Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Malaysia
Malaysia
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
338 276 10 851 4.4 6 685 61.6
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
24 18 39 22
Imports
26 20 31 20
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 234 127 189 856 2020 1.33
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 2 1
2019 -4 -6
2020 -2 -7 2020 1.06
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 10.9
Fuels and mining products: 18.3
Agricultural products: 9.6
Fuels and mining products: 20.8
Manufactures: 70.1
Other: 0.7
Manufactures: 67.8
Other: 1.8
By main destination, % (2019)
By main origin, % (2019)
China: 14.2 United States of America: 9.7 Hong Kong, China: 6.7
Singapore: 13.9 European Union: 8.8 Other: 46.7
China: 20.7 European Union: 8.4 Japan: 7.5
Singapore: 10.5 United States of America: 8.1 Other: 44.8
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS1511 HS3823 HS1516 HS1905 HS2106
2019 . 8 327 1 827 1 497 697 681
Palm oil and its fractions Industrial monocarboxylic acids Animal or vegetable fats and oils Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Other food preparations
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1801 HS1005 HS2106 HS1701 HS1511
2019
Cocoa beans, whole or broken Maize (corn) Other food preparations Cane or beet sugar Palm oil and its fractions
828 787 712 630 549
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
Imports 50%
0%
HS1511
HS1801
HS3823
HS1005
HS1516
HS2106
HS1905
HS1701
HS2106
HS1511
2%
4%
6%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 21 661 15 600
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 -1 2
2018 -5 6
2019 -4 -4
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS8542 HS2710 HS2711 HS8541 HS8471
2019
Electronic integrated circuits Petroleum oils, other than crude Petroleum gases Diodes, transistors devices Automatic data-processing machines
44 901 14 914 10 708 8 723 7 459
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS8542 HS2710 HS2709 HS8525 HS8541
2019
Electronic integrated circuits Petroleum oils, other than crude Petroleum oils, crude Radio-telephony transmission tools Diodes, transistors devices
31 993 17 503 6 479 3 830 3 036
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
226
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS8542
HS8542
HS2710
HS2710
HS2711
HS2709
HS8541
HS8525
HS8471
HS8541
10%
20%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2019 215 639 188 287
Annual percentage change
2010-2019 2 2
2018 16 12
2019 -4 -6
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Malaysia TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
21 780 33 060 2020 0.44
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
2 -2
-47 -24
-5 0
2020 0.72
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 14.7 Other commercial services: 55.9
Travel: 13.7 Goods-related services: 15.7
Transport: 29.5 Other commercial services: 54.1
By main destination, % (2020)
Travel: 14.6 Goods-related services: 1.7
By main origin, % (2020)
United States of America: 26.9 European Union: 9.4 Hong Kong, China: 5.6
Singapore: 20.6 United Kingdom: 6.5 Other: 31.1
United States of America: 22.5 China: 9.2 United Kingdom: 6.1
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Singapore: 16.8 European Union: 8.6 Other: 36.7
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Malaysia
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2020 3 202 9 762
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
2010-2020 -4 0
Value
Share (%)
1 804 829 569
56.4 25.9 17.8
Annual percentage change 2019 3 -4
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
2020 -39 -15
Value
Share (%)
6 076 2 600 1 086
62.2 26.6 11.1
Travel 200
Malaysia
World
100 0
2010
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports 2013
2016
2020 2 990 4 830
2010-2020 -17 -5
Annual percentage change 2019 1 2
2020 -85 -61
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Exports of OCS by main item (2020) Other business services ICTs
6.3 14.8 26.2
52.6
Million US$
Value
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 12 165 Imports 17 899
Construction
3 3
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Other
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
3 424 569
2 13
2019
2020
4 -4
-2 -5
2019
2020
-1 10
1 -16
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
1 071
Non-residents
6 480
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
7 551
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
22 485
Non-residents
24 125
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
46 610
Residents
574
Non-residents
1 330
Total
1 904
227