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Trade between Malaysia and the Netherlands

In 2024, Malaysia exported $6.1 billion to the Netherlands and imported $1.3 billion. Malaysia ran a surplus of $4.8 billion with the Netherlands, compared with a surplus of $6.5 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was Malaysia’s 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Malaysia was the Netherlands’ 33rd (0.6%).

Summary

Malaysia → Netherlands
$6.1billion
Netherlands → Malaysia
$1.3billion
Malaysia’s balance
$4.8billion

Balance

Malaysia’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between Malaysia and the Netherlands grew 4-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 6.1
  • Imports 1.3
  • Balance +4.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.3 billion$551 million$737 million
1996$1.6 billion$697 million$880 million
1997$2.3 billion$770 million$1.5 billion
1998$2.4 billion$514 million$1.8 billion
1999$2.5 billion$498 million$2 billion
2000$2.5 billion$630 million$1.9 billion
2001$2.6 billion$709 million$1.9 billion
2002$1.9 billion$690 million$1.2 billion
2003$3.9 billion$579 million$3.3 billion
2004$4.5 billion$907 million$3.6 billion
2005$3.9 billion$936 million$3 billion
2006$4.5 billion$998 million$3.5 billion
2007$7.3 billion$1 billion$6.2 billion
2008$7.7 billion$1.1 billion$6.6 billion
2009$6.2 billion$1 billion$5.1 billion
2010$7.5 billion$1.1 billion$6.4 billion
2011$7.6 billion$1.2 billion$6.4 billion
2012$7.6 billion$1.7 billion$5.9 billion
2013$6.3 billion$1.7 billion$4.6 billion
2014$8.3 billion$2.4 billion$5.9 billion
2015$7.3 billion$2.3 billion$5 billion
2016$7.1 billion$1.7 billion$5.4 billion
2017$8.2 billion$2.1 billion$6 billion
2018$8 billion$1.9 billion$6.1 billion
2019$8 billion$1.5 billion$6.5 billion
2020$8.2 billion$1.2 billion$7 billion
2021$8.1 billion$1.3 billion$6.8 billion
2022$6.6 billion$1.4 billion$5.2 billion
2023$5.1 billion$1.2 billion$3.9 billion
2024$6.1 billion$1.3 billion$4.8 billion

What they sell each other

What Malaysia sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Microchips$832 million · 13.7%
    206 tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  2. Industrial fatty acids$720 million · 11.9%
    559 thousand tonnes
  3. Palm oil$484 million · 8%
    484 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  4. Cameras and broadcast equipment$424 million · 7%
    915 tonnes
  5. Chemically modified fats and oils$394 million · 6.5%
    293 thousand tonnes
  6. Industrial fatty acids and oils$356 million · 5.9%
    324 thousand tonnes
  7. Computer and office machine parts$270 million · 4.4%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Medical and dental instruments$262 million · 4.3%
    2 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  9. Home appliances$230 million · 3.8%
    5 thousand tonnes
  10. Refined petroleum$143 million · 2.4%
    140 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations

What the Netherlands sells to Malaysia

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

  1. Refined petroleum$121 million · 9.3%
    160 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Microchips$72 million · 5.6%
    222 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  3. Malt extract and food mixes$42 million · 3.3%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Aircraft parts$36 million · 2.8%
    6 tonnes
  5. Alcohols$33 million · 2.5%
    11 thousand tonnes
  6. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$31 million · 2.4%
    244 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  7. Cocoa paste$29 million · 2.2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  8. Coal$25 million · 2%
    45 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s sources
  9. Other industrial machines$25 million · 2%
    263 tonnes
  10. Turbojets and gas turbines$25 million · 1.9%
    37 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Port Klang to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Port Klang and Rotterdam is 11,843 nautical miles (21,933 km) long: ≈ 27.5–35 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (11,843 nautical miles); and 15% via the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (8,388 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$4.3 billion · 58.2%
  2. Air$3.1 billion · 41.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Malaysia’s 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Malaysia was the Netherlands’ 33rd (0.6%).

The Netherlands in Malaysia’s trade
1%
The Netherlands’ rank among Malaysia’s partners
18th
Malaysia in the Netherlands’ trade
0.6%
Malaysia’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
33rd

Compare with

Other partners of Malaysia

Other partners of the Netherlands

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.