ina 8.8%, Thailand 5%, Hong
Kong 4.6% (2007)
Imports:
$139.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron
and steel products, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Japan 13%, China 12.9%, Singapore 11.5%, US 10.8%, Taiwan 5.7%,
Thailand 5.3%, South Korea 4.9%, Germany 4.6%, Indonesia 4.2% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$31.6 million (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$101.1 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$53.09 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$86.16 billion (2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$42.55 billion (2007 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$235.4 billion (2006)
Currency (code):
ringgit (MYR)
Currency code:
MYR
Exchange rates:
ringgits (MYR) per US dollar - 3.46 (2007), 3.6683 (2006), 3.8
(2005), 3.8 (2004), 3.8 (2003)
Communications
Malaysia
Telephones - main lines in use:
4.35 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
23.347 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system; international service excellent
domestic: good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia
mainly by microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave radio
relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; domestic
satellite system with 2 earth stations; combined fixed-line and
mobile cellular teledensity exceeds 110 per 100 persons
international: country code - 60; landing point for several major
international submarine cable networks that provide connectivity to
Asia, Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat
(1 Indian Ocean, 1 Pacific Ocean) (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 35, FM 391, shortwave 15 (2001)
Radios:
10.9 million (1999)
Television broadcast stations:
88 (mainland Malaysia 51, Sabah 16, and Sarawak 21) (2006)
Televisions:
10.8 million (1999)
Internet country code:
.my
Internet hosts:
377,716 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
7 (2000)
Internet users:
15.868 million (2007)
Transportation
Malaysia
Airports:
116 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 36
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 6 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 80
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