External trade expanding, BUSINESS TIMES

Business Times (Malaysia)

09-13-2003

MALAYSIA'S external trade continued to strengthen further, despite the
uncertainties in the external environment during the first half of the
year, with a shift of focus towards intra-regional trade within the East
Asian and non-traditional markets.
Malaysia's total trade is expected to continue to expand by 3 per cent
to RM325 billion compared with 1.1 per cent at RM316 billion in the corresponding
period last year.
The upward trend is driven mainly by an upsurge in exports by 6.9 per
cent, whi