Shipped Where
Imported from Malaysia, 2025
$59.5 billion
Share of all US imports
1.7%
Rank among sources
#16, since 2022
Arrived by air
61%

Malaysia is the 16th largest source of US imports: $59.5 billion in 2025.

That is 1.7% of everything the US imported. The top product line is computer chips, followed by phones and network equipment, computer parts and accessories and data storage media. Down from 14th in 2015.

What the US buys from Malaysia

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Computer chips$10.7B · 17.9%
  2. 02Phones and network equipment$7.0B · 11.7%
  3. 03Computer parts and accessories$5.3B · 9.0%
  4. 04Data storage media$3.1B · 5.1%
  5. 05Printers and printing machinery$2.1B · 3.5%
  6. 06Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, for all purposes$1.6B · 2.7%
  7. 07Electrical machines, not elsewhere specified$1.6B · 2.7%
  8. 08Semiconductors, LEDs and solar cells$1.4B · 2.3%
All 23 products from Malaysia
  1. 09Medical instruments$1.3B · 2.2%
  2. 10Furniture other than seats$1.2B · 2.1%
  3. 11Computers and computer units$1.0B · 1.7%
  4. 12Chipmaking equipment$1.0B · 1.7%
  5. 13Oscilloscopes$960M · 1.6%
  6. 14Rechargeable batteries$764M · 1.3%
  7. 15Reception apparatus for radiotelephony$763M · 1.3%
  8. 16Transformers and power supplies$635M · 1.1%
  9. 17Cocoa butter, fat and oil$627M · 1.1%
  10. 18Lab analysis instruments$622M · 1.0%
  11. 19Vacuum cleaners$598M · 1.0%
  12. 20Electrical control panels$557M · 0.9%
  13. 21Headphones, speakers and microphones$446M · 0.7%
  14. 22Electric heaters and small kitchen appliances$436M · 0.7%
  15. 23Capacitors$425M · 0.7%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

Malaysia's rank among US import sources

Where Malaysia placed each year, by value of goods the US imported

  1. 2010: 16th
  2. 2011: falls to 18th
  3. 2015: rises to 14th
  4. 2022: falls to 16th

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Malaysia, 2025. Letters match the list.

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61% of goods from Malaysia arrived by air. Anchorage, AK handled 18% on its own.

  1. AAnchorage, AK $10.7B · 17.9%
  2. BLos Angeles, CA $6.3B · 10.6%
  3. CChicago, IL $5.1B · 8.6%
  4. DLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $5.0B · 8.5%
  5. ESan Francisco Airport (SFO), CA $3.5B · 5.8%
  6. FNewark, NJ $3.0B · 5.0%

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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