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About

Spain-Malaysia Trade: In 2022, Spain exported $575M to Malaysia. The main products that Spain exported to Malaysia were Pig Meat ($48.2M), Packaged Medicaments ($35.6M), and Scrap Aluminium ($17.5M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Spain to Malaysia have decreased at an annualized rate of 6.07%, from $787M in 2017 to $575M in 2022.

In 2022, Spain did not export any services to Malaysia.

Malaysia-Spain Trade: In 2022, Malaysia exported $1.78B to Spain. The main products that Malaysia exported to Spain were Palm Oil ($148M), Refined Petroleum ($109M), and Industrial Fatty Acids, Oils and Alcohols ($105M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Malaysia to Spain have increased at an annualized rate of 18%,  from $776M in 2017 to $1.78B in 2022.

In 2022, Malaysia did not export any services to Spain.

Comparison: In 2022,  Spain ranked 33 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.81), and 20 in total exports ($394B). That same year, Malaysia ranked 24 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.09), and 22 in total exports ($378B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Spain exported $575M to Malaysia. The main products exported from Spain to Malaysia were Pig Meat ($48.2M), Packaged Medicaments ($35.6M), and Scrap Aluminium ($17.5M). During the last 5 years the exports of Spain to Malaysia have decreased at an annualized rate of 6.07%, from $787M in 2017 to $575M in 2022.

In 2017, Malaysia exported $1.78B to Spain. The main products exported from Malaysia to Spain were Palm Oil ($148M), Refined Petroleum ($109M), and Industrial Fatty Acids, Oils and Alcohols ($105M). During the last 5 years the exports of Malaysia to Spain have increased at an annualized rate of 18%, from $776M in 2022 to $1.78B in 2017.

Exports from Spain (Flag) to Malaysia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Malaysia (Flag) to Spain (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Spain
Top Destination
France$65.2B
Malaysia
Top Destination
Singapore$53.8B

This map shows whether countries import more from Spain or Malaysia. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Spain and Malaysia or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Spain than Malaysia included France ($65.2B), Portugal ($34.9B), and Italy ($32.1B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Malaysia than Spain included Singapore ($53.8B), China ($48.5B), and United States ($44.2B).

Difference in imports from Malaysia (Flag) and Spain (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Spain - Malaysia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Spain and Malaysia by product, considering products traded by both, Spain and Malaysia.

During 2022, Spain had a large net trade with Malaysia in the exports of Chemical Products ($97.8M), Metals ($94.6M), and Machines ($89.3M).

During 2017, Malaysia had a large net trade with Spain in the exports of Machines ($438M), Animal and Vegetable Bi-Products ($369M), and Metals ($321M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Sort By
Top Product Potential Spain Malaysia+$27.8MPackaged Medicaments
Top Product Potential Malaysia Spain+$115MRefined Petroleum

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Spain and Malaysia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Spain indicates it has a comparative advantage over Malaysia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Malaysia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Spain.

Product Space of Spain (Flag) and Malaysia (Flag) (2022)

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