# Malta Import Opportunities

Explore Malta's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $19.6B
- Import CAGR: +2.2%
- Trade openness: 147.6%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 890190 | Vessels: n.e.s. in heading no. 8901, for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods | $4.2B | +14.4% | 7 | 5241 |
| 2 | HS 999999 | Commodities not specified according to kind | $1.8B | +13.3% | 3 | 9958 |
| 3 | HS 890110 | Cruise ships, excursion boats and similar vessels, principally designed for the transport of persons, ferry boats of all kinds | $1.2B | +14.1% | 5 | 9673 |
| 4 | HS 890590 | Vessels: light, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function, floating docks | $535.1M | +21.1% | 5 | 9957 |
| 5 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $2.2B | +6.4% | 66 | 1198 |
| 6 | HS 890120 | Tankers | $421.4M | +2.8% | 6 | 8934 |
| 7 | HS 890392 | Motorboats: (other than outboard motorboats), for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable | $571.9M | +14.7% | 25 | 2508 |
| 8 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $386.7M | +11.4% | 86 | 2536 |
| 9 | HS 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $581.5M | +9.4% | 10 | 2266 |
| 10 | HS 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $450.0M | -0.0% | 49 | 3540 |
| 11 | HS 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $163.7M | +60.1% | 7 | 5200 |
| 12 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $98.9M | +65.9% | 2 | 9979 |
| 13 | HS 271119 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711 | $104.2M | +12.5% | 9 | 9989 |
| 14 | HS 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value: stamp-impressed paper: cheque forms: banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | $78.7M | +20.0% | 33 | 9959 |
| 15 | HS 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $202.9M | +52.5% | 11 | 2495 |
| 16 | HS 271020 | Not reported | $183.5M | +5.2% | 15 | 4855 |
| 17 | HS 270750 | Aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures: n.e.c. in heading no. 2707, of which 65% or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250 degrees Celsius by the ISO 3405 method (equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method) | $58.3M | +27.9% | 6 | 9987 |
| 18 | HS 890690 | Vessels: other, including lifeboats other than rowing boats, other than warships | $63.8M | +15.8% | 11 | 8419 |
| 19 | HS 890391 | Sailboats: with or without auxiliary motor, for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable | $158.9M | +15.6% | 15 | 1548 |
| 20 | HS 710813 | Metals: gold, semi-manufactured | $59.0M | +5.7% | 14 | 9028 |
| 21 | HS 848790 | Machinery parts: not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features, n.e.c. in chapter 84 | $45.2M | +13.9% | 41 | 8014 |
| 22 | HS 481159 | Paper and paperboard: coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives), other than bleached and weighing more than 150g/m2, other than goods of heading no. 4803, 4809, or 4810 | $42.3M | +8.1% | 18 | 9619 |
| 23 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $51.8M | +0.6% | 7 | 9601 |
| 24 | HS 030351 | Fish: frozen, herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $33.1M | +44.1% | 9 | 6160 |
| 25 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $68.6M | +38.5% | 21 | 1837 |
| 26 | HS 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $43.4M | +13.9% | 27 | 4903 |
| 27 | HS 321519 | Ink: for printing, other than black, whether or not concentrated or solid | $61.4M | +8.6% | 33 | 4415 |
| 28 | HS 853400 | Circuits: printed | $57.3M | +11.6% | 47 | 3181 |
| 29 | HS 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $47.4M | +9.7% | 44 | 4533 |
| 30 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $137.7M | +2.5% | 31 | 1522 |
| 31 | HS 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $44.0M | +1.2% | 47 | 6645 |
| 32 | HS 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $49.3M | +9.9% | 68 | 3284 |
| 33 | HS 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $30.5M | +59.3% | 49 | 3591 |
| 34 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $62.3M | +12.1% | 50 | 2387 |
| 35 | HS 854470 | Insulated electric conductors: optical fibre cables | $25.9M | +11.6% | 37 | 8150 |
| 36 | HS 940340 | Furniture: wooden, for kitchen use | $22.6M | +14.5% | 25 | 8174 |
| 37 | HS 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $37.4M | +33.3% | 22 | 2715 |
| 38 | HS 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $84.6M | +7.0% | 57 | 1393 |
| 39 | HS 030194 | Fish: live, Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) | $52.1M | +14.1% | 6 | 2270 |
| 40 | HS 840710 | Engines: for aircraft, spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines | $15.6M | +21.3% | 7 | 9293 |
| 41 | HS 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $42.0M | +12.9% | 60 | 2337 |
| 42 | HS 300410 | Medicaments: containing penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $23.7M | +7.7% | 22 | 7944 |
| 43 | HS 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $22.2M | +4.9% | 5 | 9524 |
| 44 | HS 940360 | Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use | $32.6M | +8.7% | 61 | 3679 |
| 45 | HS 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $26.7M | +9.9% | 10 | 5462 |
| 46 | HS 870360 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $27.6M | +37.6% | 19 | 3377 |
| 47 | HS 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $30.6M | +9.4% | 20 | 3892 |
| 48 | HS 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $12.0M | +37.4% | 14 | 9798 |
| 49 | HS 120510 | Oil seeds: low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken | $11.9M | +27.8% | 4 | 9970 |
| 50 | HS 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $33.8M | +6.0% | 8 | 4675 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.