‘Growth momentum unlikely to keep going’


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s trade figures may have seen a record high of RM249.89bil in March this year, but that momentum of growth is unlikely to keep going in the coming months, says Investment, Trade and Industry Minister (Miti) Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

According to Tengku Zafrul, this is because many companies were exporting quickly before the on-again, off-again US tariffs was implemented in April.

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