Nov 17, 2015 -   Minister of International Trade and Industry, YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed attended the 27th APEC Ministerial Meeting held in Manila today.  Ministers discussed how APEC economies can work together to sustain the momentum towards achieving inclusive regional economic integration amidst the current state of regional and global economic environments. Minister Mustapa began his intervention by sharing his grief over the atrocities that struck Paris.  He reiterated that as a ...
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Nov 16, 2015 - The Malaysian economy registered a GDP growth of 4.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2015 (Q3 2015), driven by capital spending in the manufacturing and services sectors. International Trade and Industry Minister Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed, in responding to the announcement by Bank Negara Malaysia, noted that both Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and Domestic Direct Investments (DDI) helped sustain Malaysia's economic momentum. "At a time of global ...
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Nov 13, 2015 - About 1,000 participants attended the ASEAN My Market event held at the MATRADE Exhibition and Convention Centre (MECC) on 12 November 2015. The event comprised a Showcase by Malaysian exporters exhibiting their products, and a Forum and dialogue on ‘ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) & ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Organised by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and its agencies, the event  provided an effective and valuable platform for participants to ...
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Nov 13, 2015 - 1. YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri telah selesai melakukan lawatan rasmi ke Jeddah dan Riyadh dari 7-9 November 2015. 2. Sewaktu berada di sana, YB Menteri telah mengadakan kunjungan hormat ke atas TYT Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Menteri Perdagangan dan Industri Arab Saudi, TYT Khalid Abdulaziz Al Falih, Menteri Kesihatan Arab Saudi dan juga Putera Khalid Al-Faisal Al Saud, Gabenor Mekah. YB Menteri bersama TYT Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Menteri Perdagangan dan ...
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Oct 29, 2015 -   Malaysia's prudent, pragmatic and pro-business policies and processes yet again withstood the test of resilience as the nation ramps up efforts to achieve high-income status within the next five years. The World Bank's Doing Business Report 2016 (DB 2016), released today, saw Malaysia being ranked at 18th position out of the 189 economies. Malaysia remains in the top 20 economies in the world even as the country battles headwinds from global economic volatilities. In placing ...
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Oct 26, 2015 -   1. YAB Perdana Menteri presented a prudent, balanced, ‘mesra rakyat’ budget which focuses on addressing  the people's concerns such as rising cost of living, enhanced competitiveness of SMEs and nurturing the well-being of the Rakyat. 2. Malaysia’s economic fundamentals remain strong. Despite uncertainties in the global economy, Malaysia’s economic performance registered 5.3 % growth in the first half of 2015. It is estimated that national growth will ...
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Oct 06, 2015 - Malaysia has won several concessions from parties to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in the recently concluded negations held in the US city of Atlanta, International Trade and Industry Minister Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed said. "Parties agreed to take into consideration almost all of our concerns and sensitivities particularly in the areas of government procurement, state-owned enterprises and the bumiputera issues. Elements of flexibilities accorded to Malaysia include ...
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Sep 30, 2015 - Mesyuarat Menteri-Menteri TPP akan diadakan pada 30 September-1 Oktober 2015 di Atlanta, Amerika Syarikat.  Ini merupakan mesyuarat kedua pada tahun ini di kalangan Menteri-Menteri negara-negara yang terlibat. Rundingan TPP telah berjalan lebih 5 tahun dan tujuan mesyuarat di Atlanta adalah untuk meneruskan rundingan mengenai isu-isu tertunggak. TPP adalah satu perjanjian perdagangan yang melibatkan 12 buah negara dan Malaysia terlibat dalam rundingan ini kerana perdagangan dan pelaburan ...
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Sep 30, 2015 - Malaysia charts its best performance since 2005 The World Economic Forum (WEF) moved Malaysia up two spots, ranking the nation the 18th most competitive economy in the world, in its Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016. This is Malaysia's highest ranking since 2005 in the highly-influential and closely monitored report, which includes 140 economies. In the context of the current challenging global environment, this upgrade is welcome news for Malaysia. This ranking is also an ...
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Sep 23, 2015 - On 28 April 2015, the Government of Malaysia initiated an anti-dumping investigation based on a petition filed by Bahru Stainless Sdn. Bhd. (Bahru) on behalf of the domestic industry producing Cold Rolled Stainless Steel (CRSS). The petitioner alleges that imports of CRSS originating in or exported from the Chinese Taipei, France, Hong Kong, Japan, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Finland, Republic of Indonesia, Republic of Korea and Socialist Republic of Viet Nam are being ...
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Sep 23, 2015 - On 28 April 2015, the Government of Malaysia initiated an anti-dumping investigation based on a petition filed by FIW Steel Sdn. Bhd. on behalf of the domestic industry producing Pre-painted. Painted or Colour Coated Steel Coils (PPCCSC). The petitioner alleges that imports of PPCCSC originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam are being imported into Malaysia at a price lower than the selling price in the domestic market of the ...
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Sep 18, 2015 - The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) is working to get more Malaysian companies to participate in international trade fairs to boost the export of Halal products. The goal is to promote Malaysia as a producer of products which are of the highest quality, safe and fully assured in the aspect of halal integrity. The effort to boost exports is in line with the decision by the National Export Council to raise exports to help bring in added revenue for the nation to help ...
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Sep 18, 2015 - Thursday, 17 September 2015, Kuala Lumpur : Malaysia is stepping up efforts to ramp up exports by implementing several initiatives under a strategic road map that, among others, involves deep collaboration between the public and private sectors. This was one of the decisions reached at the 3rd National Export Council (NEC) meeting convened today. The meeting discussed several measures on boosting exports, taking into consideration the global economic situation. It noted that based on the first ...
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Sep 15, 2015 -   I welcome the announcement made by YAB PM on the proactive economic measures. The decision to adopt these measures is a reflection of the government’s commitment to assist and facilitate Malaysian businesses in these challenging economic times. The Working Capital Guarantee Scheme of RM2 billion for SMEs is in addition to the RM5 billion Services Sector Guarantee Scheme announced on 1 April this year.   The additional RM2 billion is for sectors especially manufacturing. This ...
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Sep 11, 2015 -   The Government of Malaysia has received a safeguard petition from Megasteel Sdn. Bhd. representing the domestic industry producing Hot Rolled Plate (HRC). HRC is used as base material in various industries such as cargo freight containers and cranes, gas cylinder material, highway guardrails, lamp posts, line pipe material for oil & gas application, offshore usage material, pipes & tubes material, pressure vessel material, re-rolling, ship material, structural steel and vehicle ...
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Aug 28, 2015 -   On the 27th of August 2015, Bapak Rizal Ramli, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Resources of Indonesia and YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, the Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia led a delegation from the two respective countries in a meeting in Kuala Lumpur to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in the palm oil industry. Bapak Rizal was joined by Bapak Sofyan Djalil, Minister for National Development Planning, Indonesia. The other Malaysian ...
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Aug 28, 2015 -   The Government of Malaysia has received a petition from a domestic producer for the imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of Cold-Rolled Steel Coils on 31 July 2015. The petitioner alleged that imports of Cold-Rolled Steel Coils originating in, or exported from, the People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam are being dumped into Malaysia at a price much lower than the price in the domestic market of the alleged countries and that this ...
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Aug 26, 2015 -   Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States and the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation met on 25 August 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the Fourth AEM- Russia Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia and H.E. Alexey V. Ulyukaev, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. The Ministers were pleased to note the growth of trade between ...
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Aug 26, 2015 -   Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States and the Canadian Deputy Minister of International Trade met on 25 August 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the Fourth AEM-Canada Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade of Malaysia and Industry and Ms. Christine Hogan, Deputy Minister of International Trade of Canada. The Meeting noted the developments in economic relations between ASEAN and Canada. ...
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Aug 26, 2015 -   On 25 August 2015, the final day of the 47th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting and Related Meetings held in Kuala Lumpur, the ASEAN Economic Ministers had consultations with their counterparts from Canada and Russia. The AEM also met with the ASEAN-Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC).    4th AEM - Canada Consultations  The 4th AEM-Canada Consultations were co-chaired by YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa ...
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Aug 25, 2015 -   Economic  Ministers  from  the  ten  ASEAN  Member  States,  Australia,  China,  India, Japan,  Republic  of  Korea,  New  Zealand,  the  Russian  Federation  and  the  United  States met on 24 August 2015, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the Third East Asia Summit (EAS) Economic Ministers Meeting. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of ...
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Aug 25, 2015 -   Consultations between the ten ASEAN Economic Ministers and the United States Trade Representative (“the Ministers”) were held on 24 August 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade & Industry of Malaysia and H.E. Michael Froman, the United States Trade Representative. The Ministers were pleased to note the strong growth in trade relations between ASEAN and the United States of ...
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Aug 25, 2015 -   On 24 August 2015, the third day of the 47th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting and Related Meetings held in Kuala Lumpur, the ASEAN Economic Ministers had consultations with their counterparts from the United States and East Asia Summit Economic Ministers. AEM – USTR Consultations The AEM-USTR Consultations was co-chaired by YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry, and H.E. Michael Froman, ...
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Aug 22, 2015 - ASEAN Economic Ministers are fully committed to ensuring that there will be no backsliding or roll-back of measures to enhance the 10-member grouping's competitiveness undertaken in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) initiative.      They made the pledge at the 47th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) meeting in Kuala Lumpur. The session was chaired by YB Dato Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry. Dato' Sri Mustapa also chaired two other ...
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Aug 20, 2015 -   Kuala Lumpur, 19 August 2015 - Malaysia saw a modest growth of investments in the first half of 2015 (1H2015) with new approved direct investments totalling RM113.5 billion from RM112.0 billion in the corresponding period of 2014.  “Investor confidence sustained Malaysia's growth as total investments realised to date under the RMK10 period was RM813.5 billion, exceeding the plan’s target of RM740 billion, despite the slower growth of private investment (3.9%) in the ...
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Jul 29, 2015 -   Effective 1 August 2015, the importation of tinplate (HS 7210.12.200) will be subjected to Certificate of Approval (CoA). This requirement was gazetted under the Customs (Prohibition of Imports) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2014 on 25 June 2014. The imposition of CoA on this product is to ensure that imported materials meet established quality and safety requirements. The new requirement was made in consultation with the industry. Importers of tinplate (HS 7210.12.200) will need to ...
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Jul 29, 2015 -   Malaysia will be participating in the TPP Ministerial Meeting from 28-31 July 2015 in Hawaii, USA. This meeting is to finalise negotiations that began five years ago. There will be no signing of any Agreement in Hawaii. I repeat: Signing of the TPPA will not happen in Hawaii. Like Malaysia, each TPPA member will need to go through its own domestic process before a final decision to sign and ratify the ...
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Jul 29, 2015 -   Malaysia is participating in the TPP Ministerial Meeting from 28-31 July 2015 in Hawaii, USA. The aim of this meeting is to substantially conclude negotiations that began five years ago. There will be no signing of any Agreement in Hawaii. I repeat: Signing of the TPPA will not happen in Hawaii. Like Malaysia, each TPPA member will need to go through its own domestic process before a final decision to sign and ratify the TPPA is made. I wish to emphasise that as the Minister-in-charge of ...
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Jul 03, 2015 - The decision by Fitch to upgrade the outlook for Malaysia from "Negative" to "Stable" is a strong endorsement of the country's economic fundamentals and the Government's management of the economy, Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed said. The Minister of International Trade and Industry continues, “This is also an affirmation of the Government's prudent, proactive and pragmatic policies under the Economic Transformation Programme to re-structure and diversify the ...
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Jun 18, 2015 - The Council for Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (MAPO) through National Strategic Office to the Council (NSO MAPO) in collaboration with the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Embassy of the United States of America (US Embassy) organised a half-day workshop involving Government, civil society, and industry leaders. The aim of the Joint Malaysia-US E&E Best Labour Practices Workshop is to enhance the level of awareness of Malaysian ...
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Jun 15, 2015 -   APEC Ministers met in Boracay Island, Philippines from 23-24 May 2015. SUPPORTING THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM APEC Trade Ministers unanimously reiterated APEC’s continuous support for the WTO and multilateral trading system, as well as the conclusion of the Doha Round. In the build-up to the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC10) in Nairobi in December, all APEC economies agreed with the WTO Director-General’s approach for WTO members to intensify efforts towards ...
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Jun 15, 2015 - Malaysia retained its ranking among the top 15 nations in the latest World Competitiveness Yearbook 2015 (WCY) compiled by the Institute for Management Development (IMD), based in Lausanne, Switzerland. International Trade and Industry Minister Dato' Seri Mustapa Mohamed, in a statement today, said the report ranked Malaysia 14th among 61 countries -- ahead of such countries as the Netherlands (15), Ireland (16), New Zealand (17), Australia (18), the United Kingdom (19), Finland (20), ...
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May 14, 2015 - 1. The ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) expressed confidence that the region’s economies will maintain their momentum in 2015 despite the global economic and geopolitical challenges. They emphasised that the deepening economic integration in the region would serve as a buffer in helping ASEAN progress and prosper. 2. They made these remarks at the 21st ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Retreat held on 28 February to 1 March 2015 in Kota Bharu, Malaysia. The Retreat was chaired by Dato’ ...
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May 14, 2015 - YB Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry hosted a special Session with Heads of Missions on 16th February 2015 at the MATRADE Exhibition & Convention Centre. A total of 150 officials comprising Ambassadors/High Commissioners and representatives of embassies attended the session. This is the 6th year MITI is organizing such a Session. It is part of MITI’s regular and continuous engagements with foreign missions to provide updates on ...
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May 14, 2015 - On 19 June 2014, the Government of Malaysia initiated an anti-dumping investigation based on a petition filed by Megasteel Sdn. Bhd. on behalf of the domestic industry producing Hot Rolled Coils (Hot Rolled Coils). The Petitioner alleged that of HRCoriginating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, Republic of Indonesia and Republic of Korea into Malaysia at a price much lower than the price in the domestic market of the alleged countries. The Petitioner claimed that this is ...
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May 14, 2015 -   Dato' Sri Mustapa Bin Mohamed, Hon'ble Minister of International Trade and Industry, Government of Malaysia, who is on a three-day trade and investment mission to India, delivered a Special Address at the Seminar on 'India-Malaysia Trade and Economic Cooperation in the Context of Indian Economy Dynamism and India's Act East Policy', organised by Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), a New Delhi based think-tank. The Minister said that India ...
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May 14, 2015 - Press Release Negative Preliminary Determination Of An Anti-Dumping Investigation With Regards To The Import Of Steel Concrete .pdf
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May 14, 2015 -   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (10th March 2015) - Malaysia will take another giant leap towards establishing the country as the global Halal hub when it hosts the World Halal Summit. Scheduled to be held from 30th March to 4th April 2015 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), WHS 2015 is set to be the largest Halal event of its kind in the entire Asean region. The Halal component of the global economy is now estimated at RM 8.4 TRILLION. The Halal food sector alone accounts for almost RM ...
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May 14, 2015 - The ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the EU Trade Commissioner held their Thirteenth Consultations on 26 April 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia and H.E Cecilia Malmström, the EU Trade Commissioner. The Ministers and the EU Trade Commissioner noted that trade between ASEAN and EU expanded from US$ 242.6 billion in 2012 to US$ 246.2 billion in 2013, ...
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May 14, 2015 - Media Release : Initiation Of Investigation On Anti-Dumping Concerning Imports Of Cold Rolled Stainless Steel Originating In Or Exported By Chinese Taipei, French Republic, Hong Kong, Japan, The People’s Republic Of China, Republic Of Finland, Republic Of Indonesia, Republic Of Korea And Socialist Republic Of Viet Nam The Government of Malaysia has received a petition from a domestic producer for the imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of cold rolled stainless steel (CRSS) on 30 ...
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May 14, 2015 - Media Statement - Achievement and Updates of NAP 2014.pdf
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May 14, 2015 - The Government is putting in place a comprehensive roadmap to enhance the nation's exports amid uncertainties in the global market. The roadmap planned by the National Export Council (NEC) encompasses initiatives that will:   address the gaps in the export eco-system; deepen market access for exporters through market linkers, industry specialists and specialised promotion programmes; internationalise and develop resilient Small and Medium exporters via customised programmes such as ...
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