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Trade between Malaysia and Mexico

In 2024, Malaysia exported $11.6 billion to Mexico and imported $1.7 billion. Malaysia ran a surplus of $9.9 billion with Mexico, compared with a surplus of $10.9 billion in 2019. Mexico was Malaysia’s 14th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Malaysia was Mexico’s 10th (1%).

Summary

Malaysia → Mexico
$11.6billion
Mexico → Malaysia
$1.7billion
Malaysia’s balance
$9.9billion

Balance

Malaysia’s trade balance with Mexico

Trade between Malaysia and Mexico grew 28.3-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 11.6
  • Imports 1.7
  • Balance +9.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$425 million$46 million$380 million
1996$407 million$119 million$288 million
1997$611 million$114 million$497 million
1998$579 million$74 million$505 million
1999$577 million$80 million$497 million
2000$876 million$144 million$732 million
2001$1.7 billion$183 million$1.5 billion
2002$1.9 billion$139 million$1.7 billion
2003$2.6 billion$126 million$2.5 billion
2004$2.8 billion$129 million$2.7 billion
2005$3.2 billion$133 million$3.1 billion
2006$4 billion$233 million$3.8 billion
2007$3.3 billion$278 million$3 billion
2008$4.3 billion$220 million$4.1 billion
2009$3.8 billion$327 million$3.4 billion
2010$4.9 billion$277 million$4.6 billion
2011$5.2 billion$252 million$4.9 billion
2012$4.4 billion$299 million$4.1 billion
2013$2.8 billion$292 million$2.5 billion
2014$5.5 billion$354 million$5.1 billion
2015$6.7 billion$323 million$6.4 billion
2016$6.8 billion$326 million$6.5 billion
2017$7.9 billion$892 million$7 billion
2018$9.2 billion$429 million$8.8 billion
2019$11.4 billion$475 million$10.9 billion
2020$10.5 billion$447 million$10.1 billion
2021$10.9 billion$511 million$10.4 billion
2022$12.1 billion$577 million$11.5 billion
2023$10.6 billion$651 million$9.9 billion
2024$11.6 billion$1.7 billion$9.9 billion

What they sell each other

What Malaysia sells to Mexico

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

  1. Microchips$5.5 billion · 47.4%
    699 tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  2. Computer and office machine parts$1.2 billion · 10.4%
    11 thousand tonnes
  3. Discs and storage media$702 million · 6%
    749 tonnes
  4. Cameras and broadcast equipment$678 million · 5.8%
    3 thousand tonnes
  5. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$388 million · 3.3%
    55 thousand tonnes
  6. Batteries$269 million · 2.3%
    6 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  7. Refined petroleum$205 million · 1.8%
    265 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  8. Computers$173 million · 1.5%
    744 tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  9. Parts for broadcast equipment$141 million · 1.2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  10. Phones and telecom equipment$112 million · 0.96%
    144 tonnes

What Mexico sells to Malaysia

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

  1. Computers$970 million · 57.4%
    2 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  2. Microchips$133 million · 7.9%
    667 tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  3. Low-voltage switches and connectors$58 million · 3.5%
    5 thousand tonnes
  4. Cameras and broadcast equipment$41 million · 2.4%
    97 tonnes
  5. Capacitors$28 million · 1.7%
    291 tonnes
  6. Turbojets and gas turbines$27 million · 1.6%
    66 tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  7. Other industrial machines$27 million · 1.6%
    73 tonnes
  8. Control panels$25 million · 1.5%
    187 tonnes
  9. Copper scrap$24 million · 1.4%
    5 thousand tonnes
  10. Transformers and power supplies$23 million · 1.4%
    322 tonnes

How it travels

Malaysia and Mexico traded $13.3 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by air: 81% of the value travels by plane.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$2.6 billion · 19.2%
  2. Air$10.8 billion · 80.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Mexico was Malaysia’s 14th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Malaysia was Mexico’s 10th (1%).

Mexico in Malaysia’s trade
1.9%
Mexico’s rank among Malaysia’s partners
14th
Malaysia in Mexico’s trade
1.1%
Malaysia’s rank among Mexico’s partners
10th

Compare with

Other partners of Malaysia

Other partners of Mexico

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.