KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Malaysia’s total trade for December 2022 amounted to RM236.0 billion, an increase of 8.6 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), with exports rising 6.0 per cent y-o-y to RM131.9 billion and imports rose 12.0 per cent y-o-y to RM104.1 billion, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) today.
Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said Malaysia’s total trade in 2022 recorded a new milestone to reach RM2.8 trillion.
The export performance by states showed that exports in December 2022 increased RM7.5 billion or 6.0 per cent compared to the same month of the previous year.
“Higher exports were recorded in most states such as Johor (+RM4.3 billion), Sarawak (+RM2.2 billion), Selangor (+RM1.4 billion), Labuan (+RM1.4 billion), Negeri Sembilan (+RM264.1 million), Perak (+RM230.1 million), and Kedah (+RM184.0 million),” he said in a statement today.
Meanwhile, other states, namely Melaka recorded higher exports of RM97.9 million, Kelantan (+RM92.9 million), Kuala Lumpur (+RM64.8 million), and Perlis (+RM14.3 million). — Bernama
