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About

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.

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 2.21%,  from $787M in 2017 to $575M in 2022.

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

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

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, 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 2017 to $1.78B in 2022.

In 2017, 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 2.21%, from $787M in 2022 to $575M in 2017.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

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

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

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

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

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

Comparative Advantage Malaysia - Spain

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Malaysia had a large net trade with Spain in the exports of Machines ($438M), Animal and Vegetable Bi-Products ($369M), and Metals ($321M).

During 2017, Spain had a large net trade with Malaysia in the exports of Chemical Products ($97.8M), Metals ($94.6M), and Machines ($89.3M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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

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 Malaysia and Spain. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Malaysia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Spain. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Spain indicates it has a comparative advantage over Malaysia.

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

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