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Country sheet · Q2 2026 · Aug 2025–Jul 2026

Malaysia: where its funding comes from and where its goods go, each figure at its own period. The full board columns are on money-flow, the full trade network on trade-flow; this sheet keeps the join.

Stress signals · Q2 2026

0/7Firing: none: Both channels (J1)All seven signals for this economy →

Funding

Q2 2026
41rank 20 of 36
+15.3% a year, bank and bond funding
53%A2, net reserves
+3%
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(line) with the economy’s own shaded. Below, the : above zero funding comes in, below zero it leaves.

Hong Kong SAR12.0 · 13%
Taiwan3.5 · 4%
UK2.7 · 3%
Korea2.3 · 2%
Macao SAR2.1 · 2%
Sources

The five largest by loans and deposits on this economy, Q2 2026, residence basis. Offshore centres hold intragroup funding.

Open Malaysia in money-flow → A1, A3, reserves by month, the external balance sheet and every board column are there.

Sources

money-flow method 1.4 as of Q2 2026; the release is in the footer. Calculations: datasteg.

Trade

Aug 2025–Jul 2026
615USD bnExports y/y +36.3%
397USD bnImports y/y +24.1%
0.10concentration of destinations
02004006002006200920122015201820212024
Tangerine exports, grey imports, USD bn, . The line stops where fewer than 90% of the economy’s usual flows are .

Where its goods go

China spliced149 · 24% · +53%
United States ≠74.1 · 12% · +22%
Singapore spliced68.3 · 11% · +29%
Taiwan partner-only44.7 · 7% · +99%
Hong Kong SAR32.3 · 5% · +34%

Where its imports come from

China105 · 26% · +44%
Singapore46.0 · 12% · +27%
Taiwan38.5 · 10% · +26%
United States29.6 · 8% · −11%
Korea20.7 · 5% · +52%

USD bn · share · y/y. where the importer has not filed. ≠ the two reports of this flow diverge from their usual ratio ().

· Aug 2025–Jul 2026

Top exports · 615 USD bn
HS chapterValueSharey/yNet
85 Electronics & electrical*23438.0%+44%+87.1
27 Mineral fuels & oil*12019.5%+36%+80.4
84 Machinery & computers*87.314.2%+49%+32.3
90 Optical & medical instruments*26.54.3%+29%+16.2
15 Fats & oils*22.73.7%+12%+19.1
Other12520.3%
Top imports · 397 USD bn
HS chapterValueSharey/yNet
85 Electronics & electrical14737.0%+49%+87.1
84 Machinery & computers55.013.9%+10%+32.3
27 Mineral fuels & oil39.49.9%+6%+80.4
90 Optical & medical instruments10.32.6%+33%+16.2
71 Gold, gems & jewellery10.02.5%+37%−4.4
Other13534.1%

Five largest per side over the 12-month window, US dollars. Share of the economy’s total exports or imports; y/y against the window a year earlier. Net is exports minus imports of the same chapter. * estimates are 10% or more of the row.

· 2024

ChainStageTop exporterIts import shareIts supplier
Rare earths, magnets and motorsPermanent magnets of metal (NdFeB, SmCo)0.42China 64% · Japan 9% · Philippines 6%2.4%Japan 48%
Chips and electronicsSmartphones0.44China 65% · Vietnam 8% · India 8%0.9%China 73%
Steel and carsIron ore (fines, lump, pellets)0.33Australia 52% · Brazil 24% · Canada 4%0.9%Brazil 65%
Solar photovoltaicsSolar modules0.36China 57% · Vietnam 13% · Thailand 7%0.4%China 95%
Cotton and polyester to clothingWoven and knitted fabric0.29China 53% · Türkiye 5% · Taiwan 5%0.4%China 66%
AluminiumBauxite0.51Guinea 68% · Australia 19% · Brazil 3%0.0%China 98%
Lithium-ion batteries and electric carsLithium hydroxide0.61China 77% · Chile 10% · United States 7%0.0%China 91%

Chain stages worth over $1bn where one exporter group holds most of world trade ( above 0.25: a ). This economy’s share of world imports of the stage and its top supplier; each row opens the chain on trade-flow with this economy in focus.

Open Malaysia in trade-flow → The explorer with this economy in focus: every partner, every product window and the events that touched it.

Sources

Importer-reported where filed, partner-reported or estimated otherwise (marked), to Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Calculations: datasteg.

Replay a past withdrawal

What the economy’s worst past quarter of would mean on today’s stock: a calculation.

Q4 2008−14.3%of the stock, in one quarter
On today’s stock−25.3 bnstock 177 bn
Against net reserves26%

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