Overview

The Export Unit Value Index registered a growth with an increase by 2.1 per cent in June 2025, mainly contributed by Food, Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles and Machinery & Transport Equipment

Exports

The export unit value index grew by 2.1 per cent in June 2025 as compared to the previous month. This increment was primarily driven by the rises in the index of miscellaneous manufactured articles (+0.8%), food (+0.3%) and machinery & transport equipment (+0.2%). On the other note, the export volume index dropped by 5.9 per cent in line with the decrease in the index of manufactured goods (-19.3%), chemicals (-10.3%) and miscellaneous manufactured articles (-5.4%). The seasonally adjusted export volume index also dropped by 12.0 per cent from 166.1 points to 146.1 points.

Referring to the annual comparison, both the export unit value index and export volume index went down by 0.005 per cent and 3.5 per cent respectively.

Imports

The import unit value index fell 0.4 per cent in June 2025, contributed by the decline in the index of mineral fuels (-1.1%), chemicals (-0.5%) and machinery & transport equipment (-0.2%). Furthermore, the import volume index also dropped by 9.8 per cent in June 2025 as compared to the previous month, contributed by the decrement in the index of machinery & transport equipment (-16.4%), food (-13.1%) and manufactured goods (-8.8%). The seasonally adjusted import volume index decreased by 10.8 per cent from 232.8 points to 207.8 points.

A year-on-year comparison showed that the import unit value index edged down by 4.7 per cent while import volume index edged up by 11.8 per cent.

Terms of trade

Malaysia's terms of trade soar 2.5 per cent month-on-month to 121.5 points in June 2025, driven by the increase in the index of miscellaneous manufactured articles (+0.8%), machinery & transport equipment (+0.4%) and food (+0.3%). In addition, Malaysia's terms of trade also rose 4.5 per cent year-on-year from 116.3 points in June previous year.

*Notes:

The June 2025 data is provisional and subject to revision in later issues.

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