What is the value of US trade with Malta?
Refreshed annually
$1.07 billion in imports and $1.61 billion in exports in 2025. That means that the US exported $546 million more from Malta than we imported to it. Benefits of trade can include higher wages and job growth, a wider variety of products available at lower prices, increased productivity, and more efficient resource allocation.
$1.07B
Value of imports from Malta to the US (2025)
$1.61B
Value of exports from the US to Malta (2025)
Exports are goods and services the US sells to other countries. Imports are goods and services the US buys from other countries. Combining the value of imports and exports shows us how much trade happens between the US and other countries.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) provides data for 71 of the US' trading partners (though not necessarily the top 71 trading partners). The partners they track accounted for 94% of total trade with the US in 2025.
How high is Malta ranked as a US trade partner?
BEA data ranks Malta as the US’ 68th top trading partner: In 2025, the US traded $2.68 billion in goods and services with Malta. Countries with similar trade values include Croatia ($2.91B) and Estonia ($1.85B).
In 2025, the US traded $2.68 billion in goods and services with Malta.
Total trade value (imports + exports) with the US (2025), by select countries
Another way to look at international trade is through trade balance. A nation that imports more than it exports, has a trade deficit. One that exports more than it imports has a trade surplus. Neither is inherently good or bad; trade balance is just a metric that shows the relationship between imports and exports.
What is the trade balance with Malta?
The US had a trade surplus with Malta in 2025. The 2025 surplus was $546 million, an increase from 2024's deficit of $185 million.
The trade surplus with Malta increased to $546M in 2025.
Annual trade balance with Malta, not adjusted for inflation
What does the US import from Malta?
In 2025, 73.2% of imports from Malta to the US were services. The largest category was personal, cultural, and recreational services, accounting for $500 million. The top three imports were personal, cultural, and recreational services, travel (money leaving the US by Americans spending on things like like lodging, meals, transportation, and entertainment abroad), and business services (like R&D, consulting, and tech services). These categories accounted for $674 million of total imports.
The other 26.8% were goods, with capital goods (tools used for the production process, like machinery and equipment) being the largest goods category. Capital goods accounted for $196 million.
Personal, cultural, and recreational services made up 46.9% of US imports from Malta in 2025.
US imports from Malta by category (2025)
What does the US export to Malta?
In 2025, more US exports to Malta were services — 55.2%. The largest export was transport (transactions associated with moving people and property from one location to another, like passenger flights and ocean cargo shipping), which accounted for a value of $233 million. The top three exports were transport, financial services, and insurance services. These categories accounted for $578 million of exports to Malta.
The other 44.8% were goods (items used up in the production process, like oil, chemicals, and plastic), with capital goods being the largest goods category. Capital goods accounted for $617 million.
Capital goods made up 38.3% of US exports to Malta in 2025.
US exports to Malta by category (2025)
Value of imports and exports, by category (2025)
| 1. | Personal, cultural, and recreational services | $500 million |
| 2. | Capital goods | $196 million |
| 3. | Travel | $134 million |
| 4. | Business services | $40 million |
| 5. | Other merchandise | $35 million |
| 6. | Industrial supplies and materials | $31 million |
| 7. | Financial services | $31 million |
| 8. | Government goods and services | $29 million |
| 9. | Telecommunications and information services | $29 million |
| 10. | Consumer goods | $21 million |
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