What is the price of natural lac per kilogram/pound in Malaysia today?
The retail price range for Malaysia natural lac is between US$ 7.83 and US$ 11.74 per kilogram or between US$ 3.55 and US$ 5.33 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of natural lac in Malaysia
The retail price range in Malaysian Ringgit for natural lac is between MYR 35.52 and MYR 53.28 per kilogram or between MYR 16.11 and MYR 24.16 per pound(lb) in Kuala Lumpur and George Town.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Malaysia natural lac is between US$ 5.48 and US$ 8.22 per kilogram or between US$ 2.49 and US$ 3.73 per pound(lb).
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Malaysia Natural Lac Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
In the last five years, the export price of Natural Lac from Malaysia per Kg was US$ 1.41, US$ 0.85, US$ 0.82, US$ 5.43, and US$ 7.43 respectively. In 2021 the export price was US$ 1.60 per Kg. For 2023, the predicted export price is US$ 3.69 per Kg.Malaysia Natural Lac Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price of Natural Lac into Malaysia over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2016, the price was 4.95 US$ per kg, followed by a slight increase to 6.49 US$ per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price rose to 9.16 US$ per kg, before dropping to 7.17 US$ per kg in 2019. The price then decreased further to 6.48 US$ per kg in 2020, and 3.47 US$ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price of Natural Lac into Malaysia will remain relatively low in the coming years. We can predict that the price in 2023 will be around 2.50 US$ per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 1.50 US$ per kg.Export values for Malaysia natural lac
The total values in export for natural lac in Malaysia were US$ 6,786, US$ 3,475, US$ 4,256 and US$ 4,561 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Malaysia natural lac - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of natural lac shipped by Malaysia in 2020 was 626 tonnes. In 2019 Malaysia exported 601 tonnes of natural lac. For 2019 alone, the demand for Malaysia natural lac (agro commodities category) has improved, changing by 20.683 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, natural lac's exports reduced by -8.38 pc netting the exporter US$4.56m for the year 2019. Malaysia's natural lac exports are classified as:
- Natural lac (HS code 130110)
- Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins, balsams and other natural oleoresins (excluding gum Arabic) (HS code 130190)
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Malaysia natural lac export values
In 2019, Malaysia sold natural lac worth 4.56m USD, a surge of 7.14% from 2018's total natural lac export of 4.256m USD. The yearly growth in value of Malaysia natural lac between 2017 to 2018 was 22.475 per cent.
The annual variation in the quantity of Malaysia's natural lac exports between 2017 and 2019 was -8.38 pc compared to a variation of 20.683% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Malaysia's share of the world's total natural lac's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Malaysia is ranked number 13 in world exports of natural lac.
Export markets for Malaysia natural lac ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Malaysia is a net importer of natural lac. The annual growth of Malaysia natural lac in value between 2015 to 2019 was -41%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was -48%, per annum.
Malaysia purchased 1,849 tonnes of natural lac in 2019.