KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's trade performance disappointed in August as exports slipped by 0.8% on-year (y-o-y) to RM81.36bil compared a Bloomberg survey of a 2.7% increase due to weaker exports of mining products.
The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) announced on Friday lower exports were recorded to Hong Kong, Australia, Taiwan, China, New Zealand, South Korea and Asean. However, exports rose to Bangladesh, India, the US and the European Union (EU).
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