SEO Master Class - Steve Wiideman, Wiideman Consulting Group
2016 - Doing Business With Malaysia
1. Muhd Shahrulmiza Zakaria
Trade Commissioner / Consul,
MATRADE New York
shahrulmiza@matrade.gov.my
Doing Business With Malaysia
A Presentation to Malaysia-TPP Business Council of America
August 25th 2016
2. 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
US companies, as well as facilitate sourcing activities from Malaysia.
4. MALAYSIA-USA
BILATERAL TRADE PERFORMANCE
EXPORTS
Jan-Jun 2016
Jan-Jun 2015
2015
2014
USD10.0 bil
USD8.7 bil
USD7.3 bil
USD6.5 bil
8% ↑15.3% ↑
TOTAL TRADE
USD17.3 bil
IMPORTS
USD16.5 bil USD13.4 bil
USD14.2 bil 5.6% ↑USD18.9 bil 14.4% ↑
12.1% ↑
10.5% ↑
TOTAL TRADE
USD15.2 bil
TOTAL TRADE
USD29.9 bil
SOURCE: Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Compiled by MATRADE
Data calculated against average exchange rate: USD1 = RM3.90
www.matrade.gov.my
TOTAL TRADE USD33.1 bil
5.
6. MAJOR BENEFITS OF TPP TO MALAYSIAN COMPANIES
MAJOR BENEFITS OF TPP TO US COMPANIES
http://trade.gov/fta/tpp/countries/pdf/malaysia.pdf
• Expanding Malaysia’s exports (to USA)
– Import tariff reduction : 36% will jump to 89%
– New products & services export to the USA
• Enhancing the competitiveness
– One rule for 11 markets
• More opportunities for bilateral JV, business cooperation
• Facilitating investment from Malaysia to the US market
9. Our Advantages
WHY
MALAYSIA?
World Class Manufacturing
Facilities
Superior Quality
Price Competitiveness
Global Connectivity
Abundant
Resources
Logistics Hub
Business
Friendliness
Economic
Stability
10. MALAYSIA
Your Ideal Sourcing Destination
World’s leading producer
of rubber gloves.
One of world’s largest
producer of palm oil
products.
11. MALAYSIA
Our strengths
Major supplier of high quality furniture to USA.
55% of our exports to the
USA is Electrical &
Electronics products.
Promoting Green
Industry, Technology
and exports of Green
Products.
12. MALAYSIA
Our strengths
Producer of high quality
Lifestyle products –
jewelry, fashion &
apparel, gifts & premium
items, stationeries.
Pioneer of certification, manufacturing
& trading for Halal products & services.
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.
13. 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.
14. Buyers : Importers, Distributors, Agents
Source for Malaysian services
Strategic business partners
Manufacturing facilities
CHOOSE MALAYSIA!