547 595
2010-2018 na na
2017 na na
2018 na na
Transport Malta
400
World
300 200 100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 714 543
Exports By sea (2013) By air (2013) By other (2017)
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value 224 295 0
2010-2020 6 3
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 -3 0
Imports By sea (2017) By air (2017) By other
41.2 54.1 0.0
2020 -41 -28
Value
Share (%)
354 263 na
54.8 40.8 na
Travel Malta
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 417 128
2010-2020 -9 -8
Annual percentage change 2019 3 2
2020 -78 -76
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020) 7.4
43.2
25.5
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 14 569 Imports 12 495
Personal & cultural Financial services
23.9
Value
Other business services Other
6 5
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
117 41
1 5
2019
2020
4 4
7 9
2019
2020
-2 -2
-23 -40
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
5
Trademark applications, 2019
Non-residents
7
Total
12
Residents
535
Non-residents
196
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
731
Residents
11
Non-residents
na
Total
11
a Total services instead of commercial services.
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