Malaysia Exports

Exports from Malaysia unexpectedly rose by 1.1 percent year-on-year to MYR 85.2 billion in April 2019, missing market consensus of a 1 percent fall and after a 0.5 percent contraction in the previous month. Sales increased for: electrical and electronic products/E&E (3.9 pct); refined petroleum products (22.3 pct); liquefied natural gas (26.3 pct); natural rubber (6.0 pct). By contrast, outbound shipments declined for: crude petroleum (-34.6 pct); palm oil and palm oil-based products (-14.8 pct), and timber and timber based products (-3.1 pct). By country, sales rose to Singapore (11.3 pct), driven by E&E products; refined petroleum, and crude petroleum; while fell to China (-6.9 pct), led by E&E products. Exports in Malaysia averaged 24398.67 MYR Million from 1970 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 96363.90 MYR Million in October of 2018 and a record low of 328.10 MYR Million in February of 1970.

Exports in Malaysia is expected to be 79000.00 MYR Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Exports in Malaysia to stand at 88000.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Malaysia Exports is projected to trend around 89000.00 MYR Million in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus
2019-01-04	04:00 AM	Exports YoY	1.6%	17.7%	6.6%
2019-03-04	04:00 AM	Exports YoY	3.1%	4.8%	1.4%
2019-04-04	04:00 AM	Exports YoY	-5.3%	3.1%	1.4%
2019-06-03	04:00 AM	Exports YoY	1.1%	-0.5%	-1%
2019-07-04	04:00 AM	Exports YoY		1.1%	-1%
2019-09-04	04:00 AM	Exports YoY
2019-10-04	04:00 AM	Exports YoY

Malaysia Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	10900.00	14369.78	16313.37	-2880.61	MYR Million	[+]
Current Account	16387.00	10835.00	39982.00	978.00	MYR Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	2.30	3.00	17.10	-13.20	percent	[+]
Imports	74300.00	69700.00	80197.13	313.60	MYR Million	[+]
Exports	85200.00	84000.00	96363.90	328.10	MYR Million	[+]
External Debt	903679.82	924887.22	933396.80	9063.00	MYR Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	97.10	98.30	117.20	92.50	Index Points	[+]
Tourism Revenues	84135.20	82200.00	84135.20	8580.50	MYR Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	2334613.00	2165933.00	2806565.00	459374.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	38.90	38.90	38.90	35.46	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	630.00	656.00	791.00	489.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	2.70	3.33	3.58	0.00		[+]
Capital Flows	-13823.00	-6161.00	51436.00	-71537.00	MYR Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	21726.00	12882.00	37325.00	2452.00	MYR Million	[+]

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Exports supported by influx of foreign direct investments have been one of the most important factors driving Malaysia’s GDP growth in recent years. Malaysia's main exports are: electrical and electronics products (36 percent), chemicals (7.1 percent), petroleum products (7.0 percent), liquefied natural gas (6 percent), and palm oil (5.1 percent). Malaysia's main export partners are: Singapore (14 percent), China (13 percent), European Union (10 percent), Japan (9.5 percent), the United States (9.4 percent) and Thailand (6 percent). This page provides the latest reported value for - Malaysia Exports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Malaysia Exports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.