KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s trade with the United States increased by 30% to RM325.2bil last year despite uncertainty in the global landscape, according to the Statistics Department.
Exports and imports grew by 23.3% and 42.1% to RM198.9bil and RM126.3bil, respectively, reflecting the increased demand for Malaysian exports in the United States last year.
Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said electrical and electronics (E&E) products remained the main pillar of Malaysia-US trade, accounting for 60.4% of total export value last year.
“Semiconductors were the largest contributor (46.8%), followed by telecommunication equipment, sound recording and reproducing equipment (19.4%), electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and parts (17%), and office machines and automatic data processing equipment (16.9%),” he said in the Malaysia Trade Statistics Review (MTSR) 2025.
MTSR 2025 analyses Malaysia’s trade performance with the United States across five main product categories – E&E; optical and scientific equipment; machinery, equipment and appliances; as well as rubber; and wood.
Malaysia’s exports of optical and scientific equipment to the United States reached RM12.9bil, an increase of 14.3% last year.
Malaysia’s exports to the United States in the category were the highest compared with other countries, accounting for 21.8%.
Mohd Uzir said that machinery, equipment and parts were among Malaysia’s top exports to the United States last year, contributing 12.7% of Malaysia’s total exports of these products. The value increased by 33.6% to RM8.8bil last year from RM6.6bil in 2023. — Bernama
