Madagascar Imports 2023
Complete list of Madagascar's 140 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$5.07B
Total imports (2023)
#146
Global import rank
140
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Madagascar imported $5.07 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #146 largest importer. Goods came from 140 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 71.9% of total import value. The leading import was preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals, valued at $817.27 million — 16.1% of total imports.
The two tables below list every source country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All import sources
140 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $1.01B | 20.00% |
| 2 | Oman | $577.99M | 11.41% |
| 3 | France | $499.43M | 9.86% |
| 4 | India | $396.29M | 7.82% |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | $251.42M | 4.96% |
| 6 | South Africa | $241.97M | 4.78% |
| 7 | Belgium | $181.25M | 3.58% |
| 8 | Mauritius | $170.49M | 3.36% |
| 9 | Malaysia | $167.28M | 3.30% |
| 10 | Pakistan | $143.82M | 2.84% |
| 11 | Türkiye | $125.82M | 2.48% |
| 12 | Egypt | $122.56M | 2.42% |
| 13 | Brazil | $91.48M | 1.81% |
| 14 | Poland | $91.37M | 1.80% |
| 15 | USA | $91.36M | 1.80% |
| 16 | Qatar | $89.59M | 1.77% |
| 17 | Germany | $68.71M | 1.36% |
| 18 | Indonesia | $54.29M | 1.07% |
| 19 | Italy | $48.34M | 0.95% |
| 20 | Rep. of Korea | $44.29M | 0.87% |
| 21 | Spain | $44.24M | 0.87% |
| 22 | Viet Nam | $44.19M | 0.87% |
| 23 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $43.33M | 0.86% |
| 24 | Argentina | $42.98M | 0.85% |
| 25 | Thailand | $34.92M | 0.69% |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | $31.89M | 0.63% |
| 27 | Netherlands | $31.11M | 0.61% |
| 28 | Other Asia, nes | $27.40M | 0.54% |
| 29 | United Kingdom | $26.84M | 0.53% |
| 30 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $24.72M | 0.49% |
| 31 | Japan | $23.90M | 0.47% |
| 32 | Australia | $22.49M | 0.44% |
| 33 | Singapore | $14.68M | 0.29% |
| 34 | Canada | $13.84M | 0.27% |
| 35 | Switzerland | $12.40M | 0.24% |
| 36 | Latvia | $10.68M | 0.21% |
| 37 | Tunisia | $9.57M | 0.19% |
| 38 | Kenya | $9.53M | 0.19% |
| 39 | Bahrain | $8.98M | 0.18% |
| 40 | Morocco | $8.56M | 0.17% |
| 41 | Denmark | $7.89M | 0.16% |
| 42 | Seychelles | $7.82M | 0.15% |
| 43 | Mozambique | $7.23M | 0.14% |
| 44 | Sweden | $7.18M | 0.14% |
| 45 | Romania | $5.40M | 0.11% |
| 46 | Paraguay | $4.85M | 0.10% |
| 47 | Portugal | $4.55M | 0.09% |
| 48 | Malta | $3.89M | 0.08% |
| 49 | New Zealand | $3.56M | 0.07% |
| 50 | Austria | $3.52M | 0.07% |
| 51 | Côte d'Ivoire | $3.25M | 0.06% |
| 52 | Bangladesh | $3.19M | 0.06% |
| 53 | Finland | $2.81M | 0.06% |
| 54 | Luxembourg | $2.66M | 0.05% |
| 55 | Greece | $2.56M | 0.05% |
| 56 | Eswatini | $2.29M | 0.05% |
| 57 | Djibouti | $2.21M | 0.04% |
| 58 | Mexico | $2.02M | 0.04% |
| 59 | Slovakia | $2.01M | 0.04% |
| 60 | Comoros | $2.00M | 0.04% |
| 61 | Slovenia | $1.95M | 0.04% |
| 62 | Ghana | $1.83M | 0.04% |
| 63 | Uganda | $1.81M | 0.04% |
| 64 | Zambia | $1.77M | 0.03% |
| 65 | Lebanon | $1.66M | 0.03% |
| 66 | Czechia | $1.64M | 0.03% |
| 67 | Israel | $1.53M | 0.03% |
| 68 | Ireland | $1.33M | 0.03% |
| 69 | Colombia | $1.27M | 0.03% |
| 70 | Ukraine | $1.25M | 0.02% |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | $1.23M | 0.02% |
| 72 | Gabon | $1.10M | 0.02% |
| 73 | Ethiopia | $1.08M | 0.02% |
| 74 | Bulgaria | $896,204 | 0.02% |
| 75 | Hungary | $729,039 | 0.01% |
| 76 | Malawi | $526,933 | 0.01% |
| 77 | Senegal | $481,884 | 0.01% |
| 78 | Philippines | $444,096 | 0.01% |
| 79 | Uruguay | $429,582 | 0.01% |
| 80 | Russian Federation | $419,901 | 0.01% |
| 81 | Croatia | $403,500 | 0.01% |
| 82 | Dominican Rep. | $394,643 | 0.01% |
| 83 | Benin | $393,172 | 0.01% |
| 84 | Serbia | $348,153 | 0.01% |
| 85 | Lithuania | $298,501 | 0.01% |
| 86 | Belarus | $283,101 | 0.01% |
| 87 | Eritrea | $268,041 | 0.01% |
| 88 | China, Macao SAR | $224,597 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Fiji | $205,176 | 0.00% |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | $202,265 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Dem. People's Rep. of Korea | $182,984 | 0.00% |
| 92 | Albania | $181,605 | 0.00% |
| 93 | Kuwait | $168,887 | 0.00% |
| 94 | Andorra | $157,905 | 0.00% |
| 95 | Br. Virgin Isds | $142,734 | 0.00% |
| 96 | Panama | $138,860 | 0.00% |
| 97 | Gibraltar | $136,731 | 0.00% |
| 98 | Jordan | $129,115 | 0.00% |
| 99 | Chile | $118,000 | 0.00% |
| 100 | Lesotho | $117,105 | 0.00% |
| 101 | Togo | $105,682 | 0.00% |
| 102 | Cyprus | $97,063 | 0.00% |
| 103 | Nigeria | $83,188 | 0.00% |
| 104 | Cameroon | $77,474 | 0.00% |
| 105 | Norway | $69,066 | 0.00% |
| 106 | Sudan | $61,011 | 0.00% |
| 107 | Estonia | $54,846 | 0.00% |
| 108 | Iran | $52,832 | 0.00% |
| 109 | Algeria | $52,760 | 0.00% |
| 110 | North Macedonia | $47,366 | 0.00% |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | $31,385 | 0.00% |
| 112 | Armenia | $31,013 | 0.00% |
| 113 | Cambodia | $30,085 | 0.00% |
| 114 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $28,455 | 0.00% |
| 115 | Angola | $19,767 | 0.00% |
| 116 | Haiti | $17,812 | 0.00% |
| 117 | New Caledonia | $16,194 | 0.00% |
| 118 | Congo | $16,174 | 0.00% |
| 119 | Namibia | $15,779 | 0.00% |
| 120 | Ecuador | $12,876 | 0.00% |
| 121 | Georgia | $11,696 | 0.00% |
| 122 | Peru | $11,578 | 0.00% |
| 123 | Costa Rica | $10,824 | 0.00% |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | $9,769 | 0.00% |
| 125 | Montenegro | $8,652 | 0.00% |
| 126 | Zimbabwe | $6,136 | 0.00% |
| 127 | Tokelau | $5,453 | 0.00% |
| 128 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | $4,761 | 0.00% |
| 129 | Niger | $4,393 | 0.00% |
| 130 | Botswana | $3,244 | 0.00% |
| 131 | Lao People's Dem. Rep. | $2,681 | 0.00% |
| 132 | Rep. of Moldova | $2,381 | 0.00% |
| 133 | Mali | $2,278 | 0.00% |
| 134 | Mauritania | $2,026 | 0.00% |
| 135 | Afghanistan | $1,989 | 0.00% |
| 136 | State of Palestine | $958 | 0.00% |
| 137 | Syria | $536 | 0.00% |
| 138 | Trinidad and Tobago | $395 | 0.00% |
| 139 | Rwanda | $305 | 0.00% |
| 140 | Burundi | $208 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 271000 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils | $817.27M | 16.13% |
| 2 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $201.92M | 3.98% |
| 3 | 151110 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $102.59M | 2.02% |
| 4 | 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $85.53M | 1.69% |
| 5 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $76.13M | 1.50% |
| 6 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $74.35M | 1.47% |
| 7 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $72.66M | 1.43% |
| 8 | 630900 | Clothing: worn, and other worn articles | $69.46M | 1.37% |
| 9 | 100119 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | $63.59M | 1.25% |
| 10 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $55.09M | 1.09% |
| 11 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $54.14M | 1.07% |
| 12 | 600622 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, dyed | $51.26M | 1.01% |
| 13 | 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $49.90M | 0.98% |
| 14 | 150710 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $49.66M | 0.98% |
| 15 | 600632 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, dyed | $47.06M | 0.93% |
| 16 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $45.41M | 0.90% |
| 17 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $45.09M | 0.89% |
| 18 | 250300 | Sulphur of all kinds: other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur | $44.75M | 0.88% |
| 19 | 270112 | Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $44.63M | 0.88% |
| 20 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $38.32M | 0.76% |
| 21 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) | $28.74M | 0.57% |
| 22 | 500720 | Silk: woven fabrics, containing 85% or more by weight of silk or of silk waste other than noil silk | $28.25M | 0.56% |
| 23 | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $27.57M | 0.54% |
| 24 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $26.17M | 0.52% |
| 25 | 252100 | Limestone flux: limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement | $26.12M | 0.52% |
| 26 | 281410 | Ammonia: anhydrous | $24.99M | 0.49% |
| 27 | 030343 | Fish: frozen, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $24.59M | 0.49% |
| 28 | 841391 | Pumps: parts thereof | $23.68M | 0.47% |
| 29 | 701090 | Glass: carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers of glass, (not ampoules), used for the conveyance or packing of goods | $22.91M | 0.45% |
| 30 | 870332 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 2500cc | $22.72M | 0.45% |
| 31 | 870333 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc | $22.33M | 0.44% |
| 32 | 510531 | Hair: fine animal hair, carded or combed, of kashmir (cashmere) goats | $21.47M | 0.42% |
| 33 | 730459 | Steel, alloy (not stainless steel): (excluding cold-drawn or cold-rolled), tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of circular cross-section | $20.23M | 0.40% |
| 34 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $19.52M | 0.39% |
| 35 | 848190 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: parts thereof | $18.94M | 0.37% |
| 36 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $18.75M | 0.37% |
| 37 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $18.53M | 0.37% |
| 38 | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $16.00M | 0.32% |
| 39 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $15.42M | 0.30% |
| 40 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $15.37M | 0.30% |
| 41 | 843780 | Machinery: for use in the milling industry or for the working of cereals or dried leguminous vegetables, other than farm-type machinery | $15.28M | 0.30% |
| 42 | 842860 | Teleferics, chair-lifts, ski-draglines, traction mechanisms for funiculars | $15.21M | 0.30% |
| 43 | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $14.96M | 0.30% |
| 44 | 340120 | Soap: in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | $14.64M | 0.29% |
| 45 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $14.42M | 0.28% |
| 46 | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $14.20M | 0.28% |
| 47 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $14.19M | 0.28% |
| 48 | 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $14.12M | 0.28% |
| 49 | 851310 | Lamps: portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy (excluding lighting equipment of heading no. 8512) | $13.40M | 0.26% |
| 50 | 110710 | Malt: not roasted | $12.82M | 0.25% |
| 51 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $12.80M | 0.25% |
| 52 | 870120 | Tractors: road, for semi-trailers | $12.52M | 0.25% |
| 53 | 220710 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol: of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher | $12.40M | 0.24% |
| 54 | 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $12.18M | 0.24% |
| 55 | 390690 | Acrylic polymers: (other than polymethyl methacrylate), in primary forms | $12.14M | 0.24% |
| 56 | 310520 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium | $12.10M | 0.24% |
| 57 | 520849 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, of yarns of different colours, of weaves n.e.c. in item no. 5208.4, weighing not more than 200g/m2 | $12.05M | 0.24% |
| 58 | 520939 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, dyed, of weaves n.e.c. in item no. 5209.3, weighing more than 200g/m2 | $11.97M | 0.24% |
| 59 | 521142 | Fabrics, woven: containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200g/m2, of yarns of different colours, denim | $11.95M | 0.24% |
| 60 | 510610 | Yarn: of carded wool, containing 85% or more by weight of wool, not put up for retail sale | $11.85M | 0.23% |
| 61 | 851821 | Loudspeakers: single, mounted in their enclosures | $11.80M | 0.23% |
| 62 | 300660 | Pharmaceutical goods: chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 2937 or on spermicides | $11.75M | 0.23% |
| 63 | 540752 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, dyed | $11.75M | 0.23% |
| 64 | 380891 | Insecticides: other than containing goods specified in Subheading Notes 1 & 2 to this Chapter: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $11.75M | 0.23% |
| 65 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $11.71M | 0.23% |
| 66 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $11.68M | 0.23% |
| 67 | 300420 | Medicaments: containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $11.62M | 0.23% |
| 68 | 482020 | Paper and paperboard: exercise books | $11.42M | 0.23% |
| 69 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $11.22M | 0.22% |
| 70 | 850211 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output not exceeding 75kVA | $11.16M | 0.22% |
| 71 | 520942 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, of yarns of different colours, weighing more than 200g/m2, denim | $11.09M | 0.22% |
| 72 | 030342 | Fish: frozen, yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $10.91M | 0.22% |
| 73 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $10.48M | 0.21% |
| 74 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326 | $10.48M | 0.21% |
| 75 | 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $10.35M | 0.20% |
| 76 | 600410 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread | $10.23M | 0.20% |
| 77 | 150790 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $10.18M | 0.20% |
| 78 | 721061 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | $10.08M | 0.20% |
| 79 | 340220 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale | $10.08M | 0.20% |
| 80 | 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.c. in heading no. 1901 | $10.04M | 0.20% |
| 81 | 870423 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $10.01M | 0.20% |
| 82 | 382319 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids: acid oils from refining: (other than stearic acid, oleic acid or tall oil fatty acids) | $9.97M | 0.20% |
| 83 | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | $9.92M | 0.20% |
| 84 | 850780 | Electric accumulators: other than lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron, nickel-metal hydride and lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $9.50M | 0.19% |
| 85 | 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $9.31M | 0.18% |
| 86 | 870422 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $9.23M | 0.18% |
| 87 | 540769 | Fabrics, woven: containing less than 85% by weight of non-textured polyester filaments | $9.09M | 0.18% |
| 88 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $9.03M | 0.18% |
| 89 | 847490 | Machines, for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing etc mineral substances, for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid fuels, ceramic pastes etc, for forming foundry moulds of sand: parts | $8.88M | 0.18% |
| 90 | 731700 | Iron or steel: nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (not those of heading no. 8305) and the like, with heads of other material or not, but excluding articles with heads of copper | $8.88M | 0.18% |
| 91 | 841370 | Pumps: centrifugal, n.e.c. in heading no. 8413, for liquids | $8.72M | 0.17% |
| 92 | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms | $8.70M | 0.17% |
| 93 | 151219 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $8.63M | 0.17% |
| 94 | 860900 | Containers: (including containers for transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport | $8.43M | 0.17% |
| 95 | 540110 | Sewing thread: of synthetic filaments, whether or not put up for retail sale | $8.39M | 0.17% |
| 96 | 732393 | Steel, stainless: table, kitchen and other household articles and parts thereof | $8.24M | 0.16% |
| 97 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $8.22M | 0.16% |
| 98 | 392329 | Plastics: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics other than ethylene polymers | $8.09M | 0.16% |
| 99 | 480519 | Paper and paperboard: uncoated, fluting paper other than semi-chemical or straw, rolls or sheets | $8.09M | 0.16% |
| 100 | 310230 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution | $8.03M | 0.16% |