# Madagascar exports to Taiwan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Madagascar to Taiwan, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/MDG-TWN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Madagascar reported $34.6M in goods exports to Taiwan. The overall review level is Critical attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $34.6M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 96.3% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 0 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 60.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 750210 | Nickel: unwrought, not alloyed | $904.2M | 60.4% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 810520 | Cobalt: mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, powders | $112.8M | 98.8% | Watch |
| 3 | 140490 | Vegetable products: n.e.s. in chapter 14 | $30.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 4 | 620520 | Shirts: men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $33.9M | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 620442 | Dresses: women's or girls', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $17.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 6 | 620630 | Blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses: women's or girls', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $28.7M | 38.6% | Watch |
| 7 | 030611 | Crustaceans: frozen, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $22.7M | 64% | Watch |
| 8 | 330129 | Oils, essential: n.e.s. in heading no. 3301 (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes | $17.7M | 13.5% | Watch |
| 9 | 710399 | Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, (other than rubies, sapphires and emeralds), worked other than simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set | $13.0M | 65.1% | Watch |
| 10 | 420291 | Cases and containers: with outer surface of leather, of composition leather or of patent leather, n.e.s. in heading no. 4202 | $30.8M | 50.6% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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