Imports into Malta from China in Q2 2026: data brief
Imports into Malta from China were €118m in Q2 2026, up 4.8% (€5m) on Q2 2025.
Top 3 rising headings
- Seats, whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof, n.e.s. (HS 9401): €2m, up 117.4% from €1m
- Furniture and parts thereof, n.e.s. (HS 9403): €2m, up 69.6% from €1m
- Plates, sheets and strip, of copper, of a thickness of > 0,15 mm (HS 7409): €1m, up 33.3% from €1m
Top 3 falling headings
- Motor vehicles for the transport of >= 10 persons (HS 8702): €12m, down 47.7% from €24m
- Printed circuits (HS 8534): €1m, down 33.9% from €2m
- Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school… (HS 4202): €1m, down 22.8% from €1m
Headings (HS4) worth at least €1m in both quarters.
Among these six headings, value per kg runs from €3.10 for Furniture and parts thereof, n.e.s. to €316.09 for Printed circuits. Why € per kg matters →
Cite as: Cambridge China Bridge, "China–Malta Trade Pulse", Q2 2026, https://camchinabridge.co.uk/china-eu-trade-pulse/malta/briefs/2026-q2/. Source: Eurostat (Comext, DS-045409); quarterly totals, changes and value per kg calculated by Cambridge China Bridge. Open data:https://github.com/bonoxu/camchinabridge-open-data
The full China–Malta Trade Pulse: every chapter, the largest movers and each quarter since 2019 →
Method and sources
- Source: Eurostat, Comext database, dataset DS-045409 (EU trade since 1988 by HS2-4-6 and CN8): reporter Malta, partner China, imports, through Eurostat's free dissemination API.
- Values are in euros as Eurostat publishes them. Quarterly totals, changes on a year earlier, rankings and value per kg are calculated by Cambridge China Bridge from the monthly figures. Chapters 99 (other products) and 00 (confidential totals) are excluded.
- Eurostat revises recent months; the page is rebuilt monthly and always shows the latest figures Eurostat has published.
- Weight-based € per kg ranks categories; it does not measure freight cost directly, which depends on volume.
Source: Eurostat. Re-use of Eurostat data is authorised provided the source is acknowledged (Eurostat copyright notice). The figures on this page are aggregated and calculated from Eurostat's monthly data by Cambridge China Bridge. Journalists and researchers may quote them with a link to this page.