KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — Malaysia’s monthly export and import unit value indices for September 2021 dropped to 0.2 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — Malaysia’s monthly export and import unit value indices continued to show positive growth in July 2021, both rising 1.3 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — Malaysia’s export and import unit value indices continued to record positive growth in May 2021, at 0.7 per cent and 0.9 per cent on a monthly basis, respectively, despite the uncertainty of economic activities, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Malaysia’s export and import unit value indices continued to record positive growth in April 2021, growing by 1.7 per cent and 0.8 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m), respectively.

VIENTIANE, June 3 — The Lao government has temporarily banned the import and export of cattle, beef, and other bovine products to prevent the spread of an infectious skin disease, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) urged the government to allow activities in the import and export sectors — including ports, warehousing and transportation of goods — to continue during the total lockdown period.

SEPANG, April 15 — The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) seized 100 kilogrammes of agarwood from Vietnam, worth RM14,821, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport last Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Malaysia’s trade performance will continue its momentum in March 2021, while imports are expected to continue picking up as domestic demand returns with the movement control order ending early this month, said Moody’s Analytics.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — Malaysia’s trade surplus soared by 38.0 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM16.6 billion in January 2021, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — Malaysia's exports rose for the fourth straight month in December, expanding 10.8 per cent from a year earlier on higher shipments of manufactured goods and agricultural products, particularly palm oil, government data showed on Friday.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 30 — The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) has prepared an action plan to address the smuggling of non-certified meat into the country, says Jakim deputy director-general (operations) Datuk Abdul Aziz Jusoh.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 — The government will improve and update halal standards, particularly involving imported meat and meat products, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Seri Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri.

PUTRAJAYA, June 10 — Malaysia recorded the lowest number of new Covid-19 positive cases today since the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) with only two, neither being local transmissions.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The export and import unit value indices shrank by 1.7 per cent and 1.2 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m) to 114.1 points and 114.8 points, respectively, in April 2020, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The Covid-19 pandemic, which has caused major disruptions to the global supply chain, has dragged Malaysia to record a trade deficit of RM3.5 billion in April 2020, after 269 consecutive months of surplus on account of higher contraction in exports compared to imports.

PUTRAJAYA, June 2 — Malaysia recorded a single-digit increase in local transmission of Covid-19 with only five cases out of the 20 new cases reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Malaysia voiced its commitment to further strengthen diplomatic and trade ties with India, after the world's largest edible oil buyer renewed purchases of Malaysian palm oil, in a sign of improving relations between the two countries.

PUTRAJAYA, May 3 — The number of positive Covid-19 cases reported daily rose by 17 to 122 cases as of noon today, bringing the cumulative total in the country to 6,298, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — Port operators nationwide have been instructed to allow all import and export activities by companies which have been authorised to operate during the movement control order (MCO) by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.

BEIJING, April 25 ― China's northwestern province of Shaanxi reported today seven new imported cases of the novel coronavirus, all in citizens returning home from Russia, even as domestic cases in the country were largely curbed.