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About

Malaysia-Jamaica Trade: In 2022, Malaysia exported $24M to Jamaica. The main products that Malaysia exported to Jamaica were Legume Flours ($3.57M), Malt Extract ($3.17M), and Other Furniture ($2.26M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Malaysia to Jamaica have increased at an annualized rate of 3.52%, from $20.2M in 2017 to $24M in 2022.

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

Jamaica-Malaysia Trade: In 2022, Jamaica exported $1.3M to Malaysia. The main products that Jamaica exported to Malaysia were Raw Aluminium ($335k), Pepper ($261k), and Tungsten ($241k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Jamaica to Malaysia have increased at an annualized rate of 12.5%,  from $723k in 2017 to $1.3M in 2022.

In 2022, Jamaica 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, Jamaica ranked 72 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.17), and 145 in total exports ($1.95B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Malaysia exported $24M to Jamaica. The main products exported from Malaysia to Jamaica were Legume Flours ($3.57M), Malt Extract ($3.17M), and Other Furniture ($2.26M). During the last 5 years the exports of Malaysia to Jamaica have increased at an annualized rate of 3.52%, from $20.2M in 2017 to $24M in 2022.

In 2017, Jamaica exported $1.3M to Malaysia. The main products exported from Jamaica to Malaysia were Raw Aluminium ($335k), Pepper ($261k), and Tungsten ($241k). During the last 5 years the exports of Jamaica to Malaysia have increased at an annualized rate of 12.5%, from $723k in 2022 to $1.3M in 2017.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Malaysia
Top Destination
Singapore$53.8B
Jamaica
Top Destination
United States$1.11B

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Jamaica than Malaysia included Barbados ($32.2M), Cayman Islands ($26.5M), and Antigua and Barbuda ($26.1M).

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

Comparative Advantage Malaysia - Jamaica

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Malaysia had a large net trade with Jamaica in the exports of Foodstuffs ($5.38M), Vegetable Products ($3.6M), and Miscellaneous ($2.93M).

During 2017, Jamaica had a large net trade with Malaysia in the exports of Metals ($795k), Vegetable Products ($265k), and Plastics and Rubbers ($150k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential Malaysia Jamaica+$766kOther Furniture
Top Product Potential Jamaica Malaysia+$186kScrap Copper

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

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

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