This document summarizes a presentation given by Muhd Shahrulmiza Zakaria, a Trade Commissioner from MATRADE New York, to the Greenville Chamber of Commerce on doing business with Malaysia. The presentation outlines that MATRADE promotes Malaysian enterprises globally and facilitates sourcing from Malaysia. It then describes Malaysia as an ideal sourcing destination for various products and industries due to its strengths like price competitiveness, quality, resources, and business friendliness. Finally, it provides statistics on the growing bilateral trade between Malaysia and the US.

1. Muhd Shahrulmiza Zakaria
Trade Commissioner / Consul, MATRADE New York
shahrulmiza@matrade.gov.my
Doing Business With Malaysia
A presentation to Greenville Chamber of Commerce
Greenville, April 24th 2014

2. OUTLINE
About MATRADE
Malaysia as ideal sourcing destination
Our strengths
Selling to Malaysia

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MALAYSIAN TRADE & INVESTMENT CENTER NEW YORK
MALAYSIA EXTERNAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
National Trade Promotion Agency for the Malaysia
Vision : Positioning Malaysia As A Globally Competitive Trading Nation
Mission : Promoting Malaysia's Enterprises To The World
Developing and fostering business connection between Malaysian enterprises with
companies in the USA, as well as facilitate their sourcing activities from Malaysia.

4. Visit our portal - www.matrade.gov.my

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About Malaysia

6. MALAYSIA
Your Ideal Sourcing Destination
World’s leading
producer of rubber
gloves.
One of world’s largest
producer of palm oil
products.

7. MALAYSIA
Our strengths
Major supplier of high quality furniture to USA.
50% of our exports to the
USA is Electrical &
Electronics products.
Promoting Green
Industry, Technology
and exports of Green
Products.

8. MALAYSIA
Our strengths
Producer of high quality
Lifestyle products – jewelry,
fashion & apparel, gifts &
premium items, stationeries.
Pioneer of trading & commercialization
of Halal products.
Exporters & suppliers of organic chemical, chemical products,
petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, transport equipment,
automotive parts & components.
World class service providers on ICT, business processes
outsourcing, engineering & construction services, oil &
gas.

9. Promoting Malaysian cuisines and exports of
Malaysian processed food to the USA.
www.malaysiakitchen.us

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Our Advantages
WHY
MALAYSIA?
World Class
Manufacturing Facilities
Superior Quality
Price Competitiveness
Global Connectivity
Abundant
Resources
Logistics
Hub
Business
Friendliness
Economic
Stability

11. Malaysian consumers love American products.
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING FACTS:
Malaysia is a liberalized market.
For further details on doing business in Malaysia,
please email office.kualalumpur@trade.gov.
Malaysia as springboard to ASEAN
and West Asian markets.
Growing middle to high income market segments.

12. BILATERAL TRADE
2013
Total Trade
(+3.9%)
SOURCE: Department of Commerce & Malaysia’s Trade Statistics. Data for the year
2013
4th
largest source of imports
largest export destination
largest trading partner
US$40.3
billion
US$13.0
billion
Exports to
Malaysia (+1.6%)
US$27.3
billion
Imports from
Malaysia (+5.4%)
USA was
Malaysia’
s

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Buyers : Importers, Distributors, Agents
Source for Malaysian services
Strategic business partners
Manufacturing facilities
Choose MALAYSIA!

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