# Malaysia Import Opportunities

Explore Malaysia's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $318.3B
- Import CAGR: +8.7%
- Trade openness: 136.1%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $13.4B | +16.0% | 29 | 2037 |
| 2 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $12.2B | +11.1% | 46 | 2541 |
| 3 | HS 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $21.4B | +5.1% | 83 | 1614 |
| 4 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $13.8B | +10.6% | 76 | 1385 |
| 5 | HS 854232 | Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $10.6B | +5.9% | 50 | 2792 |
| 6 | HS 270119 | Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | $3.3B | +26.7% | 16 | 5427 |
| 7 | HS 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $12.3B | +4.1% | 72 | 1696 |
| 8 | HS 854290 | Parts of electronic integrated circuits | $7.2B | +4.4% | 50 | 2327 |
| 9 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $3.8B | +11.1% | 69 | 4315 |
| 10 | HS 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $2.0B | +44.8% | 10 | 7171 |
| 11 | HS 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 | $5.5B | +13.6% | 60 | 2467 |
| 12 | HS 847180 | Data processing machines: automatic, units thereof n.e.s. in heading no. 8471 | $4.1B | +15.5% | 69 | 3172 |
| 13 | HS 260111 | Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated | $1.6B | +13.8% | 27 | 6233 |
| 14 | HS 847149 | Data processing machines: digital, automatic, (not portable, analogue or hybrid), presented in the form of systems, n.e.s. in item no. 8471.41 | $1.3B | +23.6% | 44 | 4925 |
| 15 | HS 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $1.6B | +5.1% | 70 | 7416 |
| 16 | HS 848690 | Machines and apparatus of heading 8486: parts and accessories | $2.1B | +17.3% | 66 | 2706 |
| 17 | HS 847330 | Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $4.1B | +2.4% | 88 | 2136 |
| 18 | HS 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $1.8B | +12.0% | 18 | 2928 |
| 19 | HS 710813 | Metals: gold, semi-manufactured | $1.8B | +5.2% | 31 | 3774 |
| 20 | HS 853400 | Circuits: printed | $2.5B | +3.7% | 73 | 2457 |
| 21 | HS 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 | $1.9B | +14.8% | 87 | 2150 |
| 22 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $875.3M | +37.2% | 21 | 5577 |
| 23 | HS 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $930.0M | +10.2% | 85 | 9123 |
| 24 | HS 711299 | Waste and scrap of precious metals: waste and scrap of precious metals including metal clad with precious metals, other than that of gold and platinum and excluding ash which contains precious metal or precious metal compounds | $612.8M | +36.5% | 37 | 9722 |
| 25 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $1.3B | +6.5% | 79 | 5837 |
| 26 | HS 940540 | Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.s. in heading no. 9405 | $727.4M | +13.6% | 53 | 9509 |
| 27 | HS 270112 | Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $1.2B | +11.0% | 18 | 4052 |
| 28 | HS 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $1.8B | +9.6% | 88 | 2255 |
| 29 | HS 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $1.6B | -0.0% | 21 | 4674 |
| 30 | HS 382319 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids: acid oils from refining: (other than stearic acid, oleic acid or tall oil fatty acids) | $669.2M | +17.4% | 31 | 8781 |
| 31 | HS 281820 | Aluminium oxide: other than artificial corundum | $842.4M | +18.9% | 26 | 5182 |
| 32 | HS 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $989.9M | +4.4% | 10 | 7237 |
| 33 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $1.3B | +8.1% | 98 | 3525 |
| 34 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $1.2B | +2.2% | 28 | 5061 |
| 35 | HS 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $2.0B | +6.8% | 24 | 2345 |
| 36 | HS 854233 | Electronic integrated circuits: amplifiers | $942.5M | +6.4% | 45 | 5829 |
| 37 | HS 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $2.8B | +16.4% | 35 | 1143 |
| 38 | HS 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $974.6M | +12.6% | 77 | 3357 |
| 39 | HS 420212 | Cases and containers: trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or of textile materials | $495.9M | +16.9% | 61 | 9579 |
| 40 | HS 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $688.7M | +27.0% | 64 | 3532 |
| 41 | HS 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $886.8M | +13.0% | 51 | 3978 |
| 42 | HS 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $2.3B | +2.7% | 25 | 2235 |
| 43 | HS 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $645.9M | +7.9% | 21 | 7625 |
| 44 | HS 160529 | Crustacean preparations: shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers | $364.5M | +25.1% | 19 | 9702 |
| 45 | HS 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $585.4M | +6.5% | 12 | 8796 |
| 46 | HS 940320 | Furniture: metal, other than for office use | $436.6M | +16.0% | 66 | 9205 |
| 47 | HS 470710 | Paper or paperboard: waste and scrap, of unbleached kraft paper or paperboard or of corrugated paper or paperboard | $558.9M | +31.7% | 35 | 3882 |
| 48 | HS 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $1.0B | +5.3% | 112 | 2993 |
| 49 | HS 854190 | Electrical apparatus: parts for diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices and photosensitive semiconductor devices | $1.2B | +4.4% | 47 | 2435 |
| 50 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $677.7M | +3.9% | 25 | 6418 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.