KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded strong trade performance in 2025, with total trade rising by 6.3 per cent, or RM182.4 billion, to RM3.1 trillion year-on-year (y-o-y) in line with the rise in both exports (6.6 per cent) and imports (6 per cent).
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM), in its Malaysia External Trade Statistics For Reference Year 2025 today, said the nation sustained its trade surplus for the 28th consecutive year since 1998, reaching RM156.8 billion, a 12.8 per cent or RM17.8 billion increase, versus 2024.
"Exports rose by 6.6 per cent to RM1.6 trillion from RM1.5 trillion in 2024, underpinned by domestic exports which rose by 2.2 per cent to RM1.2 trillion and accounted for 77.2 per cent of total exports.
"Re-exports, which accounted for 22.8 per cent of total exports, increased to RM366.8 billion, expanding by 25.1 per cent against 2024. Imports escalated by six per cent, or RM82.3 billion to RM1.5 trillion, y-o-y,” it added. - Bernama
