Brunei Balance of Trade

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

354.3

Units In

BND Million

252.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

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Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2,971.45 Sep 2008	-513.5 Jun 2021	696.4 BND Million	2005-2025	N/A

As an oil producer, Brunei has been able to run consistent trade surpluses despite having to import most of what it consumes. Oil and natural gas account for almost 90 percent of Brunei’s exports. Other exports include machinery and transport equipment and chemicals. Brunei mainly imports machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels and lubricants, chemical products, and miscellaneous manufactured articles. Brunei’s main trading partners are Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, India, China, Australia, the United States and Thailand.

Latest Updates

Brunei’s trade surplus increased to BND 354.3 million in September 2025 from BND 339.5 million in the same month a year earlier. Year-on-year, exports dropped 12.1% to BND 1.03 billion, primarily due to lower shipments of mineral fuels (-10.5%), chemicals (-18.3%), and machinery and transport equipment (-24.1%). Key export destinations included Australia (22.2% of total shipments), China (21.2%), Singapore (16.5%), Japan (9.6%), and Taiwan (8.4%). Meanwhile, imports plunged 18.8% to BND 670.7 million, reflecting weaker demand for mineral fuels (-22.7%), machinery and transport equipment (-17.8%), and miscellaneous manufactured articles (-9.9%). Malaysia remained the top import source (27.0%), followed by Singapore (18.8%), Australia (9.9%), the United Arab Emirates (7.4%), China (5.9%), and the U.S. (3.9%). For the first nine months of the year, the trade surplus edged down to BND 3.98 billion from BND 4.04 billion a year earlier, as exports shrank 13.1% while imports tumbled 19.2%.