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Malaysia's export growth seen improving in July - Reuters poll
Malaysia's exports have posted double-digit growth since December 2016, reaching a peak of 32.5 percent in May. - Bernama filepic
Malaysia's export growth is expected to rebound in July, a Reuters poll showed, after a slowing in pace the previous month.
The median forecast from 11 economists surveyed in the poll was for July exports to be 23.1 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with the 10 percent rise in June.
Malaysia's exports have posted double-digit growth since December 2016, reaching a peak of 32.5 percent in May.
The new poll saw July's imports increasing 13 percent from a year earlier, compared with a 3.7 percent rise in June.
The July trade surplus was expected to narrow to RM8.2 billion from RM9.9 billion in June.
Malaysia reports trade data in ringgit.
The median forecast from 11 economists surveyed in the poll was for July exports to be 23.1 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with the 10 percent rise in June.
Malaysia's exports have posted double-digit growth since December 2016, reaching a peak of 32.5 percent in May.
The new poll saw July's imports increasing 13 percent from a year earlier, compared with a 3.7 percent rise in June.
The July trade surplus was expected to narrow to RM8.2 billion from RM9.9 billion in June.
Malaysia reports trade data in ringgit.