Shipped Where
Imported from Malawi, 2025
$48.6 million
Share of all US imports
under 0.1%
Rank among sources
#142 of 218
Arrived by ship
99%

Malawi is the 142nd largest source of US imports: $48.6 million in 2025.

That is under 0.1% of everything the US imported. The top product line is tobacco, unmanufactured.

What the US buys from Malawi

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Tobacco, unmanufactured$28.7M · 59.0%
  2. 02Nuts not elsewhere specified, fresh or dried$7.8M · 16.1%
  3. 03Tea$7M · 14.4%
  4. 04Sugar$3.4M · 7.0%
  5. 05Rubber and plastic footwear$497K · 1.0%
  6. 06Coffee$317K · 0.7%
  7. 07Car parts$114K · 0.2%
  8. 08Nickel waste and scrap$111K · 0.2%
All 23 products from Malawi
  1. 09Women's suits, dresses and pants$92K · 0.2%
  2. 10Precious and semiprecious stones, not strung, mounted etc.$72K · 0.1%
  3. 11Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles$70K · 0.1%
  4. 12Fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils, including jojoba oil$64K · 0.1%
  5. 13Seats and chairs$45K · <0.1%
  6. 14Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled$30K · <0.1%
  7. 15Track suits, ski-suits and swimwear, not knitted or crocheted$21K · <0.1%
  8. 16Sweaters & hoodies$21K · <0.1%
  9. 17Articles of cement, concrete or artificial stone$18K · <0.1%
  10. 18Computer chips$16K · <0.1%
  11. 19Animal products not elsewhere specified$10K · <0.1%
  12. 20Nucleic acids and heterocyclic compounds$10K · <0.1%
  13. 21Articles of cutlery not elsewhere specified$8K · <0.1%
  14. 22Leather footwear$7K · <0.1%
  15. 23Transformers and power supplies$7K · <0.1%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

US imports from Malawi by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Malawi, 2025. Letters match the list.

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99% of goods from Malawi arrived by ship. Norfolk, VA handled 61% on its own, more than the next five ports combined.

  1. ANorfolk, VA $29.7M · 61.1%
  2. BNewark, NJ $5.4M · 11.1%
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $4.6M · 9.4%
  4. DHouston, TX $2.4M · 4.9%
  5. ESavannah, GA $2.1M · 4.3%
  6. FNew York, NY $1.6M · 3.4%

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