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    Malaysia has a population of 28.2 million people and its capital and largest city is Kuala Lumpur. The head of state is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the head of government is the Prime Minister. Malaysia has experienced steady economic growth in recent years with GDP growth averaging around 6% annually between 2004-2010. Australia and Malaysia engage in significant trade, with Australia exporting commodities like crude petroleum and copper and importing electronics and machinery from Malaysia. Bilateral investment is also substantial, with Australia investing over $3 billion in Malaysia and Malaysia investing over $8.5 billion in Australia as of 2009.

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    Malaysia has a population of 28.2 million people and its capital and largest city is Kuala Lumpur. The head of state is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the head of government is the Prime Minister. Malaysia has experienced steady economic growth in recent years with GDP growth averaging around 6% annually between 2004-2010. Australia and Malaysia engage in significant trade, with Australia exporting commodities like crude petroleum and copper and importing electronics and machinery from Malaysia. Bilateral investment is also substantial, with Australia investing over $3 billion in Malaysia and Malaysia investing over $8.5 billion in Australia as of 2009.

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    Malaysia has a population of 28.2 million people and its capital and largest city is Kuala Lumpur. The head of state is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the head of government is the Prime Minister. Malaysia has experienced steady economic growth in recent years with GDP growth averaging around 6% annually between 2004-2010. Australia and Malaysia engage in significant trade, with Australia exporting commodities like crude petroleum and copper and importing electronics and machinery from Malaysia. Bilateral investment is also substantial, with Australia investing over $3 billion in Malaysia and Malaysia investing over $8.5 billion in Australia as of 2009.

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    Malaysia has a population of 28.2 million people and its capital and largest city is Kuala Lumpur. The head of state is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the head of government is the Prime Minister. Malaysia has experienced steady economic growth in recent years with GDP growth averaging around 6% annually between 2004-2010. Australia and Malaysia engage in significant trade, with Australia exporting commodities like crude petroleum and copper and importing electronics and machinery from Malaysia. Bilateral investment is also substantial, with Australia investing over $3 billion in Malaysia and Malaysia investing over $8.5 billion in Australia as of 2009.

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    MALAYSIA Fact Sheet

    General information: F act sh ee t s are u p d at ed bi an n u al ly ; J un e a nd Dec emb er

    Capital: Kuala Lumpur Head of State:


    Surface area: 330 thousand sq km HM The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong XIII Al-Wathiqu Billah
    Official language: Malay Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan
    Population: 28.2 million (2010) Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
    Exchange rate: A$1 = 2.8385 Ringgit (Aug 2010) Head of Government:
    Prime Minister YAB Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji
    Abdul Razak

    Recent economic indicators: 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010(a) 2011(b)


    GDP (US$bn) (current prices): 157.1 187.0 222.3 193.0 219.0 236.6
    GDP PPP (US$bn) (c): 329.3 361.0 386.2 383.1 412.3 439.4
    GDP per capita (US$): 5,951 6,967 8,143 6,950 7,755 8,239
    GDP per capita PPP (US$) (c): 12,478 13,449 14,149 13,800 14,603 15,304
    Real GDP growth (% change yoy): 5.8 6.5 4.7 -1.7 6.7 5.3
    Current account balance (US$m): 25,816 29,764 38,854 31,835 32,130 32,540
    Current account balance (% GDP): 16.4 15.9 17.5 16.5 14.7 13.8
    Goods & services exports (% GDP): 116.3 110.1 103.5 96.4 99.1 99.6
    Inflation (% change yoy): 3.6 2.0 5.4 0.6 2.2 2.1

    Australia's merchandise trade with Malaysia Australia's merchandise exportsReal


    to Malaysia
    GDP growth

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    2 0 0 4- 0 5 2 00 5 -0 6 2 0 06 - 0 7 20 0 7 -0 8 2 0 08 - 0 9 20 0 9 -1 0 20 0 6 2 00 7 2 00 8 2 00 9 2 01 0 2 0 11 P ri ma ry STM ETM O th e r

    Australia's trade and investment relationship with Malaysia (d):


    Australian merchandise trade w ith Malaysia, 2009-10: Total share: Rank: Growth (yoy):
    Exports to Malaysia (A$m): 3,127 1.6% 12th -16.2%
    Imports from Malaysia (A$m): 8,483 4.2% 7th 1.8%
    Total trade (exports + imports) (A$m): 11,610 2.9% 11th -3.8%

    Major Australian exports, 2009-10* (A$m): Major Australian imports, 2009-10 (A$m):
    Crude petroleum 354 Crude petroleum 2,939
    Copper 296 Monitors, projectors & TVs 967
    Aluminium 246 Computers 781
    Wheat 201 Telecom equipment & parts 253
    *Includes A$396m of confidential items, mainly sugar, 13% of total exports.

    Australia's trade in services with Malaysia, 2009-10: Total share:


    Exports of services to Malaysia (A$m): 1,590 3.0%
    Imports of services from Malaysia (A$m): 1,024 1.9%

    Major Australian service exports, 2009-10 (A$m): Major Australian service imports, 2009-10 (A$m):
    Education-related travel 863 Transport 442
    Personal travel excl education 399 Personal travel excl education 409

    Australia's investment relationship with Malaysia, 2009 (e): Total: FDI:


    Australia's investment in Malaysia (A$m): 3,932 3,023
    Malaysia's investment in Australia (A$m): 8,592 np

    Malaysia's global merchandise trade relationships:


    Malaysia's principal export destinations, 2009: Malaysia's principal import sources, 2009:
    1 Singapore 14.0% 1 China 14.0%
    2 China 12.2% 2 Japan 12.5%
    3 United States 10.9% 3 United States 11.2%
    8 Australia 3.6% 11 Australia 2.2%

    Co mp i le d b y t he M ark et In f o rma t io n a nd Re sea rch Sect i o n, DF AT , u si n g t h e la t es t d at a f r om t h e A BS, t h e I M F an d v ari o us in t er na t io n al s o ur ces .

    ( a) All r e cen t da ta su bje ct t o r evisi on ; ( b) I M F/ EI U fo r ecast ; ( c) PPP is pu r chasi ng p ower p ar it y; ( d ) T o ta l m ay not add d ue t o r ou ndi ng; ( e) Sto ck, a s a t 31 D ecem be r . Re lea sed an nu all y
    by t he ABS. na D at a not avai la ble . np D at a not pub li shed . .. Dat a n ot m ea ni ngf ul .

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