What is the price of glycerol in Malaysia?

As of January 2025, glycerol in Malaysia is US$ 0.91 per kg (4.13 MYR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Malaysia's world rank in glycerol exports?

Malaysia ranks #3 among 91 glycerol exporters.

How much glycerol did Malaysia export in 2024?

Malaysia exported 446,714 tonnes of glycerol in 2024.

Is Malaysia a net exporter or importer of glycerol?

Malaysia is a net exporter of glycerol.

What share of global glycerol exports does Malaysia hold?

Malaysia accounts for 15.9% of global glycerol exports.

Glycerol Price in Malaysia - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Glycerol Prices in Malaysia

US$ 0.91 / kg

4.13 MYR / kg

MoM ▲ 46.9% YoY ▲ 46.9%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (MYR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	0.91	4.13	▲ 46.9%	▲ 46.9%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the glycerol price in Malaysia available is US$ 0.91 per kg (4.13 MYR), up 46.9% year-on-year.

Malaysia is the world's third largest exporter of glycerol, shipping 446,714 tonnes valued at US$276.8 million in 2024, which accounts for 15.9% of global exports and reflects a 1.5% year-on-year increase. The country is a net exporter of glycerol. The latest export unit value is US$0.9099 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - glycerol in Malaysia

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Malaysia exported $276.8M (446.7 kt) of glycerol▲ 1.5% YoY. That ranks #3 worldwide (15.9% of global exports).

$276.8M

Export value

446.7 kt

Export volume

#3 / 91

World rank

15.9%

Global share

$0.62

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top glycerol exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Indonesia $505.3M · 29%
#2 Germany $320.4M · 18.4%
#3 Malaysia $276.8M · 15.9%
#4 Netherlands $187.2M · 10.8%
#5 Brazil $65.9M · 3.8%

Annual export data Malaysia · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$276.8M	446.7 kt	$0.62
2023	$272.7M	404.8 kt	$0.67
2022	$577.4M	380.9 kt	$1.52
2021	$388.6M	396.5 kt	$0.98
2020	$210.3M	332.3 kt	$0.63

HS Code

glycerol is traded under Harmonized System code 2905.45. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Malaysia glycerol - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The quantity of glycerol exported by Malaysia in 2020 was 65,330 metric tons. In 2019 Malaysia sold 64,037 tonnes of glycerol. In 2019 alone, the demand for Malaysia glycerol (processed category) has surged, changing by 8.087 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, glycerol's exports grew by 79.29 pc earning Malaysia US$22.97m for the year 2019. Malaysia's glycerol exports are categorised as:

Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes (HS code 152000)

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Malaysia glycerol export values

In 2019, Malaysia supplied glycerol costing 22.97m USD, a reduction of -25.10% from 2018's total glycerol export of 30.668m USD. The yearly change in value of Malaysia glycerol between 2017 to 2018 was 122.377 percent.

The annual change in the amount of Malaysia's glycerol exports between 2017 and 2019 was 79.29 percent compared to a variation of 8.087% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Malaysia's share of the world's total glycerol's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Malaysia is ranked position 42 in world exports of glycerol.

Export markets for Malaysia glycerol ( in '000$ )

Import/Export Trends

Malaysia is a net importer of glycerol. The annual growth of Malaysia glycerol in value between 2015 to 2019 was -1%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity was -3%, per annum.

Malaysia ordered 63,621 tonnes of glycerol in 2019.

Glycerol Prices Across Asia

Compare the latest glycerol prices in other Asia countries:

Indonesia$0.82/kg India$2.41/kg China$1.34/kg Philippines$1.71/kg Vietnam$0.88/kg Thailand$0.60/kg Hong Kong$5.59/kg Kazakhstan$3.88/kg Pakistan$0.97/kg

Other Processed Prices in Malaysia

Latest prices for other processed in Malaysia:

Sugar$0.53/kg Coffee$5.62/kg Copra$2.62/kg Palm Oil$0.91/kg Soyabean oil$1.36/kg Coconut oil$2.62/kg Margarine$1.49/kg Cocoa Powder (Solids)$3.23/kg Coconut flour$5.31/kg Natural Rubber$0.61/kg Olive Oil$5.04/kg Natural Honey$4.37/kg Molasses$0.45/kg Chocolate$3.50/kg Cocoa Beans$5.30/kg

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