688 tracked trade-flow records · 0 of 2 ports tracked
NOT IN TOP CORRIDORS
Static snapshot as of 2026-09-10 — not live-updating right now.
Coverage
Metric
Value
Notes
Tracked flow records
688
Raw count of trade-flow records in the database naming Malawi as an origin or destination — a record count, never a summed dollar total.
Port coverage
0of 2
Ports catalogued for Malawi with verified cargo statistics tracked on PortIndex.
Bilateral trade flows
Malawi is not among the top tracked corridors — its bilateral flow records exist in the full 923,324-row dataset but aren't yet browsable individually on this site.
Full partner list
A complete partner breakdown isn't available for Malawi yet — this section only covers countries where a full, verified-clean single-period partner list exists in the database (currently 59 countries, distinct from the curated top-corridor slice above).
Historical Exporter Dynamics
Historical dataset — World Bank Exporter Dynamics Database, 1997–2014, frozen. The World Bank has not published a newer edition; this never updates.
Firm-level entry/exit/survival dynamics for Malawi's exporting firms, whole economy (not broken down by product) so every figure below is a genuine national rate — never an average across incompatible product categories.
Metric
Latest value
Year
Trend (2006–2012)
Number of exporting firms
1,064
2012
Firm entry rate
64.8%
2012
Firm exit rate
63.3%
2012
Exporter concentration (EDD HHI, 0–1 scale)
0.087
2012
Product categories exported (distinct HS4 codes)
655
2012
Entrant survival curve — 2011 cohort of new exporting firms: 19.0% still exporting after 1 year — later years not yet available for this cohort (the World Bank vintage ends before enough time passed to observe them).
Top product categories among Malawi's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2012 — each row is a real, separately-reported HS2 product category, never combined with another.
Product category (HS2)
Exporting firms
Vehicles other than railway HS 87
281
Machinery and mechanical appliances HS 84
258
Wood and articles of wood HS 44
184
Other made-up textile articles HS 63
182
Electrical machinery and equipment HS 85
173
Furniture, bedding, lamps HS 94
154
Printed books, newspapers HS 49
140
Articles of iron or steel HS 73
108
Top manufacturing industries among Malawi's exporting firms by number of exporters, 2012 — each row is a real, separately-reported ISIC industry, never combined with another.
Manufacturing industry (ISIC)
Exporting firms
Motor vehicles ISIC 341
174
Furniture ISIC 361
147
Special purpose machinery ISIC 292
147
Publishing ISIC 221
141
Other fabricated metal products; metalworking ISIC 289
132
Wood, cork, straw and plaiting products ISIC 202
109
Other manufacturing ISIC 369
101
Office, accounting and computing machinery ISIC 300