General information :
Capital :
Surface area :
Official language :
Population :
Exchange rate :
Recent economic indicators .
GDP (US$bn) (current prices) :
GDP PPP (US$bn) (c) :
GDP per capita (US$) :
GDP per capita PPP (US$) (c) :
Real GDP growth (% change YOY) :
Current account balance (US$m) :
Current account balance (% GDP) :
Goods & services exports (% GDP) :
Inflation (% change YOY) :
Australia's merchandise trade with Malaysie
A$m
8,000
6,000 -
4,000 -
2,000 -
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Exports
2006
Kuala Lumpur
330 thousand sq km
Malay
26 .4 million (2006)
A$1 = 2 .7349 Ringgit (Feb 2007)
Malaysia's global merchandise trade relationships :
MALAYSIA
Real GDP growth
Fact sheets are
updated
biannually, May
and
September
Head of State :
H .M . The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong XIII AI-Wathiqu Billah
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni AI-Marhum Sultan
Mahmud AI-Muktafi Billah Shah
Head of Government:
Prime Minister YAB Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji
Ahmad Badawi
Australia's merchandise exports to Malaysia
ASm
1,200 -
1,000 -
800 -
600 -
400 -
200 -
134
Primary
STMs
ETMs
2001
E
2006
Other
Fact Sheet
Compiled by the Market
Information
and
Analysis Section, DFAT,
using the latest data from the
ABS, the IMF
and
various international sources.
(a) All recent data subject to revision, (b) IMF/EIU forecast; (c) PPP
is purchasing power
parity, (d) Total may
not
add
due to rounding .
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006(a)
2007(b)
95 .3
104 .0
118 .5
130 .8
150 .9
160.6
223 .9
241 .2
266 .0
288 .2
313 .0
337.7
3,884
4,161
4,651
5,042
5,718
5,982
9,129
9,651
10,445
11,105
11,858
12,582
4 .4
5 .5
7 .2
5 .2
5 .9
5.5
8,025
13,207
14,872
19,902
23,782
24,599
8 .4
12 .7
12 .6
15 .2
15 .8
15.3
113 .6
114 .0
121 .1
123 .4
122 .2
116.4
1 .8
1
.1
1 .4
3 .0
3 .6
2 .6
Malaysia's principal export destinations, 2006 :
Malaysia's principal import sources, 2006 :
1
United States
18 .8%
1
Japan
13 .2%
2
Singapore
15 .4%
2
United States
12 .5%
3
Japan
8 .9%
3
China
12 .1%
10
Australia
2 .8%
12
Australia
1 .8%
Australia's trade relations hip with Malaysia (d) :
Australian merchandise trade with Malaysia, 2006 :
Exports to Malaysia (A$m) :
Imports from Malaysia (A$m) :
Total trade (exports + imports) (A$m) :
Total share :
Rank:
2,834
1 .7%
13th
6,707
3 .8%
7th
9,541
2 .8%
12th
Growth (yoy) :
12 .8%
10 .4%
11 .1%
Major Australian exports, 2006 (A$m) :
Major Australian imports, 2006 (A$m) :
Copper
497
Crude petroleum
2,052
Aluminium
300
Computers
1,076
Coal
197
Telecommunications equipment
227
Ferrous waste & scrap
168
Integrated circuits
222
'Includes A$459m of confidential items, mainly wheat and sugar, 16% of
total exports.
Australia's trade in services with Malaysia, 2006 :
Exports of services to Malaysia (A$m) :
Imports of services from Malaysia (A$m) :
Total share :
1,201
2 .7%
865
2 .0%
Major Australian service exports, 2006 (A$m) :
Major Australian service imports, 2006 (A$m) :
Education-related travel
618
Transportation
452
Personal travel excl . education
227
Personal travel excl . education
270