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>>Foreign buyers at INTRADE
>>One of the clusters featured during
INTRADE is Manufacturing Support
SMEs’ Lucrative
Gains from
INTRADE
Since INTRADE’s inception in 2007, beside
participation in the show, many SMEs have
benefited from the Incoming Buying Missions.
SMEs do not have to venture far abroad to sell
their products as foreign buyers from all over the
world are at their doorsteps. As the business
meeting sessions are pre-arranged, SMEs were
able to discuss and negotiate with foreign buyers
specifically on their requirements. Many SMEs
started their export business at INTRADE while
numerous exporters expanded their markets at this
meeting place.
With the theme “Revitalising Export
Growth”, INTRADE features four main
industry clusters whose products
represent the pillars of an industrialised
economy and have strong growth in
the global market, namely Building
Materials, Electrical & Electronics
and ICT, Manufacturing Support and
Lifestyle.
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>>YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed visited one of the
booths accompanied by YBhg. Datuk Dr. Rebecca
Fatima Sta Maria, Secretary General of MITI
>>During the Incoming Buying Mission, products sourced
from Malaysian exporters included palm oil products, wood
products, building & construction materials & hardware,
machinery & equipment as well as gloves. Services
sourced during the event included ICT, banking, integrated
engineering, road and highway construction, business
consulting, real estate and human resource