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

Imports to Malaysia slumped 9.6 percent year-on-year to MYR 69.8 billion in March of 2018, after a 2.8 percent drop in the prior month, and worse than market expectations of a 3.3 percent fall. It marked the second straight month decrease in inbound shipments and the worst drop since September 2009. Purchases of intermediate goods fell 14.4 percent to MYR 36.9 billion, led by food & beverages, processed, mainly for industries (-44.9 pct); fuel & lubricants, processed, others (-36.4 pct), and parts & accessories of capital goods, except transport equipment (-27.3 pct). Also, purchases declined for consumption goods (-12.4 pct to MYR 5.3 billion), led by durables (-26.4 pct); semi-durables (-24.1 pct). In addition, capital goods tumbled by 30.5 percent to MYR 9.4 billion, mainly due to capital goods except transport equipment (-32.9 pct). Considering the first three months of 2018, imports fell by 0.8 percent compared to the same period a year earlier. Imports in Malaysia averaged 19881.44 MYR Million from 1970 until 2018, 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
2018-03-05	04:00 AM	Imports YoY	11.6%	7.9%	8%
2018-04-05	04:00 AM	Imports YoY	-2.8%	11.6%	7.1%
2018-05-04	04:00 AM	Imports YoY	-9.6%	-2.8%	-3.3%
2018-06-05	04:00 AM	Imports YoY		-9.6%
2018-07-05	04:00 AM	Imports YoY
2018-08-03	04:00 AM	Imports YoY

Malaysia Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	14688.35	9017.60	15767.47	-2880.61	MYR Million	[+]
Exports	84467.00	70342.60	84467.00	328.10	MYR Million	[+]
Imports	69800.00	61300.00	77224.63	313.60	MYR Million	[+]
Current Account	14977.00	13916.00	39982.00	978.00	MYR Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	1.30	3.10	17.10	-13.20	percent	[+]
External Debt	893408.61	883368.20	908704.13	9063.00	MYR Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	97.40	97.00	117.20	92.50	Index Points	[+]
Tourism Revenues	82200.00	82098.20	82200.00	8580.50	MYR Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	2435564.00	2007965.00	2806565.00	459374.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	37.60	37.63	38.57	35.46	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	681.00	640.00	791.00	489.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	3.33	2.69	3.58	0.00		[+]
Capital Flows	15211.07	5941.91	51408.25	-71566.30	MYR Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	11980.00	3405.00	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 May of 2018.