KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Malaysia’s terms of trade increased 0.6 per cent month-on-month to 110.3 points in March 2023 (2010 = 100 points), said the Department of Statistics (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Malaysia secured RM2.44 billion (US$555.30 million) in potential exports during Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's visit to China last week, said the Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Malaysia’s total trade for December 2022 amounted to RM236.0 billion, an increase of 8.6 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), with exports rising 6.0 per cent y-o-y to RM131.9 billion while imports rose 12.0 per cent y-o-y to RM104.1 billion, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Malaysia’s trade performance in 2022 surpassed RM2 trillion for the second consecutive year and registered the fastest growth since 1994, with exports expanding 25 per cent to RM1.55 trillion.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 — Recovering from the pandemic, exports of timber industry products rose 3.4 per cent in 2021 to RM20.4 billion supported by both manufactured and agricultural timber products, the Department of Statistics (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production decreased by 5.9 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m) in September 2022 to 35,460 tonnes.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — MIDF Research has upgraded its projections for exports and imports to grow at 26 per cent and 30.5 per cent, respectively, as external demand has remained robust despite concerns over slowing global growth.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — Malaysia’s trade continued its upward trajectory in September 2022, rising by 31.4 per cent to RM256.91 billion compared to the same month last year — the 20th consecutive month of double-digit growth, said the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 — Malaysia’s trade remained sturdy in August 2022 with exports jumping 48.2 per cent to RM141.33 billion, the 13th successive month of double-digit growth, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — Malaysia’s imports of unmilled wheat rose 98.5 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in May 2022, recording a value of RM227.5 million with Selangor, Penang and Sabah being the top importers, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — A significant slowdown in the European Union (EU) economic growth is a key vulnerability for Asean exports amid the economic bloc’s importance as a key export market for many Southeast Asian economies, said S&P Global Market Intelligence today.

JAKARTA, June 9 — Indonesia has launched an export acceleration scheme aimed at shipping at least one million tonnes of crude palm oil and derivatives following a recent export ban, according to a trade ministry regulation made public on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Malaysia’s total trade for April 2022 jumped 21.3 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM231.4 billion, with exports of RM127.5 billion (+20.7 per cent y-o-y) and imports worth RM103.9 billion (+22.0 per cent y-o-y), according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — The rubber export performance for the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, witnessed latex goods accounted for 83.1 per cent of total exports of rubber products, with the gloves subsector remaining as the largest export revenue generator for the rubber industry, said Malaysian Rubber Council (MRC).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to improve further by expanding between 5.3 and 6.3 per cent in 2022, up from 3.1 per cent growth in 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — Malaysia's export unit index remained positive for the fourth consecutive months since October 2021, growing 1.3 per cent in January 2022 compared with the previous month, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — Malaysia's latest key economic indicators had pointed to a favourable performance indicating continued recovery momentum, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — The Electronic Business Linkage (eBizLink) Programme has generated more than RM40 million export sales, benefitting 350 Malaysian exporters through 18 global campaigns executed in 2021, the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — Selangor recorded the highest increase in exports in November 2021, contributing RM6.3 billion to the country's total exports growth of 32.4 per cent to RM27.5 billion in the month, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Port Klang handled a record-breaking container volume of 13.64 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) as of December 28, 2021, surpassing its 2019 record of 13.58 million TEUs despite the many challenges of Covid-19 as well as the spillover effects of container shortages, port congestions and most recently, adverse weather conditions.