MITI Weekly Bulletin (Volume 139) - 26 April 2011

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 

ECONOMIC TRENDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMEnTS 

Malaysia - Manufacturing Sector 

Performance,February 2011 ....................................1 

Sales and Exports, February (2010 to 2011) ...........1 

Sales of Products, January to February 2011 .........2 

Weekly Number of PCOs and Export Value: 

AANZFTA, AIFTA, GSP & ATIGA Scheme ..............2 

MJEPA & MPCEPA .................................................3 

ACFTA, AKFTA, AJCEP & MNZFTA .......................3 

Weekly Price Trend of Commodities ...........................4 

Weekly Commodity Prices ...........................................4 

Highest & Lowest Prices 2010/2011: 

Crude Petroleum & Crude Palm Oil......................4 

ECONOMIC TRENDS 

YAB PM’s Official Visit to Seoul ...................................5 

Compulsory Licensing .................................................5 

Investments in the Manufacturing and Manufacturing 

Related Services Sectors ............................................6 

MITI Captures - Worldwide ................................6 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .............................................. 7 

YOUR FEEDBACK PLEASE! .....................................................8 

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ............................................ 8 

IMPORT ENQUIRIES FROM INTERNATIONAL 

COMPANIES .................................................................... 8 

DOING BUSINESS IN PHILIPPINES .............................10 

UPCOMING EVENTS ......................................................10 

MALAYSIA - MANUFACTURING SECTOR PERFORMANCE, FEBRUARY 2011 

In February 2011, sales in Malaysia’s manufacturing 

sector increased 10.9% (y-o-y) to RM44.6 billion and 

exports increased 11.4% (y-o-y) to RM36.9 billion. 

However, month-on-month sales decreased 4.7% 

to RM44.6 billion, while exports increased 1.4% to 

RM36.9 billion. 

Source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia 

Note: All figures have been rounded to the nearest decimal point. 

Key indicators 

in Manufacturing 

Sector 

February 

2011 

(RM billion) 


Y-o-Y (% ) M-o-M (%) 

Sales 44.6 10.9 -4.7 

Exports 36.9 11.4 1.4 

CHART 1: MALAYSIA - SALES AND EXPORTS IN THE MANUFACTURING 

SECTOR, FEBRUARY 2010 TO FEBRUARY 2011 

Volume 139 

26 April 2011 

MITI Weekly Bulletin 01

CHART 2: MALAYSIA - SALES OF MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS, JANUARY TO 

FEBRUARY 2011 


Note: All figures have been rounded to the nearest decimal point 

CHART 3: MALAYSIA - WEEKLY NUMBER OF PCOs AND EXPORT VALUE UNDER 

AANZFTA, AIFTA, GSP & ATIGA SCHEME, FEBRUARY TO APRIL 2011 

Source: MITI 

Note : The preference giving countries under the GSP scheme are members of the European Union, Norway, Switzerland, Belarus, the Russian 

Federation and Turkey. 

• 

• 

PCO : Preferential Certificate of Origin 

AANZFTA: ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade AIFTA: ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement 

Agreement 

• GSP: Generalised System of Preference 

• ATIGA: ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement 

• 

No Products Sales (RM bil.) % Share 

1 Chemicals & Chemical Products 33.2 36.3 

2 E & E 24.7 27.0 

3 Metals 6.5 7.1 

4 Transport Equipment 5.8 6.3 

5 Processed Food & Beverages 4.6 5.0 

6 Wood and Wood Products 3.2 3.5 

7 Rubber Products 2.3 2.5 

8 Non-Metallic Mineral Products 2.2 2.4 

9 Machinery & Equipment 1.5 1.6 

10 Textiles & Apparel 1.2 1.3 

11 Medical Devices 0.2 0.2 

12 Others 6.0 6.6 

Total 

91.4 100.0 


CHART 4: MALAYSIA - WEEKLY NUMBER OF PCOs AND EXPORT VALUE 

UNDER MJEPA & MPCEPA, FEBRUARY TO APRIL 2011 


Note : • MJEPA: Malaysia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement • MPCEPA: Malaysia-Pakistan Closer Economic Partnership Agreement 

CHART 5: MALAYSIA - WEEKLY NUMBER OF PCOs AND EXPORT VALUE UNDER 

ACFTA, AKFTA, AJCEP & MNZFTA, FEBRUARY TO APRIL 2011 


• 

ACFTA: ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement 

Note : AKFTA: ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement 

• AJCEP: ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership MNZFTA: Malaysia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement 

• 

• 


CHART 6: WEEKLY COMMODITIES PRICE TREND, JANUARY TO APRIL 2011 

Sources: MITI, Malaysia Palm Oil Board and Bloomberg 

TABLE 1: WEEKLY COMMODITY PRICES 

Crude Petroleum 

(per bbl) 

Crude Palm Oil 

(per MT) 

Raw Sugar 

(per MT) 

Iron Ore (Pellet) 

(per MT) 

Scrap Iron HMS 1&2 

(80:20 mix) (per MT) 

TABLE 2: HIGHEST & LOWEST PRICES 2010/2011 

Crude Petroleum 

(US$ per bbl) 

Crude Palm Oil 

(US$ per MT) 

As at 

22 April 2011 

(US$) 

Compiled by: MITI 

Note: All figures have been rounded to the nearest decimal point. 

2011 2010 

Highest Lowest Current Highest Lowest 

111.7 

(22 April) 

1,326.0 

(11 February) 

% Change from 


85.6 

(28 January) 

1,120.5 


As at 


(US$) 

111.7 


1,120.5 


2010* (US$) 2009* (US$) 2008* (US$) 

111.7 3.3 108.1 68.0-91.4 35.0-81.0 30.3-145.3 

1,120.5 3.0 1,155.0 896.6 683.0 949.0 

639.8 0.8 634.9 594.6 412.3 305.0 

220.0 Unchanged 220.0 162.3 108.5 196.7 

495.0 (High) 

485.0 (Low) 

Unchanged 

Unchanged 

495.0 (High) 

485.0 (Low) 

393.1 261.7 500.0 

Sources: MITI, Malaysia Palm Oil Board, Malaysian Iron and Steel Industry Federation (MISIF), Bloomberg and Czarnikow Group 

Note: * Average price in the year except otherwise indicated 

Figures are rounded to the nearest decimal point 

March 2011 domestic price range for: 

i. Billets : RM2,250 - RM2,400 per MT 

ii. Steel bars : RM2,000 - RM2,500 per MT 

91.4 

(31 December) 

1,263.0 

(31 December) 

68.0 

(21 May) 

767.0 

(5 February) 


YAB Perdana Menteri (YAB PM) made an official 

visit to Seoul, the Republic of Korea (ROK) from 4-6 

April 2011 upon the invitation by his counterpart, H.E. 

Lee Myung-bak, the President of ROK. It was also to 

reciprocate the visit of the President of ROK to Malaysia 

in December 2010. The visit was successful in further 

strengthening and enhancing economic, trade and 

investment relations with the ROK. 

During the visit, YAB PM chaired a Business Luncheon 

attended by 33 potential Korean investors and delivered 

a keynote address at the Seminar on “Business 

Opportunities in Malaysia” participated by 332 Korean 

businessmen. At the Seminar, YAB PM also witnessed 

the exchange of a MoU between the National Chamber 

of Commerce and Industry, Malaysia (NCCIM) and the 

Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) to 

establish a Joint Business Council. 

A total of 155 individual business matchings were held 

involving sectors such as palm oil, renewable energy, 

green technology, biotechnology, automotive parts 

and components, financial services and advanced 

electronics. Total investments worth RM5 billion were 

proposed in silicon metal for solar cells and solar panels, 

Under the Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property 

Rights (TRIPs) Agreement, patent-holders are given 

protection for the use of their patents. However, 

Articles 30 and 31 of TRIPs provide exceptions with 

strict conditions, procedures and limitations that allow 

a Government to use a patent or to authorise a third 

party to use a patent/licence without the consent of the 

patent-holder. This is known as ‘compulsory licensing’. 

Though TRIPs does not explicitly lay down the grounds 

for compulsory licensing, it is noted that in Articles 7 

and 8 of TRIPs, WTO Members are allowed to make 

provisions in their intellectual property laws to protect 

public health and nutrition for the purposes of social 

and economic welfare. Thus, compulsory licensing is a 

non-permanent measure instituted only when needed 

for the protection of public health. 

Article 31 of TRIPs stipulates the conditions, procedures 

and limitations of compulsory licensing: 

• authorisation given must be considered on its own 

merit. 

• the Government or third party must have made 

efforts to obtain authorisation from the patent-holder 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS 

YAB PM’s OFFICIAL VISIT TO SEOUL 

COMPULSORY LICENSING 

biomass, petrochemicals, hotel and distributive trade. 

Y.B. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed (YBM MITI) who was 

in YAB PM’s delegation to Seoul, had the opportunity to: 

• call on H.E. Choi Joong-kyung, Minister of 

Knowledge Economy, to discuss ways to widen and 

deepen economic, trade and investment relations 

between both countries including collaboration in 

industrial development; 

• call on H.E Kim Joon-hoon, Minister of Trade, to 

discuss the proposed Malaysia-Korea Free Trade 

Agreement (MKFTA). Both countries agreed to 

undertake separate feasibility studies within a year; 

and 

• visit Dongbu HiTek Co. Ltd., the largest analog 

foundry in ROK which manufactures intergrated 

circuits for mobile handset and flat panel LCD. The 

company has expressed interest to collaborate with 

Silterra Malaysia. 

After the exchange of MoU documents, the Malaysian 

and Korean chapters of the Joint Business Council 

held the first meeting in Seoul. Among others, both 

sides agreed to collaborate in potential sectors such as 

pharmaceutical, automotive and green technology. 

on reasonable commercial terms and conditions 

but no authorisation was given within a reasonable 

time; 

• the use of compulsory licensing is non-exclusive 

and non-assignable to another party; 

• it is only for supply to domestic market; 

• it can be terminated at any time when the condition 

for such use no longer exists; 

• the patent-holder must be compensated adequately 

by taking into account the economic value of the 

authorisation. 

Compulsory licensing has been used only by developing 

countries such as Brazil, India, Malaysia and Thailand 

for generic drugs manufacture mainly to produce 

antiretroviral drugs for AIDS treatment. 

However, developing countries are likely to face 

difficulties in using compulsory licensing, as developed 

countries are stipulating conditions and restrictions 

beyond TRIPs, under free trade agreements. There are 

FTAs that impose “data exclusivity” clauses to restrict 

the use of patent holders’ test data as the basis for 

granting safety approval of generic drugs. 


INVESTMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURING AND MANUFACTURING 

RELATED SERVICES SECTORS 

From January to February 2011, a total of 132 projects 

were approved with investments amounting to RM6.8 

billion. Of this, RM2.4 billion (35.3%) were foreign 

investments and RM4.4 billion (64.7%) domestic 

investment. A total of 79 projects were new projects with 

RM2.9 billion (42.7%) investments and 53 expansions/ 

diversification projects of RM3.9 billion (57.3%) 

investments. 

Main areas of domestic investments: 

• transportation equipment (RM2.6 billion); 

• electrical and electronic products (RM568 million); 

• basic metal products (RM413.9 million); 

• chemicals and chemical products (RM319.2 million); 

• food manufacturing (RM191.8 million); 

• wood and wood-based products (RM56.6 million); 

and 

• machinery (RM55 million). 

Main areas of foreign investments: 

• basic metal products (RM866.6 million); 

• food manufacturing (RM607.3 million); 

• electrical and electronic products (RM346.8 million); 

• transportation equipment (RM152 million); 

• scientific and measuring equipment (RM127.5 

million); 

• non-metallic mineral products (RM64.5 million); and 

• chemicals and chemical products (RM51.7 million). 

Major sources of foreign investments: 

• Singapore (RM776.6 million); 

• Republic of Korea (RM719.5 million); 

• Hong Kong (RM180 million); 

• France (RM135.5 million); and 

• Australia (RM105 million). 

Johor recorded the largest amount of approved 

investments due to investments in marine repairs, 

marine conversions, engineering and construction 

projects. 

Approved investments by location: 

• Johor (RM2.99 billion); 

• Selangor (RM1.76 billion); 

• Pulau Pinang (RM651.9 million); 

• Sarawak (RM370.8 million); and 

• Melaka (RM264.5 million). 

MITI CAPTURES - WORLDWIDE 

1. ASEAN: AMRO MAY ‘REPLACE’ IMF FINANCIAL ROLE 

The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic and 

Research Offices (AMRO) will commence 

operation in early May this year to 

undertake surveillance functions in the 

region. 

AMRO, which will function like the 

International Monetary Fund (IMF), will 

perform a key regional surveillance 

function for the use of the US$120 billion 

Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization 

(CMIM) currency swap facility. It will 

become a body that will supervise financial 

development in the region and provide 

early warning for member countries 

that need support. The headquarters 

of the regional surveillance body is in 

Singapore and co-chaired by Japan 

and China. 

The regional surveillance role for the 

CMIM was previously handled by the 

Asian Development Bank and ASEAN 

Secretariat. 

AMRO members comprise of 10 

ASEAN member countries and the plus 

2. ASEAN: MOVES A STEP CLOSER TO MARKET INTEGRATION 

Seven stock exchanges from ASEAN 

member countries have launched a new 

joint website promoting the region’s blue 

chip equities to global investors. 

Members of the joint website, branded 

the “ASEAN Exchanges”, are Viet Nam’s 

Hanoi Stock Exchange and Hochiminh 

Stock Exchange, Bursa Malaysia, the 

Indonesia Stock Exchange, the Philippine 

Stock Exchange, Singapore Exchange 

and the Stock Exchange of Thailand. 

The ASEAN Exchanges website, 

www.aseanexchanges.org, features 

a product called “ASEAN Stars”. The 

website provides 210 blue chip stocks 

ranked by “investability” in terms of 

market capitalisation and liquidity. 

ASEAN member countries agreed for 

freer capital movement among member 

countries in an attempt to prepare for 

Manufacturing-related Services Sectors 

A total of 16 regional establishment projects were 

approved with investments totaling RM8.8 million, 

consisting of nine Representative Offices (RM5.2 

million) and seven Regional Offices (RM3.6 million). 

For the period January to February 2011, 10 new 

projects were approved for support services valued at 

RM148.2 million, consisting of RM145.8 million (98.4%) 

of domestic investments and RM2.4 million (1.6%) of 

foreign investments. 

three nations (Japan, China, Republic of 

Korea). 

Republic of Korea contributed US$19.2 

billion or 16% of the US$120 billion fund. 

China and Japan each provided 32% 

while ASEAN members provided the 

remaining 20%. 

Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and 

Thailand each contributed US$4.77 

billion into the CMIM liquidity protection 

fund, while the Philippines contributed 

US$2.68 billion. 

the planned 2015 ASEAN Economic 

Community, through which financial 

activities, including the capital market and 

the stock exchanges, would be linked and 

integrated with one another. ASEAN had a 

combined market capitalisation of US$1.8 

trillion as of January 2011, the eighth 

highest in the world, with total listed firms 

numbering over 3,000 companies and a 

market of more than 538 million people. 


3. INDONESIA: MINISTER ASKS FOR FTA DELAY 

Industry Minister MS Hidayat has asked 

for a postponement of the ASEAN, 

Australia, and New Zealand Free Trade 

Agreement (AANZFTA) to allow for 

further study. The study is important to 

avoid the emergence of problems. 

Hidayat cited the ASEAN-China Free 

Trade Agreement as an example, saying 

it resulted in losses to a number of 

4. THAILAND: THAI EXPORTS FOR 2011 EXPECTED TO RISE BY 12% 

The Ministry of Commerce, Thailand 

(MOC) recently revised the Kingdom’s 

export growth target for 2011 from 10% to 

12%. The Ministry estimated the value of 

export growth is at US$219 billion. 

Thailand’s exports to ASEAN is expected 

to rise by 23%. Other Asian markets that 

would drive Thailand exports this year 

include China (20%) and India (18%). 

MOC expects the cross border trade 

between Thailand and its neighbouring 

countries including Cambodia, Laos, 

Myanmar, and Malaysia to increase by 

5. INDIA: ‘TOO BIG TOO IGNORE’ 

The US, Japan, Germany, France, UK, 

India and China will face deeper scrutiny 

from their peers in the G-20 due to their 

importance to the world economy. This 

is to ensure their policies do not derail 

global expansion that is believed to be 

strong enough to absorb recent shocks. 

The seven countries have a gross 

domestic product greater than 5 % of 

the Group of 20 nations’ economy, thus 

imbalances in individual economies 

such as large trade gaps may harm 

global growth. 

6. INDIA: GDP TO GROW AT A ROBUST 8.8% IN FISCAL 2012 

The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy 

(CMIE) in its latest monthly review of the 

country’s economy projected India’s GDP 

to continue to grow at a brisk pace of 8.8% 

in 2011-2012 (FY 2012). In FY 2011, real 

GDP is estimated to have grown by 9% 

during the fiscal year. 

The domestic environment is conducive 

for growth and private final consumption 

expenditure is projected to grow by a 

How to reach us: 

local industries, such as textiles and 

textile products, footwear, electronics, 

furniture, toys, machinery, steel and 

cosmetics. Government figures show 

reduced production between 25 and 

60% while domestic sales, profit and 

manpower fell between 10% and 25%. 

Indonesia’s increased wariness has 

delayed a free-trade agreement 

22%. Thailand’s exports to emerging 

markets such as Russia, the group of 

the Commonwealth of Independent 

States, Africa and Latin America are 

also expected to significantly grow this 

year. 

Thailand foresees that other countries 

like United States, the EU and Japan 

would also contribute to the growth of 

Thai exports since the governments 

of these countries will inject huge 

revolving capital into their economies, 

enabling them to expand trade and 

healthy 7.5% and gross fixed capital 

formation by 14.6%. 

The agricultural and allied sector is 

projected to grow by 3.1%, on top of 

the 5.1% growth estimated in 2010- 

2011. The industrial sector, including 

construction, is projected to grow by 

9.4% during 2011-12, as compared to 

8.5% estimated in 2010-2011. 

Activities in the construction sector are 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

between ASEAN, Australia and New 

Zealand. The AANZFTA came into effect 

on Jan. 1, 2010, for Australia, New 

Zealand, Brunei, Myanmar, Malaysia, 

the Philippines, Singapore and Viet Nam. 

Thailand followed soon after, while Laos 

and Cambodia ratified the agreement in 

November. Indonesia is the only signatory 

that has yet to ratify the agreement. 

investment. 

Agriculture products is said to be the 

product that would reap benefits because 

of rising commodity prices. The products 

that will drive the country’s exports 

include rice and cassava. Exports of rice 

are expected to rise by 5% to 9.5 million 

tonnes with the average price projected 

to increase to US$600 per tonnes from 

US$578 in 2010. Cassava exports are 

expected to reach 6.9 million tonnes this 

year with a value of 70 billion baht (RM7 

billion). 

G-20 officials will work with the IMF 

to study the countries’ policies before 

informing leaders which ones are 

aggravating imbalances, and what 

measures can be taken to correct them. 

expected to be pushed-up as projects 

worth US$180 billion are scheduled to be 

commissioned in FY 2012, as compared 

to US$79 billion in FY 2011. Growth in 

the services sector and its segments is 

projected to moderate marginally in 2011- 

2012. The services sector is projected to 

expand by 9.9% during 2011-2012, as 

compared to an estimated 10.2% in 2010- 

2011. 

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(a) Lusail Expressway project 

(b) Expressway project besides the Lusail mixed-use development and Pearl Real-Estate 

Development 

Summary : Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has invited contractors to submit bids by 23 May 

2011 for the first package of the estimated US$700 million Lusail Expressway project. The 

road will run from the Arch roundabout to the area surrounding the Ritz Carlton hotel in Doha. 

The first package will be 5.8km in length and will have about 16 lanes, some of which will be 

two or three levels. The expressway will also include three major interchanges, slip roads, 

underpasses and bicycle lanes. Construction work will take 36 months to complete. 

The second package, which has not yet been tendered will run besides the Lusail mixed-use 

development and the Pearl real-estate development. The expressway will be about 12km long. 

Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) is to provide project management services for the 

Doha Expressway and other major road projects over the next five years. Ashghal is also 

planning to appoint another project management consultant for local and minor road projects 

management consultant for local and minor road projects. 

From 2011-12, Ashghal plans to tender 13 road projects that total 344km in length. This 

programme will include the 15 km-long packages 11 of the Doha Expressway and the 107km 

New Orbital Highway. From 2012-14, Doha plans to build new roads totalling 136km in length. 

Further information could be obtained from the Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) 

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Fax : 519 742 5683 

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Tel : 44 121 270 6583 

Email : m.hadge@techno-commerce.com 

Website : www.techno-commerce.com. 

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SCHNEIDER (THAILAND) LTD 

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Fax : 662 617 5501 

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Y. D. KIM INTL. INC 

7th Floor, Dongyung Building, 824-19, Yeoksam-Dang 

Gangnam-Gu, Seoul 

Korea 

Tel : 82 8 5565 067 

Fax : 82 2 5571 644 

Email : pk325@netsgo.com 

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Contact : Mr. HB Kim 

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FASHION ACCESSORIES AND TEXTILES 

GNC CONTACTLENS 

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Korea 

Tel : 82 53 782 3344 

Fax : 82 53 783 4949 

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SAM HAENG TRADING COMPANY 

50-57, Namchang-Dong, 

Joong-Gu, Seoul 

Korea 

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Email : eyewear1@kornet.net 

Contact : Mr. Nam Ki Kim 

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United States of America 

Tel : 973 357 1115 

Fax : 973 357 1771 

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Email : sales@thebedshopcarlisle.com 

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Contact : Mr. Louise O’brien 

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Dining Furniture 

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APOLO UTENSILIOS PROFISSIONAIS 

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Tel : 55 11 2154 6057 

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Tel : 904 421 1400 

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Fax : 714 676 4201 

Email : patty.monge@sladegorton.com 

Website : www.sladegorton.com 

Contact : Mr. Patte Monge 

Director 

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DOING BUSINESS IN PHILIPPINES 

W WING YIP & BROTHERS TRADING GROUP LTD 

375 Nechells Park Road 

Birmingham B7 5NT 


Tel : 44 121 327 6618 

Fax : 44 121 328 7890 

Email : brian.yip@wingyip.com 

Website : www.wingyip.com 

Contact : Mr. Brian Yip 

Product(s) : Pasta, Noodles and Pancakes 

Sauces and Paste 

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For the Business Process Outsourcing industry, can be found at following weblinks: 

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2. www.bpap.com.ph (Business Processing Association of the Philippines) 

Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) providing various investment incentives can be visit at following weblinks: 

1. www.boi.gov.ph (Board of Investments of DTI) 

2. www.peza.gov.ph (Philippine Economic Zone Authority) 

3. www.sbma.gov.ph (Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority) 

4. www.clark.com.ph (Clark Development Corporation) 

MATRADE 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

EVENTS CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH 

TRADE FAIRS 

Event Name Event Description 

OFFSHORE EUROPE 2011 

Venue: Aberdeen Exhibition & 

Conference Centre 

Aberdeen, 

UNITED KINGDOM 

Date : 06 - 08 Sep 2011 

Closing Date : 02 May 2011 

The SPE Offshore Europe conference and 

exhibition attracts global audience ranging 

from engineers, technical specialists, 

industry leaders and experts. The event 

is held primarily to discuss various issues 

specifically in the upstream industry. SPE 

Offshore Europe is a multi-faceted event 

which reflects the E & P community’ s 

desire for continuous learning, showcasing 

the innovation, solutions and tools required 

to compete in an accelerating technology 

race in an increasingly complex business. 

Target 

Group 

Malaysian 

companies 

Contact 

Hamizah Zainun 

hamizah@matrade.gov.my 


FINE FOOD AUSTRALIA 

Venue: Sydney Convention 

Exhibition Centre 

Sydney 

AUSTRALIA 



MALAYSIA SOLO FAIR, 

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 

Venue: Naga World Hotel 

Phnom Penh 

CAMBODIA 

Date : 13 - 15 Jul 2011 


WHO’s NEXT 2011 

Venue: FRANCE 



SPECIALISED MARKETING MISSIONS 

Mission Target Group Contact 

Specialised Marketing Mission on Construction Services and 

Building Materials to Erbil, Iraq (in conjunction with Project Iraq 

2011) 

City: Erbil 


Closing Date : 29 Jul 2011 

TRADE FAIRS (CONT’D) 

Fine Food Australia brings together buyers 

and decision makers from food, drink 

and equipment from around the world. 

Exhibitors have the unique opportunity 

to interact with thousands of retail and 

foodservice buyers face to face. It’s a 

proven way to generate new business. 

The solo exhibition organized by MATRADE 

is aimed at providing the participants an 

opportunity to interact with manufacturers, 

traders, importers, distributors and 

government officials. Your participation will 

expose your company to the requirements; 

the challenges, competition and most 

importantly the opportunities present in 

the Cambodian market and prepare your 

company for the full implementation of AFTA. 

The main areas of interests for Malaysian 

products would be in the construction 

material sectors, pharmaceuticals, 

personal care and toiletries’, construction 

machinery, automotive, household 

electrical and household products. 

This year will be MATRADE’s fourth 

participation in this fair. WHO’s NEXT 

Paris is a specialised international fashion 

trade show which is integrated in the 

‘Paris Capital of Creation’ programme. 

WHO’s NEXT has managed to strengthen 

its international linkages, featuring over 

50% international brands of total brands in 

the show. A mix of countries, colours and 

styles, the WHO’S NEXT fashion shows 

convey valuable information about fashion 

and are creativity vectors. 

Malaysian 

companies 

Malaysian 

companies 

Malaysian 

companies 

Malaysian 

companies 

Hamizah Zainun 

hamizah@matrade.gov.my 

Mohamed Hafiz Md Shariff 

mdhafiz@matrade.gov.my 

Haliza Mazlin Abdul Halim 

haliza.m@matrade.gov.my 

Adli Ishak 

adli@matrade.gov.my 

“Experts can prattle on about money and economic theory all they 

want, but let’s face it, we are the economy” 

Paul Clitheroe - Australian Financial Author 

MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY 

Block 8 & 10, Government Office Complex, Jalan Duta, 50622 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

Tel No: +603 6203 3022 Fax No: +603 6201 2573 

Email: webmiti@miti.gov.my Website: www.miti.gov.my

MITI Weekly Bulletin (Volume 139) - 26 April 2011

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