Malta Business
• Main imports: Machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, drink and tobacco.
• Main exports: Potatoes, machinery and transport equipment.
• Main trade partners: Italy, France, UK, Germany and Singapore.
Economy
The industrial sector includes textiles, footwear and clothing, plastics, printing, electronic components and electrical equipment. The old naval dockyards used by the British have now converted to operate as a commercial shipyard.
Malta's membership to the EU was endorsed in March 2003 by popular referendum. Negotiations progressed fairly smoothly and Malta joined the EU in May 2004. The country joined the eurozone on 1 January 2008.
Growth hovered around 2.9% in 2006, while inflation was at 2.8%. Unemployment was estimated to be at 6.8% in 2005.
Business Etiquette
Office hours: Mon-Fri 0830-1245 and 1430-1730, Sat 0830-1200. Some smaller offices close 1300-1600, opening again later.
Business Contacts
Palazzo Parisio, Merchants' Street, Valletta, Malta
Tel: 2124 2191.
Website: www.foreign.gov.mt
Malta Chamber of Commerce
Exchange Buildings, Republic Street, Valletta VLT 05, Malta
Tel: 2123 3873.
Website: www.chamber.org.mt
Conference and Incentive Travel Division of the Malta Tourism Authority
Auberge d’Italie, Merchants Street, Valletta, VLT 1170, Malta
Tel: 2291 5000.
Website: www.visitmalta.com/business-travel
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