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Malaysia Trade Summary

2008

Malaysia exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR MALAYSIA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Malaysia 2008

Exports and imports of Malaysia in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 198,702 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 155,661 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,296 products were exported to 223 countries and 4,668 products were imported from 213 countries.

Malaysia top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Malaysia exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Malaysia exports to Singapore worth US$ 29,064 million, with a partner share of 14.63 percent.
  2. Malaysia exports to United States worth US$ 24,811 million, with a partner share of 12.49 percent.
  3. Malaysia exports to Japan worth US$ 21,186 million, with a partner share of 10.66 percent.
  4. Malaysia exports to China worth US$ 19,013 million, with a partner share of 9.57 percent.
  5. Malaysia exports to Thailand worth US$ 9,479 million, with a partner share of 4.77 percent.

Top five countries from which Malaysia imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Malaysia imports from China worth US$ 20,047 million, with a partner share of 12.88 percent.
  2. Malaysia imports from Japan worth US$ 19,454 million, with a partner share of 12.50 percent.
  3. Malaysia imports from Singapore worth US$ 17,007 million, with a partner share of 10.93 percent.
  4. Malaysia imports from United States worth US$ 16,834 million, with a partner share of 10.81 percent.
  5. Malaysia imports from Thailand worth US$ 8,742 million, with a partner share of 5.62 percent.

Malaysia Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Malaysia along with trade value are:

  1. Malaysia exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 13,179,410.38 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Malaysia exported Natural gas, liquefied , worth 12,430,918.96 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Malaysia exported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth 10,864,054.35 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Malaysia exported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 10,842,359.43 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Malaysia exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 8,737,282.53 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Malaysia along with trade value are

  1. Malaysia imported Parts of electronic integrated circuits and mic , worth 13,894,073.59 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Malaysia imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 7,320,585.28 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Malaysia imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 7,004,623.18 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Malaysia imported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 6,547,369.51 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Malaysia imported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 2,420,461.91 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Malaysia in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 1,625.94 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 6.79 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 3.89 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 108,642,482 and duty free tariff line items share was 66.36 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Malaysia in 2008 are below

  • Malaysia GDP in current US dollar was 230,812 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 7,400.00 .
  • Malaysia Trade balance: as % of GDP was 22.33.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 51,542.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 176.67 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 26.44 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Malaysia in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 13.89.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Malaysia Country Growth was 1.04 .