KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s exports in August jumped 48.2% from a year earlier, above expectations, government data showed on Tuesday.
August exports had been forecast to expand 34.4%, according to 13 economists surveyed in a Reuters poll.
Imports in the same month grew 67.6% from a year earlier, the data showed.
Analysts had expected an increase of 49.4%.
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Malaysia recorded a trade surplus of 16.9 billion ringgit ($3.71 billion) in August.
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