INTERACTIVE: Malaysians just love pre-loved goods


PETALING JAYA: Call them thrifty or green, but Malaysians just can't get enough of pre-loved apparel. No wonder then that the country has become one of the world’s biggest markets for used clothes.

The Observatory of Economic Complexity, which tracks global trade, reported that Malaysia was the eighth largest importer of used clothing in the world, and the biggest in South-East Asia in 2020.

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