Malaysia Imports 1970-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast | News

Imports to Malaysia rose by 10.3 percent year-on-year to MYR 77.8 billion in July of 2018, beating market consensus of 5.8 percent and after a 14.9 percent rise in June. Purchases of capital goods went up 4.7 percent to MYR 9.6 billion, mainly due to a rise in transport equipment, industrial (32.5 percent) and capital goods except transport equipment (1 percent). Also, imports of consumption goods rose 11.1 percent to MYR 6.7 billion), led by semi-durables (21.4 percent) and non-durables (10.3 percent). In contrast, purchases of intermediate goods fell 0.1 percent to MYR 39.9 billion, mainly due to a fall in parts and accessories of capital goods except transport equipment (-32.4 percent). Imports in Malaysia averaged 20249.05 MYR Million from 1970 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 77827.38 MYR Million in July of 2018 and a record low of 313.60 MYR Million in August of 1970.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus
2018-07-05	04:00 AM	Imports YoY	0.1%	9.1%	-2.6%
2018-08-03	04:00 AM	Imports YoY	14.9%	0.1%	14.3%
2018-09-05	04:00 AM	Imports YoY	10.3%	14.9%	5.8%
2018-10-05	04:00 AM	Imports YoY		10.3%	5.8%
2018-11-05	04:00 AM	Imports YoY
2018-12-05	04:00 AM	Imports YoY

Malaysia Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	8297.09	6000.85	15767.47	-2880.61	MYR Million	[+]
Exports	86124.50	78610.80	86124.50	328.10	MYR Million	[+]
Imports	77827.38	72609.94	77827.38	313.60	MYR Million	[+]
Current Account	3909.00	14977.00	39982.00	978.00	MYR Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	1.30	3.10	17.10	-13.20	percent	[+]
External Debt	936489.00	893408.61	936489.00	9063.00	MYR Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	97.00	96.70	117.20	92.50	Index Points	[+]
Tourism Revenues	82200.00	82098.20	82200.00	8580.50	MYR Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	1957248.00	2192855.00	2806565.00	459374.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	37.60	37.60	38.57	35.46	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	641.00	637.00	791.00	489.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	3.33	2.69	3.58	0.00		[+]
Capital Flows	9114.33	15211.07	51408.25	-71566.30	MYR Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	2843.00	11980.00	37325.00	2843.00	MYR Million	[+]

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Malaysia Imports

Malaysia's main imports are: electrical and electronic products (29.4 percent), chemicals (9.5 percent), petroleum products (9.3 percent) and machinery, appliances and parts (8.7 percent). Main import partners are: China (19 percent), Singapore (12 percent), European Union (10 percent), the United States (8.1 percent), Japan (7.8 percent) and Thailand (6.1 percent). . This page provides the latest reported value for - Malaysia Imports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Malaysia Imports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.