Overview

Malaysia's international investment position recorded a higher net assets of RM57.3 billion

As at end of second quarter 2020, Malaysia’s international investment position (IIP) recorded a higher net assets position of RM57.3 billion as against RM27.1 billion in the last quarter. Total financial assets increased by RM77.4 billion to post RM1,914.8 billion, while total liabilities recorded a value of RM1,857.5 billion (Q1 2020: RM1,810.4 billion).

Direct Investment Abroad (DIA) position recorded a higher value of RM521.9 billion (Q1 2020: RM502.7 billion). This was mainly contributed by Financial activities (42.5%), followed by Mining & quarrying (15.9%) and Agriculture (8.4%). DIA position was predominantly in Asia region by contributing 51.8 per cent, while Singapore (20.3%), Indonesia (9.5%) and Cayman Islands (6.8%) remained as the top destinations. Meanwhile, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) position in Malaysia increased to RM696.5 billion as compared to RM689.6 billion in previous quarter. The investment was mainly channelled to Manufacturing sector (38.9%), Financial activities (23.5%) and Mining & quarrying sector (6.6%). Asia region held the largest FDI position with a share of 53.1 per cent, and Singapore (21.5%), Hong Kong (12.4%) and Japan (10.8%) were the top FDI investors.

Portfolio investment registered a higher net liabilities position of RM134.6 billion (Q1 2020: net liabilities RM104.6 billion), while Other investment position showed a lower net liabilities of RM75.3 billion (Q1 2020: net liabilities RM120.0 billion).

As at end of June 2020, the international reserves stood at RM443.0 billion as compared to RM440.0 billion at the end of March 2020.

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DATO' SRI DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN
CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
 DrUzir_Mahidin    Dr_Uzir

14 August 2020

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