Maldives Exports 2023
Complete list of Maldives's 92 export destinations and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$361.59M
Total exports (2023)
#176
Global export rank
92
Destination countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Maldives exported $361.59 million of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #176 largest exporter. Goods flowed to 92 destinations, with the top ten markets absorbing 85.8% of total export value. The leading export was frozen, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99, valued at $109.72 million — 30.3% of the country's export portfolio.
The two tables below list every destination 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 export destinations
92 countries and territories. Click any country for the full bilateral page.
| # | Destination | 2023 export value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | $113.17M | 31.30% |
| 2 | India | $75.34M | 20.84% |
| 3 | Singapore | $29.90M | 8.27% |
| 4 | United Kingdom | $24.01M | 6.64% |
| 5 | Germany | $18.28M | 5.05% |
| 6 | France | $13.36M | 3.69% |
| 7 | USA | $12.14M | 3.36% |
| 8 | Mauritius | $11.34M | 3.14% |
| 9 | Switzerland | $6.64M | 1.84% |
| 10 | Italy | $5.93M | 1.64% |
| 11 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $5.45M | 1.51% |
| 12 | Japan | $4.95M | 1.37% |
| 13 | Malaysia | $4.01M | 1.11% |
| 14 | Netherlands | $3.46M | 0.96% |
| 15 | Bangladesh | $3.29M | 0.91% |
| 16 | Oman | $3.20M | 0.88% |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | $3.07M | 0.85% |
| 18 | Viet Nam | $2.97M | 0.82% |
| 19 | Austria | $2.36M | 0.65% |
| 20 | Spain | $1.85M | 0.51% |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | $1.67M | 0.46% |
| 22 | Other Asia, nes | $1.65M | 0.46% |
| 23 | Sweden | $1.29M | 0.36% |
| 24 | Philippines | $1.27M | 0.35% |
| 25 | Norway | $1.07M | 0.30% |
| 26 | Tunisia | $1.04M | 0.29% |
| 27 | Poland | $882,188 | 0.24% |
| 28 | Türkiye | $738,024 | 0.20% |
| 29 | Indonesia | $669,915 | 0.19% |
| 30 | Finland | $663,575 | 0.18% |
| 31 | Syria | $492,999 | 0.14% |
| 32 | Jordan | $440,952 | 0.12% |
| 33 | Hungary | $430,687 | 0.12% |
| 34 | Serbia | $418,557 | 0.12% |
| 35 | Canada | $405,358 | 0.11% |
| 36 | Rep. of Korea | $392,587 | 0.11% |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | $366,195 | 0.10% |
| 38 | Senegal | $323,135 | 0.09% |
| 39 | Libya | $280,289 | 0.08% |
| 40 | Brazil | $268,727 | 0.07% |
| 41 | Denmark | $262,270 | 0.07% |
| 42 | Morocco | $238,943 | 0.07% |
| 43 | Belgium | $233,042 | 0.06% |
| 44 | Costa Rica | $212,149 | 0.06% |
| 45 | China, Macao SAR | $169,179 | 0.05% |
| 46 | Czechia | $156,784 | 0.04% |
| 47 | Ecuador | $119,978 | 0.03% |
| 48 | Seychelles | $110,956 | 0.03% |
| 49 | Australia | $103,815 | 0.03% |
| 50 | Portugal | $69,479 | 0.02% |
| 51 | China | $61,151 | 0.02% |
| 52 | Iceland | $55,645 | 0.02% |
| 53 | Bahrain | $52,459 | 0.01% |
| 54 | Egypt | $49,983 | 0.01% |
| 55 | Slovakia | $37,556 | 0.01% |
| 56 | Luxembourg | $36,631 | 0.01% |
| 57 | Pakistan | $31,511 | 0.01% |
| 58 | South Africa | $18,057 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Brunei Darussalam | $17,634 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Kuwait | $14,617 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Paraguay | $12,106 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Ireland | $9,564 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Mozambique | $9,000 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Qatar | $5,733 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | $5,503 | 0.00% |
| 66 | Argentina | $4,931 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Guatemala | $4,303 | 0.00% |
| 68 | French Polynesia | $3,776 | 0.00% |
| 69 | Malta | $3,492 | 0.00% |
| 70 | Lebanon | $3,377 | 0.00% |
| 71 | Slovenia | $2,303 | 0.00% |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | $2,200 | 0.00% |
| 73 | Israel | $2,000 | 0.00% |
| 74 | New Zealand | $786 | 0.00% |
| 75 | Peru | $750 | 0.00% |
| 76 | Greece | $661 | 0.00% |
| 77 | Latvia | $619 | 0.00% |
| 78 | Colombia | $588 | 0.00% |
| 79 | Kenya | $484 | 0.00% |
| 80 | Romania | $415 | 0.00% |
| 81 | Lithuania | $403 | 0.00% |
| 82 | Cyprus | $255 | 0.00% |
| 83 | Botswana | $198 | 0.00% |
| 84 | Honduras | $196 | 0.00% |
| 85 | Uganda | $122 | 0.00% |
| 86 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $100 | 0.00% |
| 87 | Ghana | $94 | 0.00% |
| 88 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $33 | 0.00% |
| 89 | Estonia | $27 | 0.00% |
| 90 | Nigeria | $18 | 0.00% |
| 91 | Montenegro | $16 | 0.00% |
| 92 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $1 | 0.00% |
Top export products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 export value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | $109.72M | 30.34% |
| 2 | 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $57.76M | 15.97% |
| 3 | 160414 | Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $39.12M | 10.82% |
| 4 | 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 | $33.09M | 9.15% |
| 5 | 030449 | Fish fillets: fresh or chilled, other than fish of heading 0304.4 | $30.75M | 8.50% |
| 6 | 030342 | Fish: frozen, yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $14.26M | 3.94% |
| 7 | 030232 | Fish: fresh or chilled, yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $12.89M | 3.57% |
| 8 | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $7.63M | 2.11% |
| 9 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | $7.33M | 2.03% |
| 10 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $4.38M | 1.21% |
| 11 | 030487 | Fish fillets: frozen, tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis) | $3.78M | 1.04% |
| 12 | 230120 | Flours, meals and pellets: of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | $3.66M | 1.01% |
| 13 | 030559 | Fish: dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.5 | $3.33M | 0.92% |
| 14 | 271119 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711 | $3.12M | 0.86% |
| 15 | 030289 | Fish: fresh or chilled, n.e.c. in heading 0302, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $2.82M | 0.78% |
| 16 | 030819 | Aquatic invertebrates: sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), dried, salted or in brine, smoked, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process | $2.73M | 0.75% |
| 17 | 720410 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of cast iron | $1.95M | 0.54% |
| 18 | 030199 | Fish: live, n.e.c. in heading 0301 | $1.88M | 0.52% |
| 19 | 160411 | Fish preparations: salmon, prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $1.84M | 0.51% |
| 20 | 160420 | Fish preparations: fish minced or in forms n.e.c. in heading no. 1604, prepared or preserved | $1.74M | 0.48% |
| 21 | 030119 | Fish: live, ornamental, other than freshwater | $1.50M | 0.42% |
| 22 | 720429 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of alloy steel (excluding stainless) | $1.46M | 0.40% |
| 23 | 903149 | Optical instruments and appliances: for measuring or checking, n.e.c. in chapter 90 | $1.20M | 0.33% |
| 24 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $1.17M | 0.32% |
| 25 | 030499 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced: frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0304.9 | $1.05M | 0.29% |
| 26 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $990,867 | 0.27% |
| 27 | 854810 | Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators: spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators | $951,968 | 0.26% |
| 28 | 030510 | Fish: flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption | $883,658 | 0.24% |
| 29 | 030344 | Fish: frozen, bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $631,908 | 0.17% |
| 30 | 030743 | Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, includes flours, meals, and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption, frozen | $558,233 | 0.15% |
| 31 | 901580 | Surveying equipment: articles n.e.c. in heading no. 9015, including hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excluding compasses) | $526,986 | 0.15% |
| 32 | 844391 | Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442: parts and accessories | $430,100 | 0.12% |
| 33 | 030554 | Dried herrings, anchovies, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, mackerel (incl Indian, jack, or horse), seerfishes, jacks, crevalles, cobia, silver pomfrets, Pacific saury, scads, capelin, swordfish, Kawakawa, bonitos, marlins, sailfishes, spearfish | $409,918 | 0.11% |
| 34 | 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $377,242 | 0.10% |
| 35 | 391740 | Plastics: tube, pipe and hose fittings (e.g. joints, elbows, flanges) | $276,490 | 0.08% |
| 36 | 880310 | Aircraft and spacecraft: propellers and rotors and parts thereof | $244,009 | 0.07% |
| 37 | 040210 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $243,906 | 0.07% |
| 38 | 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 | $193,605 | 0.05% |
| 39 | 848330 | Bearing housings, not incorporating ball or roller bearings and plain shaft bearings | $176,725 | 0.05% |
| 40 | 391590 | Plastics n.e.c. in heading no. 3915: waste, parings and scrap | $155,727 | 0.04% |
| 41 | 710811 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, powder | $130,012 | 0.04% |
| 42 | 160419 | Fish preparations: fish prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced), n.e.c. in heading no. 1604 | $127,145 | 0.04% |
| 43 | 030235 | Fish: fresh or chilled, Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $107,347 | 0.03% |
| 44 | 901839 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: catheters, cannulae and the like | $105,690 | 0.03% |
| 45 | 441899 | Wood: builders' joinery and carpentry of wood n.e.c. in heading no. 4418, other than of bamboo | $97,848 | 0.03% |
| 46 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $87,703 | 0.02% |
| 47 | 220429 | Wine: still, in containers holding more than 10 litres | $83,582 | 0.02% |
| 48 | 731100 | Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel | $81,376 | 0.02% |
| 49 | 780200 | Lead: waste and scrap | $79,996 | 0.02% |
| 50 | 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $76,812 | 0.02% |
| 51 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $68,241 | 0.02% |
| 52 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $67,342 | 0.02% |
| 53 | 160561 | Aquatic invertebrates: sea cucumbers, prepared or preserved | $64,192 | 0.02% |
| 54 | 030239 | Fish: fresh or chilled, tuna, n.e.c. in item no. 0302.3, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $64,191 | 0.02% |
| 55 | 030111 | Fish: live, ornamental, freshwater | $63,213 | 0.02% |
| 56 | 391721 | Plastics: tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of ethylene | $59,660 | 0.02% |
| 57 | 340211 | Organic surface-active agents: anionic (other than soap), whether or not put up for retail sale | $59,470 | 0.02% |
| 58 | 820559 | Tools, hand: other hand tools (including glaziers diamonds), excluding household tools, drilling, threading or tapping tools, hammers and sledge hammers, planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working wood, and screwdrivers | $54,846 | 0.02% |
| 59 | 080810 | Fruit, edible: apples, fresh | $53,165 | 0.01% |
| 60 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $51,093 | 0.01% |
| 61 | 901720 | Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments | $50,871 | 0.01% |
| 62 | 030389 | Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $48,933 | 0.01% |
| 63 | 442199 | Wood: not of bamboo, articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4414 to 4420 (excluding clothes hangers) | $48,661 | 0.01% |
| 64 | 901480 | Navigational instruments and appliances: for navigation other than aeronautical or space navigation (excluding direction finding compasses) | $47,018 | 0.01% |
| 65 | 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $46,095 | 0.01% |
| 66 | 842240 | Machinery: for packing or wrapping | $44,312 | 0.01% |
| 67 | 151800 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: oxidised, boiled or otherwise chemically modified, (excluding those of heading no. 1516), inedible mixtures or preparations of fats or oils | $41,388 | 0.01% |
| 68 | 902750 | Instruments and apparatus: using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR), (other than spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs) | $39,857 | 0.01% |
| 69 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $38,709 | 0.01% |
| 70 | 854470 | Insulated electric conductors: optical fibre cables | $38,705 | 0.01% |
| 71 | 030459 | Fish meat: excluding fillets, whether or not minced: fresh or chilled, of fish n.e.c. in item no. 0304.5 | $38,344 | 0.01% |
| 72 | 761290 | Aluminium: casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | $37,811 | 0.01% |
| 73 | 702000 | Glass: articles n.e.c. in chapter 70 | $36,666 | 0.01% |
| 74 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $36,261 | 0.01% |
| 75 | 840999 | Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $34,257 | 0.01% |
| 76 | 847480 | Machines: for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials in powder or paste form, machines for forming foundry moulds of sand | $33,308 | 0.01% |
| 77 | 611020 | Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles: of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $33,153 | 0.01% |
| 78 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $32,522 | 0.01% |
| 79 | 842542 | Jacks and hoists: hydraulic, of a kind used for raising vehicles | $31,919 | 0.01% |
| 80 | 030549 | Fish: smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.4, includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal | $30,514 | 0.01% |
| 81 | 870321 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | $30,351 | 0.01% |
| 82 | 120300 | Copra | $30,010 | 0.01% |
| 83 | 470790 | Paper or paperboard: waste and scrap, of paper or paperboard n.e.c. in heading no. 4707 and of unsorted waste and scrap | $29,782 | 0.01% |
| 84 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $29,561 | 0.01% |
| 85 | 640299 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $29,361 | 0.01% |
| 86 | 902300 | Instruments, apparatus and models: designed for demonstrational purposes (in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses | $28,269 | 0.01% |
| 87 | 392590 | Plastics: builders' ware, n.e.c. or included in heading no. 3925 | $27,229 | 0.01% |
| 88 | 220421 | Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $26,064 | 0.01% |
| 89 | 970500 | Collections and collectors' pieces: of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest | $26,040 | 0.01% |
| 90 | 841330 | Pumps: fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engines | $25,839 | 0.01% |
| 91 | 830110 | Padlocks: (key, combination or electrically operated), of base metal | $25,789 | 0.01% |
| 92 | 740829 | Copper: wire, of copper alloys (other than copper-zinc base alloys, copper-nickel base alloys or copper-nickel-zinc base alloys) | $25,595 | 0.01% |
| 93 | 630231 | Bed linen: of cotton (not printed, knitted or crocheted) | $24,225 | 0.01% |
| 94 | 160100 | Meat preparations: sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood, and food preparations based on these products | $24,157 | 0.01% |
| 95 | 848340 | Gears and gearing: (not toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately): ball or roller screws: gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters | $23,353 | 0.01% |
| 96 | 300650 | Pharmaceutical goods: first aid boxes and kits | $23,247 | 0.01% |
| 97 | 080211 | Nuts, edible: almonds, fresh or dried, in shell | $23,014 | 0.01% |
| 98 | 970300 | Sculptures and statuary: original, in any material | $22,783 | 0.01% |
| 99 | 901819 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters), n.e.c. in item no. 9018.1 | $22,639 | 0.01% |
| 100 | 847150 | Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $22,311 | 0.01% |