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Who buys Malaysia’s unwrought aluminum? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Malaysia exported $4.4 billion of unwrought aluminum (1.9 million tonnes), 5.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (32%), Vietnam (9%) and South Korea (8%). Malaysia was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of unwrought aluminum.

Summary

Value
$4.4billion
Tonnes
1.9million tonnes
Share of world total
5.7%
World rank
5th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.4Tonnes: 639,616USD per tonne: $2,17631.8%Sea
Vietnam0.41Tonnes: 171,313USD per tonne: $2,4119.4%Sea
South Korea0.36Tonnes: 149,315USD per tonne: $2,4238.3%Sea
India0.34Tonnes: 133,609USD per tonne: $2,5527.8%Sea
Japan0.34Tonnes: 151,757USD per tonne: $2,2457.8%Sea
Turkey0.31Tonnes: 125,845USD per tonne: $2,4427%Sea
Thailand0.22Tonnes: 86,368USD per tonne: $2,5004.9%Land
United States0.15Tonnes: 57,642USD per tonne: $2,5583.4%Sea
Italy0.1Tonnes: 49,161USD per tonne: $2,0532.3%Sea
Taiwan0.1Tonnes: 36,828USD per tonne: $2,6052.2%Sea
Mexico0.09Tonnes: 31,533USD per tonne: $2,8142%Sea
Indonesia0.09Tonnes: 36,043USD per tonne: $2,4082%Land
Spain0.08Tonnes: 35,757USD per tonne: $2,2931.9%Sea
Germany0.06Tonnes: 23,146USD per tonne: $2,7151.4%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.06Tonnes: 21,486USD per tonne: $2,8851.4%Sea
Bangladesh0.06Tonnes: 24,865USD per tonne: $2,3481.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.04Tonnes: 28,612USD per tonne: $1,5621%Sea
Switzerland0.03Tonnes: 10,472USD per tonne: $2,7130.65%Sea
Nigeria0.03Tonnes: 9,771USD per tonne: $2,6810.6%Sea
France0.03Tonnes: 8,707USD per tonne: $2,9700.59%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2020

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • China 1.4
  • Vietnam 0.41
  • South Korea 0.36
  • India 0.34
  • Japan 0.34

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.011.4
Vietnam< 0.010.41
South Korea< 0.010.36
India< 0.010.34
Japan0.020.34

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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