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About

United Arab Emirates-Malaysia Trade: In 2022, United Arab Emirates exported $4.81B to Malaysia. The main products that United Arab Emirates exported to Malaysia were Crude Petroleum ($1.53B), Refined Petroleum ($1.47B), and Gold ($492M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Malaysia have increased at an annualized rate of 13.8%, from $2.52B in 2017 to $4.81B in 2022.

In 2022, United Arab Emirates did not export any services to Malaysia.

Malaysia-United Arab Emirates Trade: In 2022, Malaysia exported $3.5B to United Arab Emirates. The main products that Malaysia exported to United Arab Emirates were Refined Petroleum ($546M), Jewellery ($535M), and Palm Oil ($313M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Malaysia to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 4.12%,  from $2.86B in 2017 to $3.5B in 2022.

In 2022, Malaysia did not export any services to United Arab Emirates.

Comparison: In 2022,  United Arab Emirates ranked 53 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.24), and 18 in total exports ($402B). 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, United Arab Emirates exported $4.81B to Malaysia. The main products exported from United Arab Emirates to Malaysia were Crude Petroleum ($1.53B), Refined Petroleum ($1.47B), and Gold ($492M). During the last 5 years the exports of United Arab Emirates to Malaysia have increased at an annualized rate of 13.8%, from $2.52B in 2017 to $4.81B in 2022.

In 2017, Malaysia exported $3.5B to United Arab Emirates. The main products exported from Malaysia to United Arab Emirates were Refined Petroleum ($546M), Jewellery ($535M), and Palm Oil ($313M). During the last 5 years the exports of Malaysia to United Arab Emirates have increased at an annualized rate of 4.12%, from $2.86B in 2022 to $3.5B in 2017.

Exports from United Arab Emirates (Flag) to Malaysia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Malaysia (Flag) to United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between United Arab Emirates (Flag) and Malaysia (Flag)

United Arab Emirates Exports

Malaysia Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
United Arab Emirates
Top Destination
India$51B
Malaysia
Top Destination
Singapore$53.8B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from United Arab Emirates than Malaysia included India ($51B), Saudi Arabia ($27.8B), and Iraq ($21.2B).

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

Difference in imports from Malaysia (Flag) and United Arab Emirates (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage United Arab Emirates - Malaysia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between United Arab Emirates and Malaysia by product, considering products traded by both, United Arab Emirates and Malaysia.

During 2022, United Arab Emirates had a large net trade with Malaysia in the exports of Mineral Products ($3.11B), Precious Metals ($647M), and Metals ($271M).

During 2017, Malaysia had a large net trade with United Arab Emirates in the exports of Machines ($893M), Precious Metals ($602M), and Mineral Products ($566M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential United Arab Emirates Malaysia+$311MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Malaysia United Arab Emirates+$170MRefined 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 United Arab Emirates and Malaysia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of United Arab Emirates indicates it has a comparative advantage over Malaysia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Malaysia indicates it has a comparative advantage over United Arab Emirates.

Product Space of United Arab Emirates (Flag) and Malaysia (Flag) (2022)

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