Penang aims to nurture more exporters via Matrade

(From left) Afif, Abu Bakar, Abdul Halim, Aziz and Faidzel posing with entrepreneurs at the Export Day event at a hotel in Penang.

Penang hopes to increase the number of its exporters under Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade) in the next five years, says Datuk Abdul Halim Hussain.

The Penang trade and industry, and entrepreneurial development committee chairman said that currently, only 898 exporters in Penang were Matrade members.