MALAYSIAN TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC OUTLOOK 2019/2020

Malaysia’s Performance

Overview Of Malaysia’s High Technology Merchandise Export Performance

Malaysia’s technology

high

Total Export Value in USD Bill (2018)

World Ranking (2017)

% of World Exports (2017)

export performance for 2018 is commendable, with a total high technology merchandise export value of USD90.36 billion, and a year- on-year growth of 22.0%. From a global perspective, Malaysia commands 2.90% of the world’s total high technology merchandise exports in 2017, up by 0.27% from 2016. In 2017, Malaysia is ranked the eleventh (11th), the largest exporter of high technology merchandise in the world (in terms of export values), up by 1 ranking position from 2016. Despite two consecutive years of declines in high technology exports during 2015 and 2016, Malaysia has since recovered with two consecutive years of positive, double digit year-on-year (YoY) growth of 17.2% in 2017 and 22.0% in 2018.

100

3%

10

12 11

2.90%

90.36

2.63%

2%

74.1

50

5

1%

0

0

0%

2017

2018

2016

2017

2016

2017

Malaysia’s High Tech Export Value and Year On-Year Growth (2010-2018)

$100bn

30%

22%

18%

17.2%

$80bn

20%

90.4

74.1

5.7% 70.9

65.7 66.5 66.5 67.1

$60bn

10%

64.5 63.2

1.3%

0% 0.9%

$40bn

0%

-1.9%

$20bn

-10%

-9.1%

$0bn

-20%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Export Value (USD Billion)

Year On-Year Growth (%)

Notes: The World Ranking and % of World Exports data reported herein are for year 2017, due to the absence of China’s export data at the time of writing this report.

Source: MIGHT Analytics

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Malaysian Technology Strategic Outlook 2019/2020 Intergration of High Technology

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