What is the price of vegetables per kilogram/pound in Malawi today?
The retail price range for Malawi vegetables is between US$ 0.97 and US$ 0.97 per kilogram or between US$ 0.44 and US$ 0.44 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of vegetables in Malawi
The retail price range in Malawi Kwacha for vegetables is between MWK 1,002.37 and MWK 1,002.37 per kilogram or between MWK 454.59 and MWK 454.59 per pound(lb) in Lilongwe and Blantyre.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Malawi vegetables is between US$ 0.68 and US$ 0.68 per kilogram or between US$ 0.31 and US$ 0.31 per pound(lb).
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Malawi Vegetables Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of vegetables from Malawi over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2010, the export price was 13.99 US dollars per kg, but by 2021, it had dropped to 0.59 US dollars per kg. In 2017, the export price was 0.53 US dollars per kg, followed by 0.32 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the export price rose to 0.64 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 0.45 US dollars per kg in 2020 and 0.59 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price for 2023 will be around 0.44 US dollars per kg and for 2024 it will be around 0.43 US dollars per kg.The vegetables exports from Malawi are classified as:
- Dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excluding onions, mushrooms and truffles, not mixed) (HS code 071290)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, homogenized vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "Pisum sativum", beans "Vigna, Phaseolus", asparagus, olives and sweet corn "Zea Mays var. Saccharata", unmixed) (HS code 200590)
- Dried, shelled leguminous vegetables, whether or not skinned or split (excluding peas, chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans, horse beans and pigeon peas) (HS code 071390)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s. (HS code 070999)
- Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excluding potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn) (HS code 071080)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles and potatoes, unmixed) (HS code 200490)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables (excluding potatoes, tomatoes, vegetables of the Allium spp., cabbages of the genus Brassica, lettuces of the species Lactuca sativa and Cichorium, carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, cucumbers and gherkins, leguminous vegetables, asparagus, aubergines, mushrooms, truffles, fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach) (HS code 070990)
- Homogenised vegetables put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of <= 250 g (HS code 200510)
Malawi Vegetables Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of vegetables into Malawi over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 0.53 US dollars per kg, followed by a decrease to 0.32 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price increased to 0.64 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 0.45 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then increased again to 0.59 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of vegetables into Malawi in 2023 will be 0.62 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 will be 0.65 US dollars per kg.Export values for Malawi vegetables
The total values in export for vegetables in Malawi were US$ 1,528, US$ 1,064, US$ 1,160 and US$ 29,360 in US dollar thousand for the years 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Vegetables category in Malawi: Tomatoes, Onions, Leeks, Cauliflowers and broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbages, Lettuce, Chicory, Carrots & beetroot, salsify & celeriac.
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Malawi vegetables - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Malawi sold 46,104 tonnes of vegetables. In 2019 alone, the interest in Malawi vegetables (vegetables category) has gone up, changing by 1152.826 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, vegetables' exports grew by 2177.87 pc netting the country US$29.36m for the year 2019. Malawi's vegetables exports are categorised as:
- Dried vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared (excluding onions, mushrooms and truffles, not mixed) (HS code 071290)
- Homogenised vegetables put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of <= 250 g (HS code 200510)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar, non-frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, homogenized vegetables of subheading 2005.10, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles, potatoes, peas "Pisum sativum", beans "Vigna, Phaseolus", asparagus, olives and sweet corn "Zea Mays var. Saccharata", unmixed) (HS code 200590)
- Vegetables and mixtures of vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (excluding preserved by sugar, and tomatoes, mushrooms, truffles and potatoes, unmixed) (HS code 200490)
- Vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excluding potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn) (HS code 071080)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables (excluding potatoes, tomatoes, vegetables of the Allium spp., cabbages of the genus Brassica, lettuces of the species Lactuca sativa and Cichorium, carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, cucumbers and gherkins, leguminous vegetables, asparagus, aubergines, mushrooms, truffles, fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach) (HS code 070990)
- Dried, shelled leguminous vegetables, whether or not skinned or split (excluding peas, chickpeas, beans, lentils, broad beans, horse beans and pigeon peas) (HS code 071390)
- Fresh or chilled vegetables n.e.s. (HS code 070999)
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Malawi vegetables export values
In 2019, Malawi supplied vegetables valued at 29.36m USD, an improvement of 2,431.03% from 2018's total vegetables export of 1.16m USD. The annual growth in value of Malawi vegetables between 2017 to 2018 was 9.023 percent.
The yearly change in the amount of Malawi's vegetables exports between 2017 and 2019 was 2177.87 per cent compared to a variation of 1152.826% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Malawi vegetables ( in '000$ )
Malawi's top destinations for vegetables are United Arab Emirates (UAE), Tanzania, Poland, Zambia and United Kingdom (UK).
Malawi purchased 1,240 tonnes of vegetables in 2019.
Production
The production of vegetables in Malawi was 7,995,968 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of 2.1%. The country had an estimated 2,425,664.00 hectares under vegetables cultivation.