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Trade between Germany and Malaysia

In 2024, Germany exported $7 billion to Malaysia and imported $10.5 billion. Germany ran a deficit of $3.5 billion with Malaysia, compared with a deficit of $2.7 billion in 2019. Malaysia was Germany’s 31st largest trading partner (0.6% of its trade), and Germany was Malaysia’s 13th (2%).

Summary

Germany → Malaysia
$7billion
Malaysia → Germany
$10.5billion
Germany’s balance
-$3.5billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Malaysia

Trade between Germany and Malaysia grew 2.7-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 7
  • Imports 10.5
  • Balance -3.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$3.3 billion$3.2 billion$88 million
1996$3.1 billion$3.4 billion-$281 million
1997$3.2 billion$3.2 billion-$36 million
1998$2.3 billion$3.2 billion-$911 million
1999$2 billion$2.7 billion-$708 million
2000$2.3 billion$3.6 billion-$1.3 billion
2001$2.7 billion$3.2 billion-$569 million
2002$2.9 billion$3.2 billion-$358 million
2003$3.6 billion$3.8 billion-$189 million
2004$4.4 billion$4.3 billion$73 million
2005$4.7 billion$4.6 billion$111 million
2006$5.3 billion$4.8 billion$485 million
2007$5.1 billion$6.4 billion-$1.3 billion
2008$6 billion$6.8 billion-$760 million
2009$5 billion$5.3 billion-$220 million
2010$6.4 billion$7.3 billion-$951 million
2011$6.7 billion$8.2 billion-$1.5 billion
2012$7.4 billion$6.8 billion$678 million
2013$6.7 billion$6.7 billion$56 million
2014$6.7 billion$8.1 billion-$1.4 billion
2015$5.5 billion$6.2 billion-$681 million
2016$5.4 billion$7.1 billion-$1.6 billion
2017$5.9 billion$9.6 billion-$3.6 billion
2018$6.2 billion$10.1 billion-$3.9 billion
2019$6.5 billion$9.3 billion-$2.7 billion
2020$5.3 billion$9.1 billion-$3.8 billion
2021$6.1 billion$11 billion-$4.9 billion
2022$6.5 billion$12.3 billion-$5.8 billion
2023$7 billion$11.4 billion-$4.3 billion
2024$7 billion$10.5 billion-$3.5 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Malaysia

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

  1. Microchips$767 million · 11%
    492 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$559 million · 8%
    26 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$524 million · 7.5%
    9 thousand tonnes
  4. Cars$310 million · 4.4%
    13 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Electrical test instruments$309 million · 4.4%
    358 tonnes
  6. Airplanes and helicopters$290 million · 4.2%
    254 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Other industrial machines$264 million · 3.8%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$245 million · 3.5%
    4 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  9. Medical and dental instruments$112 million · 1.6%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  10. Centrifuges and filters$78 million · 1.1%
    3 thousand tonnes

What Malaysia sells to Germany

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

  1. Microchips$2.6 billion · 24.9%
    2 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  2. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$1.1 billion · 10.8%
    3 thousand tonnes
  3. Printers and printing machines$912 million · 8.7%
    7 thousand tonnes
  4. Medical and dental instruments$452 million · 4.3%
    7 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  5. Cameras and broadcast equipment$393 million · 3.8%
    820 tonnes
  6. Computer and office machine parts$382 million · 3.7%
    6 thousand tonnes
  7. Printing and writing inks$305 million · 2.9%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Electrical test instruments$243 million · 2.3%
    387 tonnes
  9. Rubber gloves and clothing$236 million · 2.3%
    38 thousand tonnes
  10. Transformers and power supplies$183 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Port Klang.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Port Klang is 12,110 nautical miles (22,428 km) long: ≈ 28–36 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 (12,110 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (8,663 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$5.7 billion · 32.6%
  2. Air$11.8 billion · 67.4%

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

How much each matters to the other

Malaysia was Germany’s 31st largest trading partner (0.6% of its trade), and Germany was Malaysia’s 13th (2%).

Malaysia in Germany’s trade
0.6%
Malaysia’s rank among Germany’s partners
31st
Germany in Malaysia’s trade
2.5%
Germany’s rank among Malaysia’s partners
13th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

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.