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AREA: 45,747 Sq Miles
POPULATION : 10,549,000 (approx)
IMPORTS :
- Automobiles & Vehicles;
- Consumer Goods;
- Dairy Products;
- Equipment;
- Footwear & Footwear Components;
- Fuel;
- Machinery;
- Medical & Pharmaceutical Goods.
EXPORTS :
- Fish;
- Furniture;
- Gemstones;
- Ground Nuts;
- Rice;
- Rubber;
- Sugar;
- Tea;
- Coffee;
- Textiles & Knitwear;
- Cotton;
- Tobacco;
- Cut Flowers.
INDUSTRY:
Malawi’s economy is based mainly on agriculture which provides 90% of the export earnings. The main subsistence crop are cassava, millet and rice and the principal cash crops are maize and tobacco.
Malawi has a small oil industry importing all petroleum products and a relatively new mining industry that has a lot of potential.
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