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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · MALAYSIA

What Malaysia Trades

In 2023, Malaysia sold about $313B of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $266B in return. Its biggest customer was Singapore ($48.1B, 15% of exports); its biggest supplier, China ($56.7B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$313B
GOODS IMPORTED$266B
TOP PARTNERSingapore

Where Malaysia sends its goods

Malaysia’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1Singapore15.4%$48.1B
2China13.5%$42.1B
3United States11.3%$35.5B
5Japan6.0%$18.8B
6Thailand4.1%$12.9B
7Korea, Rep.3.9%$12.3B
8Viet Nam3.6%$11.4B
9Indonesia3.6%$11.2B
10Australia3.5%$10.9B
11India3.2%$10.0B
12Netherlands2.5%$7.9B
13Germany2.1%$6.7B
14Philippines1.9%$5.8B
15Mexico1.3%$4.1B
16Turkiye1.2%$3.8B
18Bangladesh0.8%$2.5B
19Belgium0.7%$2.0B
20United Kingdom0.6%$1.9B
21New Zealand0.5%$1.6B
22Saudi Arabia0.5%$1.5B
23France0.5%$1.5B
25Italy0.4%$1.4B

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 96.9% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where Malaysia buys its goods

Malaysia’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1China21.3%$56.7B
2Singapore11.9%$31.5B
3United States7.4%$19.5B
4Japan5.9%$15.6B
5Indonesia5.0%$13.2B
6Korea, Rep.4.6%$12.1B
7Thailand4.5%$11.9B
8Saudi Arabia3.6%$9.6B
9Australia2.9%$7.6B
10Germany2.7%$7.2B
11India2.5%$6.5B
12Viet Nam2.3%$6.0B
14Ireland1.3%$3.4B
16Brazil1.0%$2.7B
17Russian Federation0.9%$2.5B
18France0.9%$2.3B
19Philippines0.8%$2.1B
20United Kingdom0.7%$1.9B
21Italy0.7%$1.8B
22Argentina0.6%$1.6B
23Switzerland0.6%$1.6B
24Netherlands0.4%$1.1B
25Canada0.3%$927M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 93.0% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.