Malaysia Imports 1970-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast | News

Imports to Malaysia rose 21.8 percent year-on-year to MYR 70.6 billion in July of 2017, following a 3.7 percent rise in the prior month. Still, it marked the eighth straight month of increase in inbound shipments. Purchases of intermediate goods went up 24.2 percent to MYR 39.9 billion, driven by parts & accessories of capital goods, except transport equipment (28.3 percent); industrial supplies, processed: (29.9 percent). Imports of consumption goods went up 21.8 percent to MYR 6.0 billion, driven by semi-durables (15.2 percent), non-durables (20.4 percent), and food and beverages, processed mainly for house consumption (34.7 percent). In contrast, imports of of capital goods fell 16.5 percent to MYR 9.2 billion, due to the decrease capital goods except transport equipment (-20.4 percent) while transport equipment recorded an increase 31.4 percent. Imports in Malaysia averaged 19082.18 MYR Million from 1970 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 77224.63 MYR Million in March of 2017 and a record low of 313.60 MYR Million in August of 1970.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus
2017-07-07	04:00 AM	Imports YoY	30.4%	24.7%	18%
2017-08-04	04:00 AM	Imports YoY	3.7%	30.4%	19%
2017-09-06	04:00 AM	Imports YoY	21.8%	3.7%
2017-10-06	04:00 AM	Imports YoY		21.8%
2017-11-03	04:00 AM	Imports YoY
2017-12-07	04:00 AM	Imports YoY

Malaysia Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	8000.00	9880.00	15767.47	-2880.61	MYR Million	[+]
Exports	78600.00	73100.00	82624.80	328.10	MYR Million	[+]
Imports	70600.00	63200.00	77224.63	313.60	MYR Million	[+]
Current Account	9642.00	5269.00	39982.00	978.00	MYR Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	1.30	3.10	17.10	-13.20	percent	[+]
External Debt	877503.27	897049.00	908704.13	9063.00	MYR Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	97.10	97.30	117.20	92.50	Index Points	[+]
Tourism Revenues	82098.20	69119.60	82098.20	8580.50	MYR Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	2039016.00	2145734.00	2806565.00	459374.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	38.26	38.57	38.57	35.46	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	659.00	665.00	791.00	489.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	2.69	3.58	3.58	0.00		[+]
Capital Flows	7319.00	-8786.00	51408.25	-71566.30	MYR Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	8250.00	16977.00	37325.00	2987.00	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 2017.