Malaysia’s January-May trade higher by 4.2%

KLANG, April 17 -- A part of daily operations at the Westports Port Klang today.CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery is the first container vessel with a capacity of 20,600 TEU to call at Westports Port Klang.The container vessel is the newest and biggest flagship container vessel sailed and would berth at Container Terminal 8 Westports container wharf that was completed in 2017.--fotoBERNAMA (2018) COPYRIGHTS RESERVED

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s trade from January to May 2018 rose to RM753.46bil – a 4.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase – compared to the corresponding period of 2017.

The Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade) said exports rose 6.9% y-o-y to RM403.99bil while imports grew 1.3% y-o-y to RM349.48bil.