Malaysia achieves record export, overall trade performance for month of February

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's export value surpassed the RM100bil mark for the first time in the month of February, boosting the country's overall trade value to a record high for the month.

In a statement, the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) said the value of shipments overseas expanded 16.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM102.27bil, while overall trade was up 17.5% y-o-y to RM184.75bil.