# Malta exports to Tunisia: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/MLT-TUN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Malta reported $229.2M in goods exports to Tunisia. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $229.2M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 8.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 3 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.5 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 7% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271012 | Not reported | $706.3M | 1.2% | Watch |
| 2 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $352.8M | 17.5% | Watch |
| 3 | 271019 | Not reported | $1.5B | 96% | High attention |
| 4 | 391723 | Plastics: tubes, pipes and hoses thereof, rigid, of polymers of vinyl chloride | $12.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $16.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $304.0M | 61.5% | Watch |
| 7 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $83.1M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 481920 | Paper and paperboard: folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard | $20.4M | 30.7% | Watch |
| 9 | 392329 | Plastics: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics other than ethylene polymers | $14.0M | 78.1% | Watch |
| 10 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $20.3M | 4.9% | 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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