As of August 2007, 19,369 Malaysian students were enrolled in Australian education institutions onshore, making Malaysia Australia's fourth-largest source for international students .  The offshore provision of education is also growing in importance with more than 15,000 students at Australian higher education institutions in Malaysia. Migration/Tourism The 2001 census showed 78,850 Malaysian-born people lived in Australia, an increase of three per cent from the 1996 census . Malaysia recorded 277,125 Australian visitors in 2006, while there were 157,600 short-term visitor arrivals from Malaysia to Australia for the year to 31 August 2007, making it our second-largest source of visitors from South-East Asia . An air services agreement is in place between Australia and Malaysia . Other Areas of Cooperation The Australia-Malaysia Institute was established by the Australian Government in April 2005 to strengthen people-to-people and institutional links with Malaysia, and to deepen mutual understanding and cooperation. The Malaysia Australia Business Council (MABC) and the Australia Malaysia Business Council (AMBC) are important coordinating bodies for commercial linkages, and conduct regular dialogue with both governments, including through participation in the Joint Trade Committee meetings .   They are an important source of information and advice for businesses active in Australia and Malaysia and play an important role in promoting strong networks in the respective private sectors . The Malaysian Australian Alumni Council (MAAC) is a national organisation for Malaysian alumni associations of Australian universities .   The MAAC spearheads the Malaysia Australia Colombo Plan Commemoration Scholarship initiative, which provides for a two-way exchange of scholars between Australia and Malaysia to undertake their tertiary education at institutions of higher learning in both countries . Australia-Malaysia Economic and Trade Relations In terms of two-way goods and services trade, Malaysia is Australia's third-largest trading partner in ASEAN and eleventh-largest partner overall with total trade in 2006-07 worth $11  .9 billion (3 .4 per cent share of Australia's total trade) .  In 2006-07, total merchandise trade between Australia and Malaysia was $9 .7 billion (Australian exports were $3 .1 billion and imports $6 .6 billion) .  Total two-way services trade in 2006-07 was $2 .2 billion (Australian exports of $1 .24 billion;  imports of $936 million) . Major merchandise exports from Australia to Malaysia include copper, aluminium, coal, ferrous waste and scrap, milk and cream, medicaments (including veterinary), zinc, food and live animals, chemicals and related products, and refined petroleum . Australia is a major provider of education services to Malaysia .   Major Malaysian