Malaysia Exports

Exports from Malaysia unexpectedly fell by 3.1 percent year-on-year to MYR 76.2 billion in June 2019, missing market consensus of a 1.8 percent gain and after a 2.5 percent increase in the previous month. This was the first decline in exports since March, as sales declined for both electrical & electronic products (-6.0 percent) and timber & timber based products (-17.6 percent). By contrast, outbound shipments increased for: crude petroleum (31.7 percent); palm oil & palm oil-based products (2.2 percent); natural rubber (10.7 percent); refined petroleum products (8.4 percent), and liquefied natural gas products (5.5 percent). Among major trading partners, sales decreased to China (-12.0 percent), led by electrical and electronic products; Singapore (-0.9 percent), dragged down by electrical and electronic products, while increased to the US (8.8 percent).For the first half of 2019, exports decreased 0.2 percent from the same period the previous year, Exports in Malaysia averaged 24601.97 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 84000.00 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 80500.00 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
2019-05-03	04:00 AM	Exports YoY Mar	-0.5%	-5.3%	-0.8%
2019-06-03	04:00 AM	Exports YoY Apr	1.1%	-0.5%	-1%
2019-07-04	04:00 AM	Exports YoY May	2.5%	1.1%	3.6%
2019-08-02	04:00 AM	Exports YoY Jun	-3.1%	2.5%	1.8%
2019-09-04	04:00 AM	Exports YoY Jul		-3.1%
2019-10-04	04:00 AM	Exports YoY Aug
2019-12-05	04:00 AM	Exports YoY Oct

Malaysia Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	10300.00	9100.00	16313.37	-2880.61	MYR Million	[+]
Current Account	14257.00	16387.00	39982.00	978.00	MYR Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	2.30	3.00	17.10	-13.20	percent	[+]
Imports	65900.00	75062.74	80197.13	313.60	MYR Million	[+]
Exports	76200.00	84145.10	96363.90	328.10	MYR Million	[+]
External Debt	931083.27	903679.82	933396.80	9063.00	MYR Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	97.60	96.90	117.20	92.50	Index Points	[+]
Tourism Revenues	84135.20	82165.00	84135.20	8580.50	MYR Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	2098267.00	2159517.00	2806565.00	459374.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	38.90	38.90	38.90	35.46	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	617.00	640.00	791.00	489.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	2.70	3.33	3.58	0.00		[+]
Capital Flows	-18560.00	-13823.00	51436.00	-71537.00	MYR Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	4395.00	21726.00	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 August of 2019.