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Fibre, fabric demand lifts Malaysia's textile imports in Jan-Aug 2025

10 Dec '25

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Fibre, fabric demand lifts Malaysia's textile imports in Jan-Aug 2025

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Insights

Malaysia's textile imports grew ***.*1 per cent year-on-year to $***,***.* million in January–August 2025, with volumes also rising, signalling stronger raw-material demand from downstream manufacturers. Higher imports across fibre, fabric and yarn reflect a gradual supply-chain rebound, deeper ASEAN sourcing links, and Malaysia's reliance on imported inputs due to limited domestic capacity.

Fibre remained the largest import segment, contributing **.** per cent of total value at $***.*** million and **.** per cent of volume at ***.*** million kg. Fabric followed with $***.*** million (**.** per cent share) and ***.*** million kg (**.** per cent). Yarn imports reached $***.*** million, accounting for **.** per cent of value and **.*** million kg in volume, according to *fashion.com/market-intelligence/texpro-textile-and-apparel/" target="_blank">sourcing intelligence tool TexPro.

A year earlier, fibre imports were valued at $***.*** million, followed by fabric at $***.*** million and yarn at $***.*** million. The broad-based rise across all three categories in **** indicates a steady rebound in Malaysia’s textile supply chain after subdued activity through ****–****.