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Trade between Malaysia and the United Kingdom

In 2024, Malaysia exported $3.4 billion to the United Kingdom and imported $2.1 billion. Malaysia ran a surplus of $1.4 billion with the United Kingdom, compared with a surplus of $707 million in 2019. The United Kingdom was Malaysia’s 21st largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Malaysia was the United Kingdom’s 38th (0.5%).

Summary

Malaysia → United Kingdom
$3.4billion
United Kingdom → Malaysia
$2.1billion
Malaysia’s balance
$1.4billion

Balance

Malaysia’s trade balance with the United Kingdom

Trade between Malaysia and the United Kingdom grew 19% since 1995

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

  • Exports 3.4
  • Imports 2.1
  • Balance +1.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.4 billion$2.2 billion$271 million
1996$3.6 billion$2 billion$1.7 billion
1997$3.5 billion$2.1 billion$1.4 billion
1998$2.6 billion$1.3 billion$1.2 billion
1999$3.6 billion$1.4 billion$2.2 billion
2000$4.4 billion$1.7 billion$2.8 billion
2001$3.4 billion$1.8 billion$1.6 billion
2002$3.2 billion$1.5 billion$1.7 billion
2003$3.5 billion$1.6 billion$1.9 billion
2004$4.1 billion$1.8 billion$2.3 billion
2005$4 billion$1.8 billion$2.2 billion
2006$4.4 billion$1.8 billion$2.6 billion
2007$4.2 billion$1.9 billion$2.3 billion
2008$3.9 billion$2.2 billion$1.7 billion
2009$2.3 billion$1.7 billion$546 million
2010$3.2 billion$1.9 billion$1.3 billion
2011$3.1 billion$1.9 billion$1.1 billion
2012$2.9 billion$2.2 billion$616 million
2013$2.6 billion$2.5 billion$112 million
2014$2.8 billion$2.3 billion$500 million
2015$2.7 billion$1.9 billion$743 million
2016$2.2 billion$1.6 billion$585 million
2017$2.3 billion$1.6 billion$658 million
2018$2.3 billion$1.7 billion$528 million
2019$2.4 billion$1.7 billion$707 million
2020$2.5 billion$1.7 billion$799 million
2021$3.1 billion$1.8 billion$1.3 billion
2022$4.6 billion$1.9 billion$2.7 billion
2023$3.8 billion$1.9 billion$1.9 billion
2024$3.4 billion$2.1 billion$1.4 billion

What they sell each other

What Malaysia sells to the United Kingdom

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$417 million · 12.2%
    777 tonnes
  2. Aircraft parts$192 million · 5.6%
    436 tonnes
  3. Medical and dental instruments$143 million · 4.2%
    3 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  4. Turbojets and gas turbines$137 million · 4%
    284 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s sources
  5. Computer and office machine parts$131 million · 3.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Rubber gloves and clothing$120 million · 3.5%
    19 thousand tonnes
  7. Furniture$96 million · 2.8%
    46 thousand tonnes · Malaysia’s destinations
  8. Printers and printing machines$95 million · 2.8%
    837 tonnes
  9. Electrical test instruments$85 million · 2.5%
    202 tonnes
  10. Home appliances$72 million · 2.1%
    3 thousand tonnes

What the United Kingdom sells to Malaysia

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

  1. Turbojets and gas turbines$294 million · 14.3%
    171 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  2. Waste paper$135 million · 6.6%
    659 thousand tonnes
  3. Cars$97 million · 4.7%
    3 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  4. Spirits$74 million · 3.6%
    3 thousand tonnes
  5. Other industrial machines$61 million · 3%
    389 tonnes
  6. Precious metal compounds$58 million · 2.8%
    8 tonnes
  7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$45 million · 2.2%
    1 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  8. Microchips$41 million · 2%
    37 tonnes · Malaysia’s sources
  9. Valves and taps$41 million · 2%
    351 tonnes
  10. Aircraft parts$32 million · 1.6%
    79 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Port Klang to Felixstowe.

The estimated sea route between Port Klang and Felixstowe is 11,747 nautical miles (21,755 km) long: ≈ 27–35 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 (11,747 nautical miles); and 15% via the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (8,300 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$2.5 billion · 44.8%
  2. Air$3 billion · 55.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Kingdom was Malaysia’s 21st largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Malaysia was the United Kingdom’s 38th (0.5%).

The United Kingdom in Malaysia’s trade
0.8%
The United Kingdom’s rank among Malaysia’s partners
21st
Malaysia in the United Kingdom’s trade
0.5%
Malaysia’s rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
38th

Compare with

Other partners of Malaysia

Other partners of the United Kingdom

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.