Overview

Malaysia's Terms of Trade in February 2026 increased by 0.3 per cent to 124.9 points compared to the previous month.

Exports

The export unit value index declined by 0.01 per cent in February 2026, attributed to decreases in the index of animals & vegetable oils & fats (-1.8%), manufactured goods (-0.5%) and mineral fuels (-0.2%).  The export volume index also decreased by 10.8 per cent in line with the declined in the indices of mineral fuels (-18.0%), machinery & transport equipment (-13.7%) and manufactured goods (-11.4%). Meanwhile seasonally adjusted export volume index decreased by 11.2 per cent from 179.0 points to 158.9 points.

Referring to the annual comparison, both the exports unit value index and the volume index expanded by 1.1 per cent and 9.5 per cent respectively.

Imports

The import unit value index also declined by 0.3 per cent in February 2026, resulting from the decreases in the indices of mineral fuels (-5.4%), chemicals (-0.4%) and machinery & transport equipment (-0.1%). The import volume index also decreased by 8.2 per cent in February 2026 as compared to the previous month, driven by the decreases in the indices of mineral fuels (-21.3%), manufactured goods (-15.8%) and chemicals (-12.9%). The seasonally adjusted import volume index decreased by 9.0 per cent from 168.0 point to 152.9 points.

A year-on-year comparison showed that the import unit value index declined by 4.3 per cent, while volume index edged up by 13.0 per cent.

Terms of trade

Malaysia's terms of trade increased 0.3 per cent month-on-month to 124.9 points in February 2026, driven by the increase in the index of mineral fuels (+5.5%), inedible crude materials (+1.2%) and miscellaneous manufactured articles (+0.8%).  Meanwhile, Malaysia terms of trade increased 5.7 per cent year-on-year from 118.2 points in February previous year.

*Notes:

The February 2026 data is provisional and subject to revision in later issues.

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