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Where does Malaysia get its coal? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Malaysia imported $4.6 billion of coal (44.4 million tonnes), 2.6% of the world total. Indonesia sold 59% of the total, followed by Australia (23%) and Russia (7%). Malaysia was the world’s 8th-largest importer of coal.

Summary

Value
$4.6billion
Tonnes
44.4million tonnes
Share of world total
2.6%
World rank
8th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Indonesia2.7Tonnes: 27,115,779USD per tonne: $9958.5%Sea
Australia1.1Tonnes: 12,575,053USD per tonne: $8423%Sea
Russia0.34Tonnes: 2,301,703USD per tonne: $1487.4%Sea
United States0.21Tonnes: 842,839USD per tonne: $2474.5%Sea
South Africa0.08Tonnes: 728,046USD per tonne: $1101.7%Sea
Mozambique0.07Tonnes: 341,125USD per tonne: $2021.5%Sea
Canada0.05Tonnes: 144,938USD per tonne: $3721.2%Sea
China0.04Tonnes: 199,195USD per tonne: $2020.87%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.03Tonnes: 44,643USD per tonne: $5690.55%Sea
New Zealand0.01Tonnes: 61,220USD per tonne: $2430.32%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 6,832USD per tonne: $6300.09%Sea
Peru< 0.01Tonnes: 36,365USD per tonne: $1010.08%Sea
Vietnam< 0.01Tonnes: 13,066USD per tonne: $2330.07%Sea
Colombia< 0.01Tonnes: 4,603USD per tonne: $3660.04%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 6,110USD per tonne: $1190.02%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 1,938USD per tonne: $2740.01%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 1,420USD per tonne: $2510.01%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 5,292USD per tonne: $560.01%Sea
Kazakhstan< 0.01Tonnes: 16,938USD per tonne: $160.01%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 622USD per tonne: $2560%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Indonesia has been its main source since 2007

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

  • Indonesia 2.7
  • Australia 1.1
  • Russia 0.34
  • United States 0.21
  • South Africa 0.08

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Indonesia0.062.7
Australia0.021.1
Russia00.34
United States< 0.010.21
South Africa< 0.010.08

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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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