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Malaysia's Dec export growth below forecast
Slowing demand for commodities in biggest single trade partner China largely to blame
Published Fri, Feb 5, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA's exports expanded far slower than expected in December on continued weak global demand for the country's commodities.
Exports grew 1.4 per cent from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, down from 6.3 per cent in November and 5 per cent predicted in a Reuters poll.
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