# Malaysia exports to Japan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Malaysia to Japan, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/MYS-JPN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Malaysia reported $17.6B in goods exports to Japan. The overall review level is Critical attention.

## How to read this page

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. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $17.6B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 84.3% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 48 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 382 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 44.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $36.3B | 55.3% | High attention |
| 2 | 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $11.9B | 33.9% | High attention |
| 3 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $8.4B | 38% | Watch |
| 4 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $593.6M | 20.3% | High attention |
| 5 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $63.2B | 66.5% | Critical attention |
| 6 | 852872 | 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 screen | $1.6B | 74.7% | Critical attention |
| 7 | 441231 | 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) | $639.7M | 58.5% | Critical attention |
| 8 | 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | $2.0B | 61% | Critical attention |
| 9 | 847150 | 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 units | $6.2B | 64.5% | Critical attention |
| 10 | 760120 | Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $2.4B | 0% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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