KUALA LUMPUR, July 11th, 2017 - In support to the Ministry of International Trade & Industry’s AEC Open Day from 8 to 9 August 2017 and to commemorate ASEAN 50th Anniversary celebration, PanPages Berhad and Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) are engaging with Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) at the SME Export Day in an effort to boost SMEs’ interest in export. Apart from promoting Malaysia’s export, the conference aims to provide a platform for SMEs’ to gather practical advice from a team of experts in trade.

Exporters, financiers and government representatives will congregate for a series of key addresses and discussions focused on maintaining Malaysia’s competitiveness in global trade. This conference will offer the most complete export guide to aspiring exporters as well as Malaysian SMEs who are planning to expand their businesses globally.

The SMEs will be getting insights from government agencies and established organisations who among them are freight forwarders, lawyer firms, export consultants and banks. The conference is considered one of the best platforms for Malaysian SMEs to ready themselves with exporting knowledge in various key areas, with particular emphasis on access to the ASEAN market.

ASEAN is the world’s 7th biggest economy and is targeted to be the world’s top-3 economy by 2030. With a market size of 630 million people, trade with ASEAN is important to help increase exports contribution by Malaysian SMEs to 23% by 2020, as compared to the current contribution of 17.6%.

Around 1,000 business decision-makers from export-ready Malaysian SMEs are expected to attend the large-scale full day conference. This comprehensive conference with step-to-step export guidance will be held at Perdana Hall, MITI Tower, 9th August 2017.

Interested participants can secure a spot at the event by visiting www.businesssite.panpages.com/sme-export-day or emailing info@panpages.