Malaysia’s exports rise to RM75.6bil in December

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s exports rose 10.7% to RM75.6bil in December 2016 from a year ago, exceeding economists’ expectations of 9.6% growth, underpinned by higher exports of electrical and electronic (E&E) products, palm oil and palm-based products.

The Statistics Department said on a month-on-month (m-o-m) basis, exports increased RM2.7bil, or 3.7% from RM72.8bil. In seasonally adjusted terms, exports rose 2.4%