What Madagascar sells and buys, and with whom
Madagascar exported US$3.6bn of goods in 2024 and imported US$5.0bn, a deficit of US$1.5bn. 7% of its exports went to other SADC countries, which supplied 9% of its imports.
Madagascar's trade since 2012
Exports and imports of goods, and exports to other SADC countries, US dollars
Who buys from Madagascar
Exports by destination, 2024. United States takes 19%.
What Madagascar sells, and to whom
Exports by product group and partner, 2024
Hover over a band or a name to follow it. Flows under 0.4% of the total (US$152m in all) are not drawn.
Madagascar's main exports
Top products (four-digit HS headings), 2024, with the value five years before
Trade with each SADC neighbour
2024, with the main products each way| Neighbour | Madagascar sold | Madagascar bought | Balance | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | US$170m | US$222m | −US$52m | Sold t-shirts; bought coal · more |
| Mauritius | US$34m | US$185m | −US$152m | Sold sawn wood; bought other knitted or crocheted fabrics · more |
| Seychelles | US$34m | US$7.2m | +US$27m | Sold paper packaging; bought frozen fish · more |
| Tanzania | US$5.0m | US$13m | −US$8.4m | Sold nitrogen fertilisers; bought carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and… · more |
| Mozambique | US$1.1m | US$9.0m | −US$7.9m | Sold nitrogen fertilisers; bought sugar · more |
| Zimbabwe | US$938k | US$7.9m | −US$6.9m | Sold food preparations; bought other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco… · more |
| Comoros | US$7.0m | US$25k | +US$6.9m | Sold natural gas and lpg; bought ferrous waste and scrap · more |
| Eswatini | US$33k | US$5.5m | −US$5.5m | Sold vanilla; bought flavour and fragrance mixtures · more |
| Namibia | US$3.4m | US$35k | +US$3.4m | Sold men's suits and trousers; bought children's picture, drawing or colouring books · more |
| Zambia | US$914k | US$1.0m | −US$113k | Sold nitrogen fertilisers; bought live poultry · more |
| Malawi | US$1.5m | US$50k | +US$1.5m | Sold nitrogen fertilisers; bought tobacco leaf · more |
| DRC | US$35k | US$1.2m | −US$1.1m | Sold cars; bought plants and parts of plants · more |
| Angola | US$22k | US$334k | −US$312k | Sold refined fuels and oils; bought carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and… · more |
| Lesotho | US$407 | US$291k | −US$290k | Sold men's suits and trousers; bought woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight… · more |
| Botswana | US$38k | US$0 | +US$38k | Sold refined fuels and oils · more |
How processed Madagascar's trade is
Exports and imports by stage of processing, 2024
Raw: unprocessed farm goods, ores, minerals, crude oil, coal and gas. Processed materials: refined metals and fuels, chemicals, processed farm goods for industry. Refined gold counts here. Manufactured goods: machinery, vehicles, parts, consumer goods and packaged food.
Analysis: Madagascar's value-addition balance and openings
For members: where Madagascar earns and spends at each stage of processing, with SADC and with the world; how much rides on a few products and buyers; what it is competitive in; which exports grew or shrank; where its exports meet preferential terms; and the products it could sell to neighbours, or buy from them instead of from outside the region.
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CEPII BACI, built from UN Comtrade with each flow reconciled between exporter and importer (Etalab Open Licence 2.0). Values in current US dollars; exports valued free on board. Figures can differ from national statistics, and include non-monetary gold. About the data