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Trade between Malaysia and Switzerland

In 2024, Malaysia exported $1 billion to Switzerland and imported $1.9 billion. Malaysia ran a deficit of $937 million with Switzerland, compared with a deficit of $672 million in 2019. Switzerland was Malaysia’s 27th largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Malaysia was Switzerland’s 41st (0.4%).

Summary

Malaysia → Switzerland
$1billion
Switzerland → Malaysia
$1.9billion
Malaysia’s balance
-$937million

Balance

Malaysia’s trade balance with Switzerland

Trade between Malaysia and Switzerland grew 92% since 1995

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

  • Exports 1
  • Imports 1.9
  • Balance -0.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$171 million$1.4 billion-$1.2 billion
1996$147 million$1 billion-$886 million
1997$141 million$908 million-$767 million
1998$136 million$492 million-$355 million
1999$171 million$903 million-$732 million
2000$226 million$798 million-$572 million
2001$218 million$971 million-$752 million
2002$173 million$674 million-$501 million
2003$234 million$677 million-$443 million
2004$230 million$942 million-$712 million
2005$194 million$1.3 billion-$1.1 billion
2006$262 million$1 billion-$772 million
2007$409 million$1.3 billion-$919 million
2008$796 million$1 billion-$211 million
2009$747 million$740 million$7 million
2010$345 million$922 million-$576 million
2011$499 million$1.4 billion-$863 million
2012$737 million$1.3 billion-$581 million
2013$654 million$1.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2014$768 million$2.2 billion-$1.4 billion
2015$677 million$1.9 billion-$1.3 billion
2016$967 million$1.7 billion-$735 million
2017$1.5 billion$2.7 billion-$1.2 billion
2018$1 billion$2.6 billion-$1.5 billion
2019$833 million$1.5 billion-$672 million
2020$1.1 billion$1.4 billion-$332 million
2021$953 million$1.8 billion-$889 million
2022$995 million$1.4 billion-$383 million
2023$1 billion$1.6 billion-$527 million
2024$1 billion$1.9 billion-$937 million

What they sell each other

What Malaysia sells to Switzerland

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

  1. Gold$145 million · 14.3%
    2 tonnes · Switzerland’s sources
  2. Precious metal scrap$97 million · 9.6%
    2 tonnes
  3. Microchips$74 million · 7.3%
    53 tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  4. Iron ore$66 million · 6.5%
    1.1 million tonnes
  5. Cameras and broadcast equipment$60 million · 6%
    92 tonnes
  6. Printers and printing machines$49 million · 4.8%
    237 tonnes
  7. Rubber gloves and clothing$36 million · 3.6%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Unwrought aluminum$28 million · 2.8%
    10 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  9. Control panels$28 million · 2.7%
    127 tonnes
  10. Computer and office machine parts$26 million · 2.6%
    189 tonnes

What Switzerland sells to Malaysia

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

  1. Gold$781 million · 40.2%
    10 tonnes · Switzerland’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$108 million · 5.5%
    396 tonnes · Switzerland’s destinations
  3. Valves and taps$80 million · 4.1%
    347 tonnes
  4. Vaccines, blood and antisera$77 million · 4%
    68 tonnes · Switzerland’s destinations
  5. Other wristwatches$74 million · 3.8%
    9 tonnes
  6. Refined copper$73 million · 3.8%
    8 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s sources
  7. Other industrial machines$72 million · 3.7%
    191 tonnes
  8. Precious metal watches$62 million · 3.2%
    6 tonnes
  9. Ferroalloys$52 million · 2.7%
    6 thousand tonnes
  10. Microchips$27 million · 1.4%
    6 tonnes · Malaysia’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Port Klang to Rotterdam (Netherlands).

The estimated sea route between Port Klang and Rotterdam (Netherlands) 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).

Switzerland is landlocked: it ships through Rotterdam (Netherlands).

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$593 million · 20.1%
  2. Air$2.4 billion · 79.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

Switzerland was Malaysia’s 27th largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Malaysia was Switzerland’s 41st (0.4%).

Switzerland in Malaysia’s trade
0.4%
Switzerland’s rank among Malaysia’s partners
27th
Malaysia in Switzerland’s trade
0.4%
Malaysia’s rank among Switzerland’s partners
41st

Compare with

Other partners of Malaysia

Other partners of Switzerland

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.