Trade route overview
See the latest reported exports, the products that need a closer look, and the conditions that may make this route harder to plan.
What this page shows
In 2024, Malaysia reported $17.6B in goods exports to Japan. 382 product types are marked for closer review, covering 84.3% of reported exports. This is not a forecast and does not mean trade will stop. It shows where to look more closely at demand, annual changes, product mix, tariffs, and buyer-market conditions.
How to read this page
This page separates the size of the trade from the conditions worth checking and the product types that make up the route.
This is the reported value of goods exported from Malaysia to Japan in the latest available year.
$17.6B in 2024It marks product types where one or more conditions deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction, a guaranteed loss, or a warning that trade will stop.
84.3% needs reviewEach row is one HS6 product code. HS6 is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.
1,016 product typesStart with the products
Compare the products, their buyer-market size, and the conditions that deserve a closer look.
Export history
The latest twelve years of reported exports from Malaysia to Japan. Bar lengths are relative to the highest year shown.
Why this route needs review
A dollar amount can appear in more than one row. These rows show the conditions linked to the route; they are not separate losses.
How to read the numbers
These measures describe yearly swings, the gap from the route's highest year, and how concentrated the product mix is.
Largest product
Product code HS6 271111 makes up 32% of exports from Malaysia to Japan. The main reason to review it is: Some product types remain below their previous high.
See product rowsProducts to review
Each row is one six-digit HS6 product code. Compare the buyer market's imports, the product's fall from its highest year, annual variation, and review level.
| Rank | Product and code | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Yearly variation | Review level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gasHS6 271111 - six-digit product code | $36.3B | 55.3% | 0.7 | High attention |
| 2 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542HS6 854239 - six-digit product code | $11.9B | 33.9% | 0.4 | High attention |
| 3 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuitsHS6 854231 - six-digit product code | $8.4B | 38% | 0.2 | Watch |
| 4 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modifiedHS6 151190 - six-digit product code | $593.6M | 20.3% | 0.5 | High attention |
| 5 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crudeHS6 270900 - six-digit product code | $63.2B | 66.5% | 0.4 | Critical attention |
| 6 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screenHS6 852872 - six-digit product code | $1.6B | 74.7% | 0.6 | Critical attention |
| 7 | Plywood: consisting only of sheets of wood (not bamboo), each ply 6mm or thinner, with at least one outer ply of tropical wood, (as specified in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff)HS6 441231 - six-digit product code | $639.7M | 58.5% | 0.4 | Critical attention |
| 8 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543HS6 854370 - six-digit product code | $2.0B | 61% | 1.3 | Critical attention |
| 9 | Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output unitsHS6 847150 - six-digit product code | $6.2B | 64.5% | 1.6 | Critical attention |
| 10 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloysHS6 760120 - six-digit product code | $2.4B | 0% | 1.7 | High attention |
Buyer-market imports are total imports of that product into the buyer market, not only exports from Malaysia. "Below product high" compares current exports with that product's highest reported year. Yearly variation is a calculated measure. Swipe sideways on a small screen to see every column.
Trade route conditions
Distance, tariffs, trade agreements, the buyer economy, and business rules add context to the export total.
Questions about this page
Definitions and limits for the figures above.
High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain.
Malaysia reported $17.6B in goods exports to Japan in 2024.
84.3% of reported route exports are linked to product types marked for closer review. This points to where to investigate further.
An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.
The page shows yearly export changes, product concentration, tariffs, distance, trade-agreement coverage, buyer-economy context, and business setup time where reported.
No. These are reported or calculated observations, not forecasts or guarantees.
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Data source
OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.