A lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe na Napoleon (1800<unk>1815), tattalin arzikin Malta ya bunƙasa kuma ya zama cibiyar babban tsarin kasuwanci. A cikin 1808, kashi biyu bisa uku na kayan da aka aika daga Malta sun tafi Levant da Misira. Daga baya, rabin kayan da ake jigilar kaya galibi ana nufin Trieste. Jirgin ya ƙunshi kayayyakin da aka ƙera na Burtaniya da na mulkin mallaka. Tattalin arzikin Malta ya bunƙasa daga wannan kasuwancin kuma yawancin masu sana'a, kamar masu saƙa, sun sami sabbin ayyuka a masana'antar tashar jiragen ruwa. Tambaya: menene yawanci ke ƙunshe a cikin kayan?
Kasuwancin Birtaniya da na mulkin mallaka