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Trade between Belgium and Malaysia

In 2024, Belgium exported $815 million to Malaysia and imported $1.4 billion. Belgium ran a deficit of $630 million with Malaysia, compared with a deficit of $85 million in 2019. Malaysia was Belgium’s 42nd largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and Belgium was Malaysia’s 32nd (0.3%).

Summary

Belgium → Malaysia
$815million
Malaysia → Belgium
$1.4billion
Belgium’s balance
-$630million

Balance

Belgium’s trade balance with Malaysia

Trade between Belgium and Malaysia grew 2.1-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Belgium’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 0.8
  • Imports 1.4
  • Balance -0.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$549 million$546 million$3 million
1996$551 million$560 million-$8 million
1997$533 million$728 million-$195 million
1998$343 million$693 million-$350 million
1999$342 million$762 million-$420 million
2000$387 million$766 million-$379 million
2001$373 million$696 million-$323 million
2002$372 million$652 million-$280 million
2003$409 million$687 million-$278 million
2004$458 million$684 million-$226 million
2005$398 million$643 million-$246 million
2006$420 million$763 million-$343 million
2007$558 million$986 million-$428 million
2008$617 million$954 million-$337 million
2009$496 million$681 million-$184 million
2010$639 million$500 million$139 million
2011$692 million$688 million$4 million
2012$844 million$525 million$319 million
2013$863 million$597 million$266 million
2014$714 million$782 million-$69 million
2015$659 million$697 million-$39 million
2016$645 million$1 billion-$391 million
2017$670 million$924 million-$254 million
2018$784 million$811 million-$27 million
2019$833 million$917 million-$85 million
2020$715 million$934 million-$220 million
2021$1 billion$1.5 billion-$428 million
2022$890 million$1.6 billion-$731 million
2023$808 million$1.4 billion-$602 million
2024$815 million$1.4 billion-$630 million

What they sell each other

What Belgium sells to Malaysia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Microchips$115 million · 14.1%
    14 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  2. Mixed fertilizers$59 million · 7.3%
    92 thousand tonnes
  3. Other organo-inorganic compounds$45 million · 5.5%
    12 thousand tonnes
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$40 million · 4.9%
    587 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  5. Unwrought aluminum$27 million · 3.3%
    12 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s sources
  6. Copper scrap$24 million · 3%
    7 thousand tonnes
  7. Auto parts$17 million · 2.1%
    1 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  8. Frozen vegetables$17 million · 2%
    12 thousand tonnes
  9. Plastic waste and scrap$15 million · 1.9%
    33 thousand tonnes
  10. Vaccines, blood and antisera$15 million · 1.9%
    60 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations

What Malaysia sells to Belgium

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Orthopedic and hearing devices$393 million · 27.2%
    187 tonnes
  2. Microchips$192 million · 13.3%
    186 tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  3. Medical and dental instruments$161 million · 11.1%
    1 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  4. Palm oil$75 million · 5.2%
    52 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  5. Other electrical devices$70 million · 4.9%
    566 tonnes
  6. Unwrought aluminum$62 million · 4.3%
    21 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  7. Rubber gloves and clothing$52 million · 3.6%
    7 thousand tonnes
  8. Coconut and palm kernel oil$28 million · 2%
    15 thousand tonnes
  9. Microphones and speakers$25 million · 1.7%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Cameras and broadcast equipment$23 million · 1.6%
    35 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Antwerp to Port Klang.

The estimated sea route between Antwerp and Port Klang is 11,822 nautical miles (21,893 km) long: ≈ 27.5–35 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Dover and the Cape of Good Hope (11,822 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (8,367 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.1 billion · 49.9%
  2. Air$1.1 billion · 50.1%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Malaysia was Belgium’s 42nd largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and Belgium was Malaysia’s 32nd (0.3%).

Malaysia in Belgium’s trade
0.3%
Malaysia’s rank among Belgium’s partners
42nd
Belgium in Malaysia’s trade
0.3%
Belgium’s rank among Malaysia’s partners
32nd

Compare with

Other partners of Belgium

Other partners of Malaysia

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.

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