Maldives exported MVR 264m of goods in February

The Maldives had exported goods worth of MVR 264 million, the Maldives Customs Service (MCS) has said.

The MCS said in their month-end statistics that the state exported MVR 228 million in the same period last year, an increase of 16 percent.

The state had garnered a total income of 254 million in February of last year, though the income for February this year is 240 million, a difference of five percent.

Maldives has a low rate of production and most goods available in the country is imported; goods worth about 3.5 billion were imported in February this year.

Maldives imported goods worth MVR 3.8 billion in February last year, a difference of 10 percent.