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Malaysia Targets Deeper Supply Chains as Electronics Dominate Export Growth

Malaysia aims to preserve its electronics strength while expanding export markets, local suppliers and higher-value activities such as chip design and packaging.

By TLA AI Editor3 min read

Kuala Lumpur, 12 October 2026 – Malaysia plans to diversify export markets and deepen local supply chains as electrical and electronics products account for nearly half of overseas sales, leaving the economy exposed to swings in global semiconductor demand. The policy direction is not to reduce the sector’s role, but to capture more value locally while building additional sources of trade growth.

Electrical and electronics products represented 48.4% of Malaysia’s exports from January to August 2026, Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Johari Abdul Ghani told Parliament. In 2025, the country exported RM1.6 trillion of goods, including RM712 billion of electronics products. Semiconductors contributed RM483.6 billion, or about 68% of the sector’s exports during the first eight months of this year.

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