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Where does Malaysia get its natural rubber? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Malaysia imported $1.5 billion of natural rubber (1 million tonnes), 8.9% of the world total. Its main sources were Thailand (45%), Côte d'Ivoire (22%) and Myanmar (9%). Malaysia was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of natural rubber.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
1million tonnes
Share of world total
8.9%
World rank
3rd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Thailand673Tonnes: 355,880USD per tonne: $1,89245.1%Land
Côte d'Ivoire322Tonnes: 324,544USD per tonne: $99221.6%Sea
Myanmar135Tonnes: 87,483USD per tonne: $1,5459.1%Sea
Philippines101Tonnes: 88,582USD per tonne: $1,1366.8%Sea
Ghana94.3Tonnes: 59,401USD per tonne: $1,5886.3%Sea
Vietnam50.6Tonnes: 29,051USD per tonne: $1,7403.4%Sea
Liberia32Tonnes: 22,253USD per tonne: $1,4382.2%Sea
Guinea18.8Tonnes: 14,496USD per tonne: $1,2991.3%Sea
Cameroon10.5Tonnes: 7,232USD per tonne: $1,4530.7%Sea
Democratic Republic of the Congo9.2Tonnes: 6,289USD per tonne: $1,4670.62%Sea
Cambodia7.5Tonnes: 6,367USD per tonne: $1,1750.5%Sea
Nigeria7.2Tonnes: 4,603USD per tonne: $1,5540.48%Sea
South Africa5.7Tonnes: 4,341USD per tonne: $1,3130.38%Sea
Gabon5Tonnes: 5,346USD per tonne: $9440.34%Sea
Papua New Guinea3.3Tonnes: 2,243USD per tonne: $1,4550.22%Sea
Indonesia2.6Tonnes: 2,005USD per tonne: $1,3110.18%Land
China2.6Tonnes: 1,670USD per tonne: $1,5340.17%Sea
Guatemala2.5Tonnes: 1,741USD per tonne: $1,4300.17%Sea
Republic of the Congo1.6Tonnes: 1,031USD per tonne: $1,5070.1%Sea
United States1.5Tonnes: 1,171USD per tonne: $1,3030.1%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Thailand was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Thailand 0.67
  • Côte d'Ivoire 0.32
  • Myanmar 0.14
  • Philippines 0.1
  • Ghana 0.09

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Thailand0.170.67
Côte d'Ivoire< 0.010.32
Myanmar0.010.14
Philippines0.010.1
Ghana< 0.010.09

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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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