What does Malta import the most?

Malta's largest import is passenger and cargo vessels, worth $3.7B in 2025, 20% of its total imports of $18.6B.

Does Malta run a trade surplus or deficit?

Malta ran a trade deficit of $12.1B in 2025: it imported $18.6B of goods and exported $6.4B.

Electric accumulators is Malta's fastest-growing top import by value, up 108% year over year, reaching $38.7M in 2025.

$18.6B

2025 · Annual

Malta yearly trade, 2015-2025

Malta monthly trade through June 2026

#	Name	Value 2025	Share	YoY
1	Passenger and cargo vessels	$3.7B	19.8%	+32%
2	Petroleum oils	$2.1B	11.2%	+12%
3	Pleasure boats and yachts	$1B	5.4%	-5.2%
4	Aircraft and Spacecraft	$804M	4.3%	+2.5%
5	Medicaments for retail sale	$635M	3.4%	+29%
6	Refined industrial goods	$527M	2.7%	+6.2%
7	Processed materials	$445M	2.3%	-3.1%
8	Specialty equipment	$362M	1.9%	+12%
9	Consumer products	$280M	1.5%	+0.7%
10	Intermediate goods	$197M	1.1%	-5.4%

#	Name	Value 2025	Share	YoY
1	Electric accumulators	$38.7M	0.2%	+108%
2	Copper plates, sheets and strip	$29.4M	0.2%	+56%
3	Plastic sheets and film	$35.2M	0.2%	+50%
4	Live fish	$73.2M	0.4%	+44%
5	Screws, bolts, nuts, and washers	$28.5M	0.2%	+37%
6	Refined industrial goods	$23.7M	0.4%	+6.2%
7	Processed materials	$20M	0.4%	-3.1%
8	Specialty equipment	$16.3M	0.4%	+12%
9	Consumer products	$12.6M	0.4%	+0.7%
10	Intermediate goods	$8.8M	0.4%	-5.4%

Source & methodology

We use primary trade sources for every country. See our methodology page for how we source and verify this data.

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