Overview

• On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, exports rose RM1.3 billion (+2.1%) to RM63.7 billion.
• On a y-o-y basis, imports increased by RM76.9 million (+0.1%) to RM52.6 billion.
• On a month-on-month (m-o-m) basis, exports fell RM1.3 billion (-2.0%) from RM65.1 billion. In seasonally adjusted terms, exports decreased 3.3%.
• On a m-o-m basis, imports also declined RM11.3 billion (-17.7%) from RM63.9 billion. In seasonally adjusted terms, imports dropped 17.4%.
• On a y-o-y basis, exports increased due to the rise in exports to Singapore (+RM1.4 billion), the United States of America (+RM767.3 million), Japan (+RM660.3 million), India (+RM600.5 million) and Thailand (+RM555.1 million). 
• On a y-o-y basis, higher imports were mainly from the European Union (+RM941.5 million), Saudi Arabia (+RM489.0 million), the People’s Republic of China (+RM412.3 million), Kuwait (+RM329.7 million) and Norway    (+RM302.1 million).

• Electrical and electronic (E&E) products, which accounted for 36.0% of total exports, expanded RM1.5 billion or 7.1% to RM23.0 billion;
• Crude petroleum (4.4% of total exports), grew RM312.6 million or 12.5% to RM2.8 billion due to the increase in export volume of 35.4% although average unit value dropped by 16.9%; and
• Timber and timber-based products, which contributed 2.7% to total exports, increased slightly by RM1.6 million or 0.1% to RM1.7 billion. 

• Petroleum products, which accounted for 6.0% of total exports, fell RM718.8 million or 15.8% to RM3.8 billion due to the decrease in both  average unit value (-8.3%) and export volume  (-8.1%);
• Liquefied natural gas (LNG), which contributed 8.2% to total exports, dropped 7.3% or RM412.1 million to RM5.2 billion due to the decrease in export volume (-8.7%) as average unit value increased 1.5%;
• Palm oil and palm oil-based products (7.8% of total exports), decreased RM388.8 million or 7.2% to RM5.0 billion. Exports of palm oil, the major commodity in this group of products, fell RM558.4 million or 14.7% and this was attributed to the drop in both export volume (-9.6%) and average unit value (-5.6%); and
• Natural rubber (0.4% of total exports), declined 56.8% (-RM324.4 million) to RM246.9 million due to the decrease in both export volume (-37.0%) and average unit value (-31.4%).

• Petroleum products, fell RM2.1 billion or 35.3% from RM5.9 billion due to the decrease in export volume (-36.0%) as average unit value grew 1.1%;
• Palm oil and palm oil-based products, declined RM845.3 million or 14.5% from RM5.8 billion. Exports of palm oil decreased RM585.4 million due to the drop in volume (-15.7%) as average unit value increased slightly by 0.6%;
• LNG, declined RM287.7 million or 5.2% from RM5.5 billion due to the drop in export volume (-8.4%) as average unit value rose 3.5%; and
• Natural rubber, declined RM47.9 million or 16.2% from RM294.8 million due to the 15.1% decrease in export volume and 1.3% drop in average unit value. 

• E&E products, expanded RM1.6 billion (+7.4%) from RM21.4 billion;
• Timber and timber-based products, grew RM55.3 million or 3.4% from     RM1.6 billion; and
• Crude petroleum rose RM42.9 million or 1.5% from RM2.8 billion due to the increase in export volume of 9.5% as average unit value dropped 7.3%. 

• On a m-o-m basis seasonally adjusted terms, exports reduced RM2.2 billion (-3.3%) to RM63.6 billion.

• Intermediate Goods

• Capital Goods

• Consumption Goods

Imports, 2010-2014

 

• Intermediate Goods

• Consumption Goods

• Capital Goods

Seasonally Adjusted Figure
On a m-o-m basis seasonally adjusted terms, imports decreased RM11.3 billion (-17.4%) to RM53.4 billion.
 

 

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The following charts show Malaysia's major trading partners for January - November 2014. 
 

Total Trade by Major Countries, Jan - Nov 2014, percentage share  

 

Exports and Imports by Major Countries, Jan - Nov 2014, percentage share

 

The following charts show Malaysia’s trade with ASEAN countries for January - November 2014.

 

Exports, Jan - Nov 2014, percentage share

 

Imports, Jan - Nov 2014, percentage share

 

*Notes:

1. Data for November 2014 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the December 2014 publication. 

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