Nov exports -5.5% y/y vs -4.4% forecast in Reuters ballot
Nov exports -5.5% y/y vs -4.4% forecast in Reuters ballot
Nov imports -3.6% y/y vs -5.0% forecast in Reuters ballot
Nov commerce surplus 6.5 bln rgt vs ballot forecast 10.Eight bln rgt
reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=cpurl://apps.cp./Apps/econ-polls?RIC=MYEXP%3DECI export ballot information
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s exports dropped for the fourth straight month in November, contracting 5.5% from a yr earlier on decrease shipments of manufactured items and commodities, authorities information confirmed on Friday.
The tempo of decline was quicker than the 4.4% drop forecast by analysts surveyed in a Reuters ballot, although slower than the 6.7% fall recorded in October.
Shipments of producing items, which accounted for 85% of November’s whole exports, fell 2.8% on-year on decrease demand for electrical and digital items, petroleum, chemical, and steel merchandise, information from the worldwide commerce…