Singapore exporters have endured a slow year amid lacklustre global growth, but trade data out yesterday seemed to offer cause for hesitant optimism. Non-oil domestic exports posted an unexpected 11.5 per cent rise in November over the same month last year, overturning economists’ expectations of a 2.7 per cent contraction. Still, economists warned that it […]
Read MoreBy Harry Handley In recent years, the Malaysian government has worked tirelessly to achieve their goal of becoming a high-income nation by 2020. Through the government’s Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), a number of key service industries have been heavily promoted and subsidized in order to make this goal become a reality – one of which […]
Read MoreToni Prasetiantono, an economist from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta pointed out three major factors that can maintain and even boost the national economic growth. Speaking at the Indonesia Outlook 2017 at UGM on Friday, December 16, 2016, Toni said that the three factors could provide opportunities for the Indonesian government to maintain and […]
Read MoreExporters, producers and traders will have an additional 20 days to sign up for the certificate of origin (CO) using automated systems, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Wednesday. In the announcement, the ministry said that the extension was granted as many companies had yet to apply despite the system having been in operation since […]
Read MoreCambodia and the Philippines are seeking ways to increase mutual trade and investment amid the Philippine leader’s recent visit to the Kingdom. Kith Meng, president of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC), met with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of his two-day state visit to the Kingdom, according to CCC vice president Lim […]
Read MoreMALAYSIA’S economy is expected to grow by 4.5 per cent in 2017 on strong private consumption but will continue to suffer from weak commodity prices and slowing private investment, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday , according to Reuters. The economy has been buffeted by poor demand for its exports of commodities and liquefied […]
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