Trade growth likely to miss target this year


Next year, the ministry (Miti) is predicting a more

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is likely to miss its trade growth target this year because exports have not increased as fast as initially expected despite the weaker ringgit.

The Government had earlier predicted international trade to expand between 2% and 3% this year.

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