# Malaysia exports to the United States: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Malaysia reported $43.2B in goods exports to the United States. The overall review level is High 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 | $43.2B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 65.7% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 48 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 546 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 23.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $15.8B | 39% | Watch |
| 2 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $51.3B | 0% | Watch |
| 3 | 852351 | Semiconductor media: solid-state non-volatile storage devices, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 | $15.6B | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $17.7B | 19.5% | High attention |
| 5 | 847330 | Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $32.4B | 52.4% | High attention |
| 6 | 854290 | Parts of electronic integrated circuits | $1.9B | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 844399 | Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91 | $6.5B | 32.8% | High attention |
| 8 | 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $10.5B | 41.5% | Watch |
| 9 | 401511 | Rubber: vulcanised (other than hard rubber), surgical gloves | $2.0B | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | $15.2B | 47% | 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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