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Majlis Networking MITI dan Agensi Bersama pihak swasta sempena Sambutan Hari Raya Aidil Fitri 2012 baru-baru ini telah diadakan pada 3 September 2012 bertempat di perkarangan MITI. Majlis yang saban tahun diadakan ini adalah khusus untuk meraikan sambutan Hari Raya Aidilfitri di samping untuk mengeratkan silaturrahim di antara pegawai Kementerian dan Agensi serta pihak swasta.
Menu 1Malaysia yang mewakili semua bangsa di Malaysia seperti lemang, rendang, sate, pasembor, capati dan pelbagai lagi menjadi juadah pilihan tetamu yang hadir.
Majlis ini juga turut dihadiri oleh duta-duta asing ke Malaysia dan wakil-wakil syarikat korporat antaranya seperti Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon, Presiden FMM, Encik SM Nasaruddin daripada Kumpulan Naza, Lim Kok Cheong, Presiden CCCIM dan Nicholas S. Zefferys, Presiden AMCHAM serta ramai lagi.
Seramai kira-kira hampir 700 jemputan menghadiri jamuan hari raya ini. YB Menteri MITI, Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed serta YB Timbalan Menteri MITI, Dato’...
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YAB Perdana Menteri today tabled a fiscally responsible, balanced and ‘rakyat-centric’ budget, highlighting the Government’s continuous care for the well-being of all Malaysians as reflected in its theme “Prospering The Nation, Enhancing the Well-Being of the Rakyat: A Promise Fulfilled” (”Memakmur Negara, Mensejahtera Rakyat: Sebuah Janji Ditepati”).
Malaysia’s economic fundamentals remain strong. It is estimated that national growth for 2012 will expand between 4.5% and 5%. For 2013, the Malaysian economy is estimated to further expand between 4.5% and 5.5%. The fiscal deficit is expected to be reduced to 4% of GDP in 2013 from 4.5% in 2012. The nominal GDP is expected to exceed RM1 trillion for the first time in 2013. This higher growth will be driven by private investment and consumption.
Private sector activity will be supported by an accommodative monetary policy in an environment of low inflation coupled with a robust financial sector. On the supply...
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With the signing of the Protocol of Accession on 26 October 2012, the WTO General Council has officially agreed to Laos joining the organization, paving the way for the last member of our ASEAN family to become a member of the WTO by early 2013.
On behalf of the people of Malaysia, I would like to congratulate Laos for concluding the final step in a long and challenging journey towards WTO membership. Laos began this process in 1997.
Laos has undertaken domestic regulatory reform to conform with the WTO rules. It has also undergone a massive transformation in the way of doing business. It is understood that in the last 15 years, 90 laws and regulations were enacted across the board; tariffs bound at an average of 18.8% for all products; and market access commitments in 10 service sectors, covering 79 sub-sectors. These achievements are indeed commendable for this land-locked country with 6.5 million people.
It is also heartening to note that these efforts were in parallel with...
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Penentuan Awal Anti-Lambakan Mengenai Import Filem-Filem Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene Yang Berasal Atau Dieksport Dari Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Republik Rakyat China, Republik Indonesia Dan Republik Sosialis Vietnam
Kerajaan Malaysia telah memulakan penyiasatan kes anti-lambakan pada
27 Julai 2012 berikutan daripada satu petisyen yang dikemukakan oleh San Miguel Yamamura Plastic Films Sdn. Bhd. yang mewakili industri tempatan yang mengeluarkan produk filem-filem biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP). Pempetisyen mendakwa pengimportan BOPP yang berasal atau dieksport dari Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Republik Rakyat China, Republik Indonesia dan Republik Sosialis Viet Nam dibawa masuk ke Malaysia dengan harga yang lebih rendah daripada yang dijual di pasaran domestik negara-negara tersebut. Pempetisyen mendakwa ini telah menyebabkan kemudaratan material kepada industri tempatan di Malaysia.
Kerajaan telah selesai menjalankan penyiasatan awal seperti...
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FINAL DETERMINATION OF INVESTIGATION ON ANTI-DUMPING CONCERNING IMPORTS OF STEEL WIRE RODS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM CHINESE TAIPEI, THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
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On 25 June 2012, the Government of Malaysia initiated an anti-dumping investigation based on a petition filed by Amsteel Mills Sdn. Bhd. on behalf of the domestic industry producing steel wire rods (SWR). The petitioner alleges that the imports of steel wire rods originating in or exported from Chinese Taipei, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Indonesia, the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Turkey are being imported into Malaysia at a price much lower than the price in the domestic market of the alleged countries. The petitioner claims that this is causing material injury to the domestic industry producing the same product...
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The Government of Malaysia has received from a domestic producer a petition for the imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of newsprint in rolls (newsprint). The petitioner alleges that imports of newsprint originating in or exported from Belgium, Germany, Sweden and United Kingdom are being imported into Malaysia at a price much lower than the price in the domestic market of the alleged countries. The petitioner claims that this is causing material injury to the domestic industry producing the same product in Malaysia.
The petitioner further claims that imports from the alleged countries have increased in terms of absolute quantity. As a result, the petitioner has suffered from the effects of dumping, among others, price undercutting, price depression, reduction in market share, reduction in domestic sales, reduction in cash flow, low productivity level, low production level and low capacity level, low return in investment and inability to raise capital.
The Government has...
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Perbadanan Pembangunan Perdagangan Luar Malaysia (MATRADE) menganjurkan persidangan Media Malaysia (MMC) 2013 bagi memperkasa peserta industri media dan pengiklanan tempatan untuk mengeksport perkhidmatan mereka di peringkat global.
Dianjurkan dengan kerjasama Persatuan Pengiklan Antarabangsa (IAA) Malaysia, persidangan sehari itu menyaksikan penyertaan kira-kira 350 syarikat media, agensi dan syarikat pengiklanan tempatan.
Pengarah Kanan Bahagian Perancangan Strategik MATRADE, Susila Devi, berkata persidangan itu penting untuk meningkatkan kemampuan peserta industri media dan pengiklanan tempatan bagi membolehkan mereka bersaing dalam pasaran serantau dan global.
Katanya, antara isu yang dibincangkan dalam persidangan ini termasuk perubahan arah aliran cita rasa pelanggan berkaitan aktiviti pengiklanan yang mana maklumat itu amat berguna kepada peserta merangka strategi untuk menghasilkan kandungan media atau pengiklanan berkesan.
“Selain mengenalpasti perubahan dan arah...
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) — Malaysian companies achieved RM52.75 million sales at the FOODEX Japan Trade Fair held in Makuhari Messe in Chiba, the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) said Monday.
Matrade said confectionery products contributed 38.14 per cent of the total sales, followed by beverages products (30.13 per cent) and food ingredients (14.26 per cent).
Malaysia’s national pavilion, comprising 24 Malaysian companies, received 1,790 trade enquiries from importers, distributors and procurement centres from Japan, China and South Korea throughout the four-day fair from March 4, the national trade promotion agency said in a statement.
Matrade Tokyo Trade Commissioner Kua Kiat Chye said Malaysian food and beverages products are widely accepted in Japan due to its assurance on standard and quality.
He said Malaysian companies should also consider opportunities in Japan’s hospitality sector to meet the growing demand of Muslim tourists from...
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MEDIA RELEASE
20TH APEC MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRADE MEETING
17 – 18 MAY 2014
Y.B. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry will attend the 20th APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting in Qingdao, China from 17 – 18 May 2014.
Ministers will have discussions based on 2014 APEC priorities as outlined by the host, China. The priorities are:
·Advancing Regional Economic Integration;
·Promoting Innovative Development, Economic Reform and Growth; and
·Strengthening Comprehensive Connectivity and Infrastructure Development.
Ministers will also discuss APEC continuing priority on Supporting the Multilateral Trading System and Resisting Protectionism. Specifically, they will deliberate on issues surrounding the implementation of the Bali Package concluded at the WTO 9th Ministerial Conference in Bali last year, particularly the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement within the agreed time frame. APEC has been firm in...
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Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed welcomed China’s initiative to further advance APEC Leaders’ mandates on FTAAP to achieve deeper regional economic integration. Malaysia supported a study to be done as it would be a useful analytical work to evaluate not only the potential benefits, but also the impact, challenges and readiness of economies to meet the high standards envisaged in FTAAP. We are very supportive of the initiative to develop a roadmap for FTAAP and are also supportive of the decision to task officials to finalise this roadmap by the end of this year.
This initiative however does not imply that negotiations on FTAAP will be launched immediately after the study is completed. APEC as a non-binding, voluntary forum will play a leadership role and provide intellectual inputs into the FTAAP process, and the FTAAP when agreed, will be pursued outside of APEC.
FTAAP will not be inconsistent with Malaysia’s participation in the on-going negotiations on TPP and RCEP. On the...
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