MALAYSIA is heavily dependent on imports for some of its essential food items such as rice, meat, milk and dairy products, and is able to buy adequate quantities of these food items to meet the shortfall in our production to meet local demand.
However if the US threat of war in the Middle East becomes a reality, our import/export trade may be disrupted, and food security through self-sufficiency may merit over-riding priority over GDP growth and all else.
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