UK and Mali
What moves each way, the scams to watch for, and what to check before you trade.
Trade safely with Mali
The scams, documents and rules that matter on this corridor. Written and reviewed by our team, and dated.
Corridor-specific scam patterns and rules are still being reviewed by our team and will appear here once published.
- Confirm the company exists in an official register and that its name matches the one on the invoice.
- Before paying into a new or changed bank account, phone the company on a number you already hold, not one from the invoice or email.
- Test the container number, ship number, ports and dates on the bill of lading with the Document checker.
- Be wary of paying in advance for goods you have not seen, or of fees demanded to release a shipment.
- Ask the carrier directly to confirm the shipment exists and where it is.
In 2025, the UK sold Mali about $27.7 million of goods. The biggest products were malt extract, machinery for sorting, screening, separating and machinery parts, which together make up 49% of the total. The total has grown by about 3.3% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, machinery for sorting, screening, separating is growing fastest, at about 70% a year.
In 2025, the UK bought about $2.8 million of goods from Mali. The biggest products were dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants and fruit and nuts, which together make up 87% of the total. More than half of this trade is one product (dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas), so it leans heavily on that one line. The total has fallen by about 23% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, printed matter, n.e.c. is growing fastest, at about 97% a year.
Trade by year
Total trade each year, as reported in the tables below. A missing bar means no report for that year, not zero trade.
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| Year | UK sells to Mali | UK buys from Mali |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $25.1m | $6.1m |
| 2023 | $20.2m | $3.4m |
| 2024 | $26.8m | $2.1m |
| 2025 | $27.7m | $2.8m |
What UK sells to Mali
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malt extract (flour/groats/meal/starch/malt extract products, no cocoa (or less than 40% by weight) and food p… Product code 1901 · Cereal and baked goods | $8.5m | 30.6% | n/a |
| Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, or… Product code 8474 · Machinery | $3.4m | 12.4% | +70.1% a year |
| Machinery parts (used solely or principally with the machinery of heading no. 8425 to 8430) Product code 8431 · Machinery | $1.7m | 6.3% | +48.5% a year |
Biggest product groups: Machinery (33%), Cereal and baked goods (31%), Electrical equipment (11%), Miscellaneous chemicals (8%), Cotton (5%) .
What UK buys from Mali
Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.
| Product | Value | Share | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens (fresh or dried) Product code 0804 · Fruit and nuts | $2.1m HMRC (shipped from) $96k | 76.0% | +12.0% a year |
| Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants (prepared or preserved in ways not listed elsewhere, whether or n… Product code 2008 · Fruit and vegetable preparations | $255k | 9.2% | +8.7% a year |
| Fruit and nuts (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added su… Product code 0811 · Fruit and nuts | $61k | 2.2% | n/a |
Biggest product groups: Fruit and nuts (79%), Fruit and vegetable preparations (9%), Electrical equipment (2%), Optical and medical instruments (2%), Books and printed matter (1%) .
Where the opportunities are
Products that are moving on this corridor. Only products of a meaningful size are listed. Treat these as leads to check, not promises: a fast rise can reverse.
Room to grow
Products that a market buys a lot of, where this corridor supplies only a small part. Shares are for the latest year both sides reported. A small share can also mean a hard market, so check the rules and the buyer first.
A free account shows the complete product lists, every fast-growing and new product, and the markets where this corridor supplies little. Accounts are checked by hand, so use your business email.
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Value is what was traded in the year, in US dollars. A big number means a big market, not necessarily an easy one to enter.
Share is that product's part of the total in the table above. A product with a large share is what this corridor already trades most of.
Growth is the average yearly change since the first year shown. A green figure means trade in that product is rising.
Product code is the international customs code (HS) for the product group. Your customs agent and the guide below will ask for it, and it decides the duty you pay.
These are totals reported by customs authorities, not prices or orders. Use them to see where demand exists, then check the rules and the company you plan to deal with.
Next steps
Some figures come from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) overseas trade statistics, with pounds converted to US dollars at the Bank of England's monthly average rate. The rest are what each country reported to the UN (Comtrade), in US dollars. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Imports are usually reported including freight and insurance, exports without, so the two sides of a corridor will not match exactly. Company counts are companies listed on ExporterIQ.