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The Marketing Mission to Kampala, Uganda and
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ended with a resounding
success. The business delegation to Kampala
secured projects and product sales of RM331.29
million while the delegation to Dar Es Salaam reported
fruitful negotiations totalling RM351.05 million. Among
major projects secured were the construction of a
renewable energy plant from sugarcane waste, design
and built of tissue culture facility including consultancy
in GMP compliance and the construction of a palm
oil processing plant. Top products sought were
machinery for processing agriculture waste into bio
mass stock, agriculture processing machinery and
products related to farming solutions.
Marketing Mission
to Kampala and
Dar es Salaam
Projects and product sales totalling RM346.39 million
were realised by Malaysian participants of the Specialised
Marketing Mission on Oil & Gas to South Africa and Angola.
The mission, held in conjunction with a major oil and gas trade
show in Johannesburg, Petro. T. Ex Africa, which attracted
over 4,000 trade visitors from 33 countries, achieved its
objective of exploring business opportunities in the African
oil & gas sector. It also created greater awareness and
visibility on Malaysia’s capabilities and expertise in providing
world class oil and gas services. Top services and products
sourced included catalyst support and engineering services,
offshore technical inspection services, automotive lubricants,
integrated facility maintenance services; sleeper cabins and
living quarters as well as design and software training.
Specialised Marketing
Mission on Oil &
Gas to South Africa
and Angola
Africa
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Marketing Mission to
Maputo, Mozambique
Mozambique’s fast growing economy and the role it
assumes as the distribution hub to neighbouring land
locked countries through its ports of Beira and Maputo
were among considerations set for selecting Maputo as
the mission’s base. The 18 member delegation who were
scheduled with over 180 business meetings with potential
buyers /partners were well rewarded with total sales and
projects worth RM72.71 million. Among major projects
negotiated were in the design and construction of a hotel,
office and residential premise, franchise business for mini
market retail chain and laundrette as well as logistic service
for liquid and bulk cargo. Popular products sourced were
office and home furniture, hair care products, fast moving
consumer goods and household products.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was also
signed between a Malaysian education institution and
Universidade Lurio Mozambique for a student exchange
programme involving short technical specialised courses,
training of trainers, teachers and researchers as well as joint
organisation of seminar and conferences.
With a population of 170 million, and an under
developed manufacturing presence, Nigeria offers
an ideal destination for Malaysia’s exports. Beyond
that, being a member of the Economic Community of
West African States or ECOWAS, a group of 15 states
promoting economic integration, including trade, Nigeria
could also serve as a springboard to gain access to
other member countries.
Delegation members in this inaugural mission to Nigeria
led by MATRADE were delighted with their business
visit as they concluded sales totalling over RM151
million. Services contracts negotiated included design
and construction of a modern palm oil mill, engineering
inspection services for oil & gas as well as water
pipelines and transportation of liquid and bulk products.
Among popular products sourced were household
candles, soap bars, fertilisers and disposable baby
diapers.
Marketing Mission
to Lagos, Nigeria