Trade Performance : May 2009 and January - May 2009
MALAYSIA EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS PRELIMINARY RELEASE
Malaysia’s exports in May 2009 expanded by 4.5% to RM42.95 billion compared with April 2009. Imports decreased by 2.3% to RM32.93 billion. This has resulted in a total trade of RM75.88 billion, 1.4% higher from a month ago. A trade surplus of RM10.02 billion was recorded in May 2009, making it the 139th consecutive monthly trade surplus since November 1997.
On a year-on-year basis, exports in May 2009 decreased by 29.7%, while imports were lower by 27.8%. Total trade registered a decrease of 28.9% compared with a year ago.
Total trade during the first five months of 2009 was valued at RM360.78 billion, a decrease of 25.3% from the corresponding period of 2008. During the same period, exports were lower by 23.5% to RM205.45 billion, while imports contracted 27.4% to RM155.33 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of RM50.12 billion.
