Countries

Madagascar: trade by HS code

  • US$3.5bnExports 2024
  • US$5.1bnImports 2024
  • 2,266HS6 · Exports

Madagascar exported goods worth US$3.5bn and imported US$5.1bn in 2024, in 2,266 and 4,368 different six-digit products.

Its main exports were unwrought nickel, not alloyed (7502.10), neither crushed nor ground (0905.10) and neither crushed nor ground (0907.10).

Its largest customer was the United States and its largest supplier China.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported goods worth £47.8m from Madagascar (+3% on the year before), above all wool sweaters and cardigans, knitted, frozen shrimps and prawns and unwrought cobalt and intermediates, and exported £7.3m to it.

Under Eastern and Southern Africa States, 98% of the UK tariff lines are duty-free for goods from Madagascar that meet the rules of origin.

Madagascar and the UK

UK imports£47.8m+3% · last 12 months
UK exports£7.3m-23% · last 12 months
Duty-free access to the UK98%share of tariff lines at 0% under a preference

Agreement or scheme: Eastern and Southern Africa States

What the UK imports from Madagascar

  1. 6110.11Wool sweaters and cardigans, knitted£5.3m
  2. 0306.17Frozen shrimps and prawns£3.8m
  3. 8105.20Unwrought cobalt and intermediates£3.4m
  4. 6110.12Cashmere sweaters and cardigans£2.5m
  5. 4602.19Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, made directly: of vegetable materials, other£2.2m
  6. 6211.33Men's other garments, man-made fibres£2.1m
  7. 7502.10Unwrought nickel, not alloyed£2m
  8. 0907.10Neither crushed nor ground£2m
  9. 6203.43Men's synthetic trousers and shorts, woven£1.9m
  10. 0905.10Neither crushed nor ground£1.8m

Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · HMRC

Madagascar and the EU

EU imports€892.4m-2% · last 12 months
EU exports€636.4m+3% · last 12 months
Duty-free access to the EU98%share of tariff lines at 0% under a preference

Agreement or scheme: GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms) · Eastern and Southern Africa States

What the EU imports from Madagascar

  1. 0905.10Neither crushed nor ground€78.2m
  2. 7502.10Unwrought nickel, not alloyed€51.2m
  3. 0306.17Frozen shrimps and prawns€43.3m
  4. 1801.00Cocoa beans€42.9m
  5. 2005.59Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.): other€34.3m
  6. 1604.14Prepared or preserved tuna€30.2m
  7. 4602.19Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, made directly: of vegetable materials, other€28.8m
  8. 0810.90Other fresh fruit€27.2m
  9. 6110.12Cashmere sweaters and cardigans€24.6m
  10. 3301.29Other essential oils (non-citrus)€23.9m

Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Eurostat Comext

Top exports

  1. 7502.10Unwrought nickel, not alloyedUS$469.5m
  2. 0905.10Neither crushed nor groundUS$264.1m
  3. 0907.10Neither crushed nor groundUS$223.1m
  4. 2614.00Titanium ores (ilmenite, rutile)US$165.9m
  5. 6203.42Men's cotton trousers and shortsUS$112.6m
  6. 1801.00Cocoa beansUS$99.8m
  7. 8105.20Unwrought cobalt and intermediatesUS$88.1m
  8. 0306.17Frozen shrimps and prawnsUS$72.4m
  9. 7103.91Worked rubies, sapphires and emeraldsUS$65.6m
  10. 6109.10Cotton T-shirts and vests, knittedUS$65.4m
  11. 3301.29Other essential oils (non-citrus)US$63.4m
  12. 7103.99Other worked precious and semi-precious stonesUS$61.2m
  13. 6205.20Men's cotton shirts, wovenUS$60.9m
  14. 2504.10In powder or in flakesUS$51.1m
  15. 1604.14Prepared or preserved tunaUS$50.7m
  16. 7103.10Unworked or simply sawn or roughly shapedUS$49.2m
  17. 6105.20Men's man-made fibre shirts, knittedUS$41.7m
  18. 6203.43Men's synthetic trousers and shorts, wovenUS$41.2m
  19. 6110.20Cotton sweaters and cardigans, knittedUS$40.1m
  20. 6110.30Synthetic sweaters and cardigans, knittedUS$36.2m

Top imports

  1. 1006.30Milled riceUS$146.1m
  2. 1511.10Crude palm oilUS$121.1m
  3. 3004.90Other medicines, dosed or for retail saleUS$93.2m
  4. 1701.14Raw cane sugar (other)US$92m
  5. 6309.00Worn clothing (second-hand)US$85.6m
  6. 2523.29Portland cement (non-white)US$81.2m
  7. 1001.99Wheat and meslin (not seed, not durum)US$77.4m
  8. 1101.00Wheat flourUS$72.1m
  9. 1701.99Refined sugar (other)US$67.5m
  10. 8704.21Diesel trucks, GVW up to 5 tUS$59.5m
  11. 1507.10Crude soybean oilUS$59.2m
  12. 6006.32Dyed synthetic knitted fabricsUS$57.6m
  13. 2309.90Other animal feed preparationsUS$54.1m
  14. 6006.22Dyed cotton knitted fabricsUS$52.5m
  15. 8428.60Teleferics, chairlifts, ski-draglines; traction mechanisms for funicularsUS$48.8m
  16. 8541.43Solar panels (PV modules)US$46.2m
  17. 2701.12Bituminous coalUS$44.9m
  18. 2503.00Sulphur (crude and other)US$33.7m
  19. 7214.20Steel rebar (deformed bars)US$29.3m
  20. 5407.52Dyed polyester filament woven fabricUS$29m

Main buyers from Madagascar

  1. United States US$595.3m
  2. France US$493m
  3. China US$263.5m
  4. India US$205.5m
  5. Japan US$176.3m
  6. South Africa US$153.5m
  7. South Korea US$127.1m
  8. Netherlands US$123.3m
  9. Germany US$111.6m
  10. Canada US$92.7m

Main suppliers of Madagascar

  1. China US$1bn
  2. Pakistan US$204.3m
  3. India US$195.3m
  4. France US$182.3m
  5. Mauritius US$171.1m
  6. South Africa US$161.1m
  7. Malaysia US$146.3m
  8. Egypt US$109.8m
  9. United Arab Emirates US$64.2m
  10. Brazil US$59.5m

Questions and answers

What does Madagascar export most?

In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was unwrought nickel, not alloyed (HS 7502.10), worth US$469.5m.

Does the UK have a trade agreement with Madagascar?

Yes: goods from Madagascar can enter at preferential rates under Eastern and Southern Africa States, duty-free on 98% of tariff lines, provided they meet the rules of origin and come with proof of origin.