{"id":30815,"date":"2025-06-25T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/?p=30815"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T09:04:11","slug":"malay-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/markets\/malay-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Resilience Amid Uncertainty: Malaysia Maintains Stable Trade Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30815\" class=\"elementor elementor-30815\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84d7bbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84d7bbf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0829792\" data-id=\"0829792\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-915549d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"915549d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Despite ongoing global uncertainties and short-term fluctuations, Malaysia continues to demonstrate resilience in its trade outlook. Recent data showed a minor dip in May exports where the figure last month slipped into a decline of 1.1% year-on-year (y-o-y).\u00a0<\/p><p>Nevertheless, economists remain optimistic, maintaining forecasts for both export and import growth this year: TA Research maintained a forecast of export growth at 2.2% and import growth at 2.6% for this year, while Malaysia\u2019s trade surplus is still projected to be healthy at RM134.04bil. At the same time, <span data-teams=\"true\">CIMB Research still revised its GDP growth forecast for this year upward from 4% to 4.3%.<\/span><\/p><p>Constructive US-Malaysia trade talks and the nearing finalization of a key tariff agreement signal continued cooperation and opportunity for international business. Analysts predict that stable inflation could lead to supportive monetary policy, further boosting the trade environment. 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