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Nairobi, KenyaDato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry will be attending the Tenth WTO Ministerial Conference from 15 to 18 December 2015, in Nairobi, Kenya.

The WTO Ministerial Conference meets biennially to review the work of the World Trade Organisation and presents an opportunity for Trade Ministers to provide further political guidance on negotiations undertaken conducted under the organisation’s ambit.

Besides commemorating the 20th anniversary of the WTO’s establishment, the Tenth Ministerial Conference is a crucial milestone for the WTO to review implementation issues agreed upon at previous conferences, including decisions related to the economic progress of its developing nation members as well as charting the work programme of the WTO for 2016 and subsequent years.

The Conference will also formally accept the accessions of Liberia and Afghanistan as new WTO Members. The adoption of the accession protocol will enlarge the WTO membership to 164 Members.

Throughout the WTO Conference period, Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed is scheduled to meet several counterpart Ministers bilaterally to exchange views on WTO-related issues and discuss bilateral trade interests. Dato’ Sri Mustapa is also expected to have a Roundtable session and bilateral meetings with the private sector in Kenya and meet with the Malaysian diaspora in Nairobi.

Malaysia is also participating in the Cairns Group Ministerial Meeting as well as the IDB Ministerial Consultative Meeting on the sidelines of the Conference. The Cairns Group erves to promote and protect its Members’ interest in WTO agriculture negotiations whilst the IDB Consultative Meeting offers an informal forum for Ministers from the Organisation of Islamic Conference.

Malaysia is optimistic that the WTO Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi will be successful in charting a more concrete work programme that will revitalize the Doha Development Agenda.

Ministry of International Trade and Industry, 14 December 2015

MITI Weekly Bulletin / www.miti.gov.my


Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct

57.2

52.1

58.4

52.9

50.8

54.3 54.156.2

58.5 58.6

7.0%Transport Equipment

Manufacturing Performance, January - October 2015

Source : Department of Statistics, Malaysia

MALAYSIA

TradeIPIEmploymentSales

2.8

-2.6

4.4

-0.6

-4.2

1.7

-1.30.8

5.46.5

0.60.9

0.40.2

-0.2

-0.8-0.7

-0.6-0.4

-0.1

6.6

4.0

6.3

4.2

3.2

4.9

4.2 4.3

5.66.2

-0.3-2.5

5.6

-3.9 -3.4

5.9

6.2

2.5

13.8

11.3


Year-on-Year growth (%)

RM553.2 billion

RM545.8 billionJan-Oct 2015

Jan-Oct 2014

1.3%y-o-y growth

1,028,147 persons

1,028,991 personsJan-Oct 2015

Jan-Oct 2014

-0.1%y-o-y growth

128.2

122.2Jan-Oct 2015

Jan-Oct 2014

5.0%y-o-y growth

RM1,013.1 billion

RM977.8 billionJan-Oct 2015

Jan-Oct 2014

3.6%y-o-y growth

Sales in Manufacturing Sector, January - October 2015

Major Industry*:

35.4% E & E

1.7% Machinery & Equipment

6.8%Metal

1.3%Textiles & Apparel Note : * Share to total sales in January to October 2015

Value (RM billion)




IPI in Manufacturing Sector, January - October 2015


1,0

35

1,0

30

1,0

29

1,0

29

1,0

28

1,0

24

1,0

24 1,0

27

1,0

27

1,0

28

Persons (‘000)

9.7%Wood & Wood Products

Major Industry*:

31.4% E & E

12.3% Chemicals

8.5%Metal

7.7%Rubber Products

Note : * Share to total employment in October 2015


123.5

115.5

129.8124.9

128.3132.1

129.3 128.7133.1

137.0

131.9Metal

Major Industry*:

118.8 Chemicals

144.8E & E

118.3Palm Oil

113.9Wood & Wood Products

Note : * Based on major industry weight for January to October 2015

Employment in Manufacturing Sector, January - October 2015



48.6

41.4

52.7

49.2

48.8

52.0

50.7

54.5

56.8

61.0

47.8

42.4

50.5

46.7

48.4

49.4

52.9

49.3

53.8

56.1

96.4

83.8

103.295.9 97.2

101.4 103.6 103.9110.6

117.1


Exports Imports Total Trade

Trade in Manufacturing Sector, January - October 2015Value (RM billion)

Exports (% share)Major Industry*:

Imports(% share)

Total Trade (% share)

E&E Product

Chemicals & Chemical Products

Petroleum Products

Machinery,Appliances

& Parts

Manufacturesof Metal

7.0

4.3

7.1

4.6

3.3

29.2

9.4

9.4

6.5

8.7

32.7

8.2

8.1

5.4

6.5


Total ExportsRM644.0b

Export ManufacturingRM515.9b

Total ImportsRM568.0b

Export ManufacturingRM497.2b

Total TradeRM1,212.0b

Trade ManufacturingRM1,013.1b

Note: Share to total exports, imports and trade, January to October 2015



Japan GDP Growth,Q1 2006 - Q3 2015

International Repor t

0.4

-4.0

-1.9

2.7

-2.0

-0.2

Q1 06 Q3 06 Q1 07 Q3 07 Q1 08 Q3 08 Q1 09 Q3 09 Q1 10 Q3 10 Q1 11 Q3 11 Q1 12 Q3 12 Q1 13 Q3 13 Q1 14 Q3 14 Q1 15 Q3 15

Percentage change (y-o-y)

Source : OECD Statistics

China Trade, Januar y 2014 - October 2015

207.

1

114.

1

170.

1

188.

5

195.

5

186.

8 212.

9

208.

5

213.

7

206.

9

211.

7

227.

5

200.

1

169.

0

144.

4 176.

2

189.

9

191.

8

195.

0

196.

7

205.

3

192.

3

175.

3

137.

1 162.

4

170.

1

159.

6

155.

2

165.

6

158.

6 182.

7

161.

5

157.

2

177.

9

134.

9

103.

4 134.

6

137.

0

125.

5

140.

5

146.

9

130.

9

137.

2

124.

1

382.4

251.2

332.5358.6 355.0

342.0

378.5 367.1396.4

368.3

368.8

405.4

335.1

272.4

279.0

313.2 315.4332.3 341.9

327.6342.5

316.4

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct

2014 2015

Exports Imports Total Trade

China Trade with Malaysia, Januar y 2014 - October 2015

4.3

1.9

3.4 4.

0

3.9

3.8 4.

2

4.1

4.0

3.8 4.

1 4.7

4.5

3.8

2.9 3.

3

4.2

4.1

3.8

3.5

3.6

3.1

4.9

3.7

4.5 4.6

4.4 4.

8 4.9

4.3

5.3

4.3 4.4

5.7

4.1

3.2

4.6

4.4

4.3

5.2

4.4 4.5 4.6

4.0

9.3

5.5

7.98.5 8.4 8.6

9.08.4

9.3

8.18.6

10.4

8.7

7.0

7.6 7.7

8.5

9.4

8.2 8.1 8.1

7.2

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct

2014 2015

Exports Imports Total TradeSource : World Trade Atlas

Value (US$ billion)

Value (US$ billion)



Select Global Rankings

• Singapore – 1• USA – 2• Malaysia – 18• Thailand – 26• Japan – 29• China – 90• Indonesia – 114

Ease of Doing Business 2015

• Singapore – 2• USA – 3• Japan – 6• Malaysia – 18• China – 28• Thailand – 32• Indonesia – 37

Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016

• Singapore – 4• Japan – 26• USA – 33• Malaysia – 51• Thailand – 78• Indonesia – 112• China – 118

Environmental Performance Index 2014

• USA – 5• Singapore – 9• Japan – 17• Malaysia – 62• Thailand – 89• China – 91• Indonesia – 108

Human Development Index 2014

• Japan – 30• USA – 45• Malaysia – 38• Thailand – 73• Indonesia – 75• China – 133

Environmental Sustainability Index 2005

• Japan (Tokyo) – 15• USA (Honolulu) – 19• Singapore – 49• China (Beijing) – 69• Malaysia (KL) – 73• Thailand (Bangkok) – 102• Indonesia (Jakarta) – 116

Global LiveabilityRanking 2015

• USA – 15• Singapore – 24• Thailand – 34• Japan – 46• Malaysia – 61• Indonesia – 74• China – 84

World happiness Report 2015

• USA – 10• Singapore – 18• Japan – 19• Malaysia – 45• Thailand – 51• China – 54• Indonesia – 71

LegatumProsperity Index 2014

• Japan – 15• USA – 16• Malaysia – 46• Thailand – 57• Indonesia – 86• China – 92

Social Progress Index 2015

• Singapore – 2• USA – 12• Japan – 20• Malaysia – 31• Thailand – 75• Indonesia – 105• China – 139

Index of Economic Freedom 2014

Source : Various Report and indexes



Source: Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia

AJCEP: ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (Implemented since 1 February 2009) ACFTA: ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 1 July 2003) AKFTA: ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 1 July 2006)

AANZFTA: ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement(Implemented since 1 January 2010)

AIFTA: ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 1 January 2010)

ATIGA: ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (Implemented since 1 May 2010)

MICECA: Malaysia-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (Implemented since 1 July 2011)MNZFTA: Malaysia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 1 August 2010)MCFTA: Malaysia-Chile Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 25 February 2012)

MTFTA: Malaysia-Turkey Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 1 August 2015)

MAFTA: Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 1 January 2013)

MPCEPA: Malaysia-Pakistan Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (Implemented since 1 January 2008)MJEPA: Malaysia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (Implemented since 13 July 2006)

18 Oct 25 Oct 1 Nov 8 Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 Nov 6 DecAANZFTA 197 106 296 21 102 126 95 85AIFTA 147 124 174 183 91 130 155 138AJCEP 46 65 86 76 64 89 66 84

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

RM

mill

ion

18 Oct 25 Oct 1 Nov 8 Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 Nov 6 DecATIGA 1,660 805 613 1,260 602 840 915 902ACFTA 602 878 579 1,047 873 653 792 896AKFTA 108 1,065 192 176 778 176 383 345

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

RM

mill

ion

18 Oct 25 Oct 1 Nov 8 Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 Nov 6 DecMICECA 38.35 45.15 46.96 49.83 27.64 42.75 44.69 49.06MNZFTA 0.06 0.66 0.17 0.30 0.19 0.02 0.23 0.11MCFTA 9.81 44.95 6.46 9.09 4.27 5.55 12.11 5.72MAFTA 35.02 55.22 34.41 58.75 68.08 47.18 63.78 37.50

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

RM m

illio

n

18 Oct 2015 25 Oct 2015 1 Nov 2015 8 Nov 2015 15 Nov 2015 22 Nov 2015 29 Nov 2015 6 Dec 2015AANZFTA 815 1,003 802 204 859 1,013 870 683

AIFTA 569 546 736 688 477 652 593 656

AJCEP 122 194 236 238 165 185 175 169

ATIGA 3,871 4,774 3,817 4,986 3,461 4,675 4,591 4,552

ACFTA 1,276 1,479 1,551 1,607 1,218 1,319 1,611 1,659

AKFTA 576 1,001 886 806 642 878 875 935

MICECA 235 309 314 306 213 316 252 302

MNZFTA 2 7 7 14 10 2 9 8

MCFTA 58 82 44 76 30 58 69 34

MAFTA 421 560 366 603 287 529 466 424

MJEPA 799 871 807 909 720 860 873 875

MPCEPA 150 172 134 175 130 116 119 122

GSP 127 146 123 150 77 169 81 93

MTFTA 125 209 160 223 124 162 208 222

18 Oct 25 Oct 1 Nov 8 Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 Nov 6 DecMJEPA 117 177 126 148 113 154 151 135MPCEPA 24 37 24 38 17 23 15 16GSP 24 30 26 27 22 29 15 22MTFTA 42 99 150 100 121 86 139 158

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

RM m

illio

n

Value of Preferential Certificates of Origin

Number and Value of Preferential Certificates of Origin (PCOs)Number of Certificates (Provisional data)

Notes: The preference giving countries under the GSP scheme are Liechtenstein, the Russian Federation, Japan, Switzerland, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Norway.



Malaysian Ringgit Exchange Rate with Euro and Chinese Yuan

Source : Bank Negara Malaysia

0.50

0.55

0.60

0.65

0.70

3.80

4.00

4.20

4.40

4.60

4.80

5.00

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

2014 2015

EUR = RM CNY = RM

CNY = RM 0.68

EUR = RM 4.63

14.8

14.2

13.0

13.5

14.0

14.5

15.0

15.5

16.0

16.5

7 Au

g14

Aug

21 A

ug28

Aug

4 Se

p11

Sep

18 S

ep25

Sep

2 Oc

t9

Oct

16 O

ct23

Oct

30 O

ct6

Nov

13 N

ov20

Nov

27 N

ov4

Dec

11 D

ec

US$/Oz Silver

962.5

859.0

800.0

850.0

900.0

950.0

1,000.0

1,050.0

7 Au

g14

Aug

21 A

ug28

Aug

4 Se

p11

Sep

18 S

ep25

Sep

2 Oc

t9

Oct

16 O

ct23

Oct

30 O

ct6

Nov

13 N

ov20

Nov

27 N

ov4

Dec

11 D

ec

US$/Oz Platinum

Source : http://www.gold.org/investments/statistics/gold_price_chart/

http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3023-cashprices.html?mod=topnav_2_3023

Gold Prices, 7 August - 11 December 2015

Silver and Platinum Prices, 7 August - 11 December 2015

35.2

34.5

33.0

34.0

35.0

36.0

37.0

38.0

39.0

7 Au

g

14 A

ug

21 A

ug

28 A

ug

4 Se

p

11 S

ep

18 S

ep

25 S

ep

2 Oc

t

9 Oc

t

16 O

ct

23 O

ct

30 O

ct

6 No

v

13 N

ov

20 N

ov

27 N

ov

4 De

c

11 D

ec

US$/Gram Gold



CommodityCrude

Petroleum (per bbl)

Crude Palm Oil (per MT)

Sugar (per lbs.)

Rubber SMR 20(per MT)

Cocoa SMC 2

(per MT)

Coal(per MT)

Scrap Iron HMS

(per MT)11 Dec 2015

(US$) 35.6 561.5 14.6 1,174.5 2,040.8 47.4 190 (high)170 (low)

% change* 10.9 1.6 5.8 0.1 0.6 1.8 unchangedunchanged

2014i 54.6 - 107.6 823.3 352.3 1,718.3 2,615.8 59.8 370.0

2013i 88.1 - 108.6 805.5 361.6 2,390.8 1,933.1 .. 485.6

Commodity Prices

Notes: All figures have been rounded to the nearest decimal point * Refer to % change from the previous week’s price i Average price in the year except otherwise indicated n.a Not availble

Sources: Ministry of International Trade and Industry Malaysia, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Malaysian Rubber Board, Malaysian Cocoa Board, Malaysian Iron and Steel Industry Federation, Bloomberg and Czarnikow Group.

Highest and Lowest Prices, 2014/2015

Lowest (US$ per bbl)

Highest(US$ per bbl)

Crude Petroleum (11 Dec 2015)

US$35.6 per bbl

201413 June 2014: 107.6

201426 Dec 2014: 54.6

201529 May 2015: 60.3

201511 Dec 2015: 35.6

Lowest (US$ per MT)

Highest(US$ per MT)

Crude Palm Oil (11 Dec 2015)

US$561.5 per MT

201414 Mar 2014: 982.5

201426 Dec 2014: 664.0

201516 Jan 2015: 701.0

20154 Sep 2015: 500.5

Steel Bars(per MT)

RM1,450 - RM1,550

Average Domestic Prices, 27 Nov 2015

Billets(per MT)

RM1,200 - RM1,300



Commodity Price Trends

522.0

553.5

584.0 586.0

580.0

566.5

558.5

565.0

543.5 543.0

552.5

561.5

480

500

520

540

560

580

600

25 Sep 2 Oct 9 Oct 16 Oct 23 Oct 30 Oct 6 Nov 13 Nov 20 Nov 27 Nov 4 Dec 11 Dec

US$

/mt

Crude Palm Oil

2,044.3

2,009.8

1,910.4

2,034.52,030.2

2,084.1

2,064.32,052.5

2,058.6

2,056.7

2,020.2

2,052.6

2,040.8

1,850

1,900

1,950

2,000

2,050

2,100

2,150

18 Sep 25 Sep 2 Oct 9 Oct 16 Oct 23 Oct 30 Oct 6 Nov 13 Nov 20 Nov 27 Nov 4 Dec 11 Dec

US$

/mt

Cocoa

12.4

13.5

14.3 14.3 14.314.5 14.5

15.015.3

15.0

15.5

14.6

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16


US$

/lbs

Sugar

1,262.5

1,243.5

1,279.5 1,280.51,262.5

1,231.5

1,172.5

1,197.0

1,183.5

1,158.0

1,176.0 1,174.5

1,150

1,170

1,190

1,210

1,230

1,250

1,270

1,290

1,310


US$

/mt

Rubber SMR 20

5,740

5,779 5,843

6,245

6,469 6,515

6,864

7,822

7,707

7,967

7,894 7,806

7,591

7,286 7,267

7,853

7,148 7,063

7,296

6,742

6,940 7,029

6,963

7,067

5,000

5,500

6,000

6,500

7,000

7,500

8,000

8,500

Jan

Feb

Mar Apr

May Jun Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar Apr

May Jun Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2014 2015

USD

/ to

nne

Black Pepper

* until 11 December 2015

44.7

45.7 45.5

49.6

47.3

44.6

46.6

44.3

40.7 40.4

41.7

40.0

35.6

47.5

48.648.1

52.7

50.5

48.0

49.6

47.4

43.6

44.7 44.9

43.0

37.9

34

36

38

40

42

44

46

48

50

52

54

18 Sep 25 Sep 2 Oct 9 Oct 16 Oct 23 Oct 30 Oct 6 Nov 13 Nov 20 Nov 27 Nov 4 Dec 11 Dec

US$

/bbl

Crude Petroleum

Crude Petroleum (WTI)/bbl Crude Petroleum (Brent)/bbl



Sources: Ministry of International Trade and Industry Malaysia, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Malaysian Rubber Board, Malaysian Cocoa Board, Malaysian Pepper Board, Malaysian Iron and Steel Industry Federation, Bloomberg and Czarnikow Group, World Bank.

Commodity Price Trends

1,727

1,695 1,705

1,811

1,751

1,839

1,948

2,030

1,990

1,946

2,056

1,909

1,815

1,818

1,774

1,819

1,804

1,688

1,640

1,548

1,590

1,516

1,468 1,400

1,500

1,600

1,700

1,800

1,900

2,000

2,100

2,200

Jan

Feb

Mar Apr

May Jun Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar Apr

May Jun Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

2014 2015

US$

/ to

nne

Aluminium

14,101 14,204

15,678

17,374

19,401

18,629

19,118

18,600

18,035

15,812 15,807

15,962

14,849

14,574

13,756

12,831

13,511

12,825

11,413

10,386 9,938

10,317

9,244

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

20,000

Jan

Feb

Mar Apr

May Jun Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar Apr

May Jun Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

2014 2015

US$

/ to

nne

Nickel

270.0

260.0

250.0 250.0

240.0

230.0 230.0

210.0

195.0190.0 190.0 190.0

250.0

230.0 230.0 230.0

220.0

210.0 210.0

195.0

175.0170.0 170.0 170.0

160

180

200

220

240

260

280

3 Jul 24 Jul 7 Aug 14 Aug 28 Aug 11 Sep 25 Sep 9 Oct 30 Oct 6 Nov 20 Nov 27 Nov

US$

/mt

Scrap Iron

Scrap Iron/MT (High) Scrap Iron/MT(Low)

7,291

7,149

6,650 6,674

6,891

6,821

7,113 7,002

6,872

6,737

6,713

6,446

5,831

5,729

5,940 6,042

6,295

5,833

5,457

5,127 5,217

5,216

4,800

4,700

4,900

5,100

5,300

5,500

5,700

5,900

6,100

6,300

6,500

6,700

6,900

7,100

7,300

7,500

Jan

Feb

Mar Apr

May Jun Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar Apr

May Jun Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

2014 2015

US$

/ to

nne

Copper

46.9

46.6

46.446.4

46.2

46.4

46.2

46.3

46.0

46.646.5

47.4

45.5

45.7

45.9

46.1

46.3

46.5

46.7

46.9

47.1

47.3

47.5


US$

/mt

Coal

128.1

121.4

111.8

114.6

100.6

92.7

96.192.6

82.4

81.0

74.0

68.0

68.063.0

58.0

52.0

60.063.0

52.0

56.0 57.0

53.0

47.040.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

110.0

120.0

130.0

140.0

Jan

Feb

Mar Apr

May Jun Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar Apr

May Jun Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

2014 2015

US$

/dm

tu

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