# Malta Agriculture and food Export Opportunities (HS 01-24)

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Explore Malta HS 01-24 agriculture and food export opportunities, product portfolio, buyer markets, growth signals, and diversification opportunities.

## Overview

- Exporter: Malta (MLT)
- Sector: Agriculture and food
- HS chapters: HS 01-24
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Sector exports: $22.3M
- Products: 26
- Buyer markets: 13
- Average CAGR: +20.2%
- Global sector size: $101.4B

## Product portfolio

| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS 210690 - Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $16.1B | $287.2K | $8.6B | -8.8% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 220300 - Beer: made from malt | $8.7B | $19.4K | $8.5B | -8.6% | 2 | +0.0% |
| 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 | $9.1B | $615.9K | $7.2B | -4.6% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 240220 - Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $5.1B | $15.8M | $5.3B | +0.3% | 3 | +0.7% |
| HS 220421 - Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $10.7B | $16.8K | $5.0B | -0.0% | 4 | +0.0% |
| HS 090111 - Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $6.8B | $162.3K | $3.0B | +15.7% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 150910 - Vegetable oils: olive oil and its fractions, virgin, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $5.0B | $10.0K | $2.8B | -8.1% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 230910 - Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding | $3.7B | $24.9K | $2.3B | +12.1% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 010229 - Cattle: live, other than pure-bred breeding animals | $1.9B | $40.9K | $1.6B | +11.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 040690 - Dairy produce: cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406 | $4.4B | $122.8 | $1.6B | -11.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220830 - Whiskies | $2.1B | $5.2K | $1.5B | +1.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 170490 - Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $3.2B | $42.4 | $1.5B | -16.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 180100 - Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $3.7B | $206.5 | $1.4B | -7.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220820 - Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc | $1.2B | $58.9K | $1.4B | +22.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 060290 - Plants, live: n.e.s. in heading no. 0602 | $1.5B | $617.0 | $1.3B | +18.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 240210 - Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos: containing tobacco including the weight of every band, wrapper or attachment thereto | $1.5B | $226.9 | $1.3B | +11.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 180400 - Cocoa: butter, fat and oil | $1.9B | $492.7 | $1.2B | -0.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 120190 - Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $1.6B | $300.4 | $1.1B | +23.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 180310 - Cocoa: paste, not defatted | $952.0M | $145.8 | $1.1B | -4.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220410 - Wine: sparkling | $1.7B | $192.4 | $1.1B | +2.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 020130 - Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $1.2B | $13.6K | $1.1B | +730.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 090121 - Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $1.9B | $150.6 | $1.1B | +5.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 160232 - Meat preparations: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | $1.9B | $487.6 | $1.0B | -14.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 120510 - Oil seeds: low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken | $2.5B | $441.8 | $992.0M | -43.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 230400 - Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $1.2B | $5.2M | $955.0M | +56.3% | 1 | +0.6% |
| HS 070200 - Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $1.7B | $654.5 | $927.8M | +25.0% | 1 | +0.0% |

## Best markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): $28.1B calculated opportunity across 11 products.
- Germany (DEU): $13.8B calculated opportunity across 10 products.
- Italy (ITA): $4.3B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- Canada (CAN): $3.7B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- United Kingdom (GBR): $3.2B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- China (CHN): $2.6B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- France (FRA): $2.0B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Iraq (IRQ): $1.7B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Netherlands (NLD): $1.4B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Poland (POL): $1.1B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Republic of Korea (KOR): $994.2M calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) (IRN): $955.0M calculated opportunity across 1 products.

## Growth stars

- HS 020130: +730.0% average CAGR, $1.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 230400: +56.3% average CAGR, $955.0M calculated opportunity.
- HS 070200: +25.0% average CAGR, $927.8M calculated opportunity.
- HS 120190: +23.1% average CAGR, $1.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220820: +22.7% average CAGR, $1.4B calculated opportunity.
- HS 060290: +18.7% average CAGR, $1.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 090111: +15.7% average CAGR, $3.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 230910: +12.1% average CAGR, $2.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 010229: +11.4% average CAGR, $1.6B calculated opportunity.
- HS 240210: +11.4% average CAGR, $1.3B calculated opportunity.

## Diversification opportunities

- HS 210690: 4 buyer markets, $8.6B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220421: 4 buyer markets, $5.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 240220: 3 buyer markets, $5.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 220300: 2 buyer markets, $8.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: 2 buyer markets, $7.2B calculated opportunity.
- HS 090111: 2 buyer markets, $3.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 150910: 2 buyer markets, $2.8B calculated opportunity.
- HS 230910: 2 buyer markets, $2.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 010229: 1 buyer markets, $1.6B calculated opportunity.
- HS 040690: 1 buyer markets, $1.6B calculated opportunity.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate buyers, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting. [Read the Yugalinks methodology](https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology).

## 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.
