KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s March exports rose a surprising 2.3 per cent from a year earlier as demand for electronic products boosted shipments to China and the United States, government data showed on Thursday.
Imports in March rose 5.8 per cent from a year earlier due to more intermediate goods brought in before the implementation of a 6 per cent consumer tax on April 1.
A Reuters poll had forecast exports would drop 3.9 per cent, while imports were expected to rise 1.0 per cent.
The trade surplus for the month widened to RM7.82 billion from a RM4.5 billion surplus in February.
