Kuala Lumpur: Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri (MITI) optimis eksport pasaran produk halal negara akan melepasi RM32 bilion tahun ini walaupun berdepan dengan situasi kejatuhan nilai ringgit serta penurunan harga minyak mentah dunia.
Ini berikutan kelemahan kedua-dua sektor berkenaan memberi kesan positif kepada peningkatan perdagangan produk halal ke pasaran asing memandangkan negara pengimport boleh membeli dengan harga murah serta meningkatkan kapasiti pengeluaran dari Malaysia.
Timbalan Menterinya, Datuk Hamim Samuri berkata, ramuan halal menjadi sektor terpenting eksport itu memandangkan ketika ini Malaysia menjadi pengeksport utama dunia dan ia belum banyak diterokai oleh negara lain berbanding sektor makanan dan minuman.
Beliau berkata, setakat separuh pertama 2014, sektor ramuan halal menyumbang RM6 bilion kepada jumlah keseluruhan eksport berjumlah RM18 bilion dan dijangka berkembang tahun ini.
“Semua produk halal memerlukan ramuan bagi dikeluarkan...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 (Bernama) — The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) expects total export surplus for the halal industry this year to exceed the RM32 billion achieved in 2013.
Deputy Minister Datuk Hamim Samuri said there is massive untapped growth potential the global halal industry which local Halal players should tap.
“The weakening ringgit can also be a key driver to the exports as importers can buy products at lower prices,” he told reporters after the soft launch of Halal Ingredients Asia 2015 here today.
Meanwhile, Halal Development Industry Corporation Chief Executive Officer Datuk Seri Jamil Bidin expressed hope the number of local players of certified Halal ingredient manufacturers would increase this year.
“To date, we have about 200 Halal manufacturing companies certified by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim), 70 per cent of which are multi-national companies.
“We hope more Malaysian companies, including...
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The prime minister said the two elements must be given the highest priority in running the organisation as it is the key to success in today’s intensely competitive economic environment.
“Every year, a number of international organisations such as the World Bank, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Swiss Institute of Management Development publish global competitiveness reports, in which they compare the ability of nations to compete in the international market.
“I am proud to say that all these three organisations have issued reports showing that the efforts that we have been making to improve our competitiveness have been effective,” he said at the Anugerah Kecemerlangan Industri (AKI) 2014 here, today.
He said all these improvements would not have been possible without the initiatives undertaken through the government transformation programme (GTP) and the economic transformation programme (ETP), along with the public and private sector collaboration through the... Read More