| | Economic Relations Between the Netherlands and Malaysia
[A] Malaysia's Global Trade | 1. | (RM billion) | | | Year | Export | Import | Total Trade | | | 2007 | | 605.10 | | 504.57 | | 1,109.67 | | | | 2005 | 588.97 | 480.77 | 1,069.74 | | | 2004 | 533.80 | 434.00 | 967.80 | | | 2003 | 480.72 | 399.65 | 880.37 | | | | 2. | Major Trading Partners of Malaysia (% share of total trade) | | | 2007 | | | | | | | | | | The Netherlands is the 13th trading partner with RM 26.87 billion | | | USA | 13.4 | Singapore | 13.2 | Japan | 10.9 | China | 10.6 | | | Thailand | 5.1 | Korea Rep. | 4.3 | Taiwan | 4.1 | Hong Kong | 3.8 | | | Indonesia | 3.5 | Germany | 3.4 | Australia | 2.8 | India | 2.5 | | | 2006 | | | | | | | | | The Netherlands is the 12th trading partner with RM 24.8 billion. | | | USA | 15.97 | Singapore | 13.74 | Japan | 10.82 | China | 9.43 | | | Thailand | 5.37 | Korea Rep. | 4.41 | Taiwan | 3.95 | Hong Kong | 3.91 | | | Germany | 3.16 | Indonesia | 3.09 | Australia | 2.39 | Netherlands | 2.32 | | 2005 | | | | | | | | | The Netherlands is the 12th trading partner with RM 20.8 billion. | | | USA | 16.63 | Singapore | 13.86 | Japan | 11.87 | China | 8.79 | | | Thailand | 5.33 | Hong Kong | 4.34 | Korea Rep. | 4.09 | Taiwan | 4.01 | | | Germany | 3.16 | Indonesia | 3.01 | Australia | 2.71 | Netherlands | 2.15 | | | | 3. | Major Export Markets of Malaysia (% share of total exports) | | | 2007 | | | | | | | | | | The Netherlands is the 7th trading partner with RM 23.59 billion. | | | USA | 15.6 | Singapore | 14.6 | Japan | 9.1 | China | 8.8 | | | Thailand | 5.0 | Hong Kong | 4.6 | Netherlands | 3.9 | Korea Rep. | 3.8 | | | Australia | 3.4 | India | 3.3 | Indonesia | 2.9 | Taiwan | 2.7 | | 2006 | | | | | | | | | The Netherlands is the 7th trading partner with RM 19.61 billion. | | | USA | 18.77 | Singapore | 15.39 | Japan | 8.86 | China | 7.30 | | | Thailand | 5.29 | Hong Kong | 4.94 | Netherlands | 3.64 | Korea Rep. | 3.61 | | | India | 3.19 | Australia | 2.83 | Taiwan | 2.72 | Indonesia | 2.53 | | 2005 | | | | | | | | | The Netherlands is the 9th export destination with RM 17.45 billion. | | | USA | 19.60 | Singapore | 15.61 | Japan | 9.35 | China | 6.60 | | | Hong Kong | 5.85 | Thailand | 5.38 | Australia | 3.38 | Korea Rep. | 3.36 | | | Netherlands | 3.27 | India | 2.80 | Taiwan | 2.78 | Indonesia | 2.36 | | | | 4. | Major Import Sources of Malaysia (% share of total imports) | | | 2007 | | | | | | | | | | The Netherlands is the 21st import source with RM 3.280 billion; | | | which is 0.7% of the total imports. | | | Japan | 13.0 | China | 12.9 | Sinagpore | 11.5 | USA | 10.8 | | | Taiwan | 5.7 | Thailand | 5.3 | Korea Rep. | 4.9 | Germany | 4.6 | | | Indonesia | 4.2 | Hong Kong | 2.9 | Australia | 2.0 | Philippines | 1.9 | | 2006 | | | | | | | | | The Netherlands is the 22nd import source with RM 3.088 billion; | | which is 0.7% of the total imports. | | | Japan | 13.22 | USA | 12.51 | China | 12.11 | Singapore | 11.69 | | | Thailand | 5.47 | Taiwan | 5.46 | Korea Rep. | 5.39 | Germany | 4.38 | | | Indonesia | 3.78 | Hong Kong | 2.63 | Philippines | 2.21 | Australia | 1.85 | | 2005 | | | | | | | | | The Netherlands is the 20th import source with RM 3.35 billion; | | which is 0.77% of the total imports. | | It is a 59.7% increase over the RM 2.2 billion of 2003. | | | Japan | 14.52 | USA | 12.88 | Singapore | 11.71 | Taiwan | 5.52 | | | Thailand | 5.27 | Korea Rep. | 4.98 | Germany | 4.44 | Korea Rep. | 3.82 | | | Philippines | 2.81 | Hong Kong | 2.49 | Australia | 1.88 | U.K. | 1.50 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
[B] Malaysia's Trade with the Netherlands | 1. | Exports to the Netherlands (RM million) | | | 2007 | 23.586 | Electrical & electronic; palm oil; optical & scientific equipment; chemicals & chemical products;
saw logs & sawn timber | | | 2006 | 21.430 | Electrical & electronic; palm oil; optical & scientific equipment; saw logs & sawn timber;
chemicals & chemical products | | | 2005 | 17.450 | Machinery and fabricated goods; electrical & electronics; palm oil; chemicals | | | | | | 2. | Imports from the Netherlands (RM million) | | | 2007 | 3.280 | Electrical & electronic products; machinery, appliances & parts; chemicals & chemical products;
processed food; manufactures of metals | | | 2005 | 3.372 | Electrical & electronic products; chemicals & chemical products; machinery, appliances & parts;
processed food; optical & scientific equipment | | | 2003 | 3.350 | Machinery and fabricated goods; chemicals; food stuff | | | | | | 3. | Total trade between Malaysia and the Netherlands (RM billion) | | | 2007 | 26.87 | The second largest trading partner within the EU | | | 2006 | 24.80 | The second largest trading partner within the EU | | | 2005 | 20.80 | The second largest trading partner within the EU | | | | | | | | | |
[C] Approved Foreign Investment in Malaysia | 1. | 2007 | RM billion | | | Japan | 6,553 | | | Germany | 3,757 | | | Iran | 3,068 | | | USA | 3,020 | | | Singapore | 2,952 | | | India | 2,924 | | | China | 1,883 | | | Netherlands (8th) | 1,690 | | | Australia | 1,685 | | | Korea Rep. | 1,119 | | | | | | 2. | 2006 | | | | Japan | 4,412 | | | The Netherlands (2nd) | 3,284 | | | Australia | 2,560 | | | USA | 2,477 | | | Singapore | 1,885 | | | | | | 3. | 2005 | | | | USA | 5,154 | | | Japan | 3,672 | | | Singapore | 2,920 | | | The Netherlands (4th) | 1,674 | | | Korea Rep. | 674 | | | | | | 4. | 2004 | | | | Germany | 4,724 | | | Singapore | 1,515 | | | USA | 1,059 | | | Japan | 1,011 | | | Taiwan | 415 | | | Korea Rep. | 325 | | | The Netherlands (17th) | 99 | | | | |
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