Malta Trade Deficit Narrows to Lowest Since May

2025-12-10 10:11 By Dongting Liu 1 min. read

Malta’s trade deficit narrowed to €286.0 million in October from €331.9 million a year earlier, marking the lowest reading since May.

Imports fell 12.6% year-on-year to €767.1 million, driven by lower purchases of machinery and transport equipment (€94.9 million), mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials (€38.2 million), and miscellaneous transactions and commodities (€15.7 million).

Imports were mainly sourced from the EU (61.5%) and Asia (19.4%), with the Netherlands posting the largest increase (€148.7 million) and Italy the largest decline (€202.5 million).

Exports declined 11.8% to €481.1 million, pressured by food (€34.7 million), chemicals (€18.9 million), and mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials (€15.7 million).

Shipments to Turkey rose €66.1 million, while exports to the US dropped €115.6 million.

Over the first ten months of 2025, the trade deficit narrowed by €267.3 million to €3,965.9 million.



News Stream
Malta Trade Deficit Narrows to Lowest Since May
Malta’s trade deficit narrowed to €286.0 million in October from €331.9 million a year earlier, marking the lowest reading since May. Imports fell 12.6% year-on-year to €767.1 million, driven by lower purchases of machinery and transport equipment (€94.9 million), mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials (€38.2 million), and miscellaneous transactions and commodities (€15.7 million). Imports were mainly sourced from the EU (61.5%) and Asia (19.4%), with the Netherlands posting the largest increase (€148.7 million) and Italy the largest decline (€202.5 million). Exports declined 11.8% to €481.1 million, pressured by food (€34.7 million), chemicals (€18.9 million), and mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials (€15.7 million). Shipments to Turkey rose €66.1 million, while exports to the US dropped €115.6 million. Over the first ten months of 2025, the trade deficit narrowed by €267.3 million to €3,965.9 million.
2025-12-10
Malta Trade Deficit Narrows in September
Malta’s trade deficit narrowed to €307.8 million in September from €343.4 million a year earlier. Imports fell by €43.6 million to €768.3 million, mainly driven by lower purchases of mineral fuels, lubricants, and related materials (€41.1 million) and miscellaneous commodities (€12.0 million). Imports were primarily sourced from the EU (62.3%) and Asia (19.2%), with the Netherlands seeing the largest increase (€133.3 million) and Italy the largest drop (€167.2 million). Exports fell €8.0 million to €460.5 million, weighed down by mineral fuels (€34.5 million) and miscellaneous goods, partially offset by gains in machinery (€31.9 million) and chemicals (€13.4 million). Exports to Turkey rose €79.5 million, while shipments to the US fell €117.0 million. Over the first nine months, the deficit narrowed by €278.4 million to €3,619.4 million.
2025-11-10
Malta Trade Deficit Narrows Sharply in August
Malta’s trade deficit narrowed sharply to EUR 326.8 million in August 2025 from a revised EUR 881.1 million a year earlier and a record EUR 904.0 million in July. Imports fell 44.8% year-on-year to EUR 723.7 million, driven by steep declines in purchases of capital goods and other items (-78.2%), fuels and lubricants (-18.2%), and industrial supplies (-3.9%). In contrast, imports of consumer goods rose 6.4%, boosted by higher food and beverage inflows. Exports decreased at a slower pace, down 7.9% to EUR 396.9 million, weighed by lower sales of industrial supplies (-14.0%), fuels and lubricants (-12.0%), and capital goods and others (-14.2%). Exports of consumer goods, however, surged 10.5%. For the first eight months of 2025, the trade deficit narrowed to EUR 3.24 billion from EUR 3.51 billion in the same period of 2024.
2025-10-10