How dependent is Malaysia on Japan?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Japan sells 6.7% of what the world exports of other precious metal articles; next come South Africa (27.7%), Australia (11.4%) and Hong Kong (11.3%). The rest of the world exported 29.3 times what Malaysia buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 8.2% of what the world exports of cranes; next come China (34.4%), Germany (12.3%) and Italy (7.4%). The rest of the world exported 125.6 times what Malaysia buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 8.9% of what the world exports of glass and lamp making machines; next come Singapore (12.9%), Germany (12.7%) and United States (10.9%). The rest of the world exported 31.1 times what Malaysia buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 4.9% of what the world exports of silver; next come China (16.7%), Mexico (10.1%) and South Korea (7.4%). The rest of the world exported 356.8 times what Malaysia buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 13.6% of what the world exports of polishes and scouring creams; next come United States (22.1%), Germany (8.5%) and Taiwan (8.1%). The rest of the world exported 64.3 times what Malaysia buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 2.6% of what the world exports of gold and silverware; next come South Korea (27.6%), Italy (20.1%) and China (15.2%). The rest of the world exported 61.1 times what Malaysia buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 0.9% of what the world exports of bran and milling residues; next come Russia (10.3%), India (7.9%) and Vietnam (6.8%). The rest of the world exported 122.1 times what Malaysia buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 20.9% of what the world exports of base metals, silver or gold clad with platinum; next come South Korea (24.2%), Singapore (6.7%) and Germany (4.8%). The rest of the world exported 5.2 times what Malaysia buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 6.7% of what the world exports of movie cameras and projectors; next come China (23.6%), United States (11.8%) and Belgium (6%). The rest of the world exported 46 times what Malaysia buys from Japan.
• Japan sells 16.4% of what the world exports of cider and other fermented drinks; next come Canada (7.9%), Ireland (7.5%) and Sweden (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 409.9 times what Malaysia buys from Japan.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Malaysia is Japan’s 13th-largest customer, with 2% of its exports.

• Trade between Malaysia and Japan
• Who does Malaysia rely on?
• Who does Japan rely on?
• Dependence of Malaysia on China
• Dependence of Malaysia on Indonesia
• Dependence of Malaysia on Australia
• Dependence of Malaysia on Brazil
• Dependence of Malaysia on Thailand
• Dependence of Malaysia on the United States
• Dependence of Malaysia on Argentina
• Dependence of Malaysia on Singapore
• Dependence of Malaysia on India
• Trade profile of Malaysia
• Trade profile of Japan
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.