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Persons Employed and Unemployment Rate, January 2013 - February 2014

Working Age Population*

February 2014

Employed

Outside Labour Force

#

Unemployed

13.4 million

million 6.7

million 0.4

Total Labour Force 13.8 million Unemployment Rate

3.2%

Labour Force Participation Rate

^**

67.4%

February 2014

Note : * Age between 15 to 64 years

^#All persons not classified as employed or unemployed such as housewives, students (including those going for further studies), retired, disabled persons and those not interested in looking for a job.

** ratio of the labour force to the working age population in percentage

12.9 12.9 12.9 13.1 13.0 13.5 13.5 13.7 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.5 13.5 13.4

3.3 3.0

3.3

2.8 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.4

3.0

3.3 3.2

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0

12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb

2013 2014

Unemployment Rate (%) Persons (mil.)

Persons employed Unemployment rate

No. ISSN: 2180-0448

“DRIVING Transformation, POWERING Growth”

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Imports by Broad Economic Categories (BEC), Q1 2013 and Q1 2014

Source : Department of Statistics, Malaysia

Imports by BEC for Selected Categories, January 2013 - March 2014

Intermediate Goods RM90.1 bil.

Re-export RM20.2 bil.

Capital Goods RM24.3 bil.

Consumption Goods RM10.5 bil.

Others RM8.0 bil.

Total Imports for Q1 2013: RM153.1 bil.

Intermediate Goods RM94.0 bil.

Re-export RM25.5 bil.

Capital Goods RM22.7 bil.

Consumption Goods RM12.1 bil.

Others RM7.2 bil.

Total Imports for Q1 2014: RM161.5 bil.

Note : Others include dual goods, transaction below RM5,000 and goods not elsewhere classified.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar

2013 2014

Intermediate

Goods 31.4 25.3 33.4 34.1 31.3 32.8 33.7 31.4 31.5 34.0 30.4 30.0 34.1 27.7 32.2 Capital Goods 7.8 7.4 9.1 8.0 7.7 7.6 9.0 7.8 8.6 8.2 7.5 9.8 8.0 6.5 8.3 Consumption

Goods 3.9 2.9 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.6 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.3 3.5 4.4 0

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 RM bil.

Intermediate goods:

• Industrial supplies: 41.5%

• Parts & accessories: 38.2%

• Fuel & lubricants: 15.9%

• Food & beverages: 4.4%

Categories Breakdown, Q1 2014

Consumption goods:

• Food & beverages: 42.1%

• Non-durables: 25.1%

• Semi-durables: 15.7%

• Durables: 14.3%

• Transport equipmet: 2.8%

(non-industrial) Capital goods:

• Except transport equipment: 82.6%

• Industrial transport equipment: 17.4%

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14,485 7,159

5,872 4,222 3,054 2,966 2,773 1,931 1,820 1,738 1,657 1,413 1,344 1,192 991 740 640 640 577 562 562 550 496 China

Japan Germany South Korea India USA Brazil France Spain Russia Mexico Iran UK Czech repuclic Canada

Poland Slovakia Turkey Argentina Belgium Indonesia Thailand Malaysia

Malaysia is the

23

^rd

largest car producer in the world

3

^rd

among ASEAN and

Number of cars produced (‘000)*

Note: *Data for 2011

The most crowded road networks? The longest road networks?

Monaco with 413 vehicles per km of road

network, followed by Hong Kong (297) and

Singapore (249)

6.5 million km in the US, followed by

India (4.2 million km) China (4.0 million km) and

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GDP and Trade Ranking with Malaysia for ASEAN Countries, 2013

Note: Ranking in terms of trade with Malaysia

Source : International Monetary Fund and Department of Statistics, Malaysia

MYANMAR GDP: US$56.4 bil.

Ranking: 41 (RM2.9 bil.)

LAO PDR GDP: US$10.0 bil.

Ranking: 139 (RM0.1 bil.) VIET NAM GDP: US$170.6 bil.

Ranking: 13 (RM32.3 bil.)

PHILIPPINES GDP: US$272.0 bil.

Ranking: 18 (RM14.1 bil.)

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GDP: US$16.2 bil.

Ranking: 35 (RM3.6 bil.)

INDONESIA GDP: US$870.3 bil.

Ranking: 6 (RM61.1 bil.) SINGAPORE GDP: US$295.7 bil.

Ranking: 2 (RM180.7 bil.) CAMBODIA GDP: US$15.7 bil.

Ranking: 61 (RM1.4 bil.) THAILAND GDP: US$387.2 bil.

Ranking: 5 (RM78.6 bil.)

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Number and Value of Preferential Certificates of Origin (PCO’s)

Source: Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia

Number of Certificates Value of Preferential Certificates of Origin

AJCEP: ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (Implemented since 1 February 2009)

ACFTA: ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 1 July 2003)

AKFTA: ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 1 July 2006)

AANZFTA: ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 1 January 2010)

AIFTA: ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 1 January 2010)

ATIGA: ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (Implemented since 1 May 2010) Value of Preferential Certificates of Origin

Number of Certificates

MICECA: Malaysia-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (Implemented since 1 July 2011) MNZFTA: Malaysia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 1 August 2010)

MCFTA: Malaysia-Chile Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 25 February 2012)

Number of Certificates

Notes: The preference giving countries under the GSP scheme

are Norway, Switzerland, Belarus, the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Liechtenstein.

MPCEPA: Malaysia-Pakistan Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (Implemented since 1 January 2008) Value of Preferential Certificates of Origin Value of Preferential Certificates of Origin

MAFTA: Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (Implemented since 1 January 2013)

MJEPA: Malaysia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (Implemented since 13 July 2006)

AANZFTA AIFTA AJCEP ATIGA ACFTA AKFTA

16 Mar 2014 755 391 174 4,788 1,367 754

23 Mar 2014 865 486 264 4,468 1,436 898

30 Mar 2014 747 500 200 4,940 1,355 829

06 Apr 2014 801 532 287 3,963 1,438 716

13 Apr 2014 949 465 283 4,716 1,559 743

20 Apr 2014 845 528 139 4,159 1,279 872

27 Apr 2014 818 545 232 4,127 1,483 849

04 May 2014 687 452 172 4,134 1,141 648

MICECA MNZFTA MCFTA MAFTA

16 Mar 2014 282 13 56 415

23 Mar 2014 245 2 75 311

30 Mar 2014 234 0 47 391

06 Apr 2014 230 6 45 379

13 Apr 2014 232 5 54 339

20 Apr 2014 250 16 50 358

27 Apr 2014 243 8 48 402

04 May 2014 203 4 27 247

MJEPA MPCEPA GSP

16 Mar 2014 804 99 128

23 Mar 2014 787 109 253

30 Mar 2014 924 216 86

06 Apr 2014 888 115 178

13 Apr 2014 806 169 118

20 Apr 2014 730 127 244

27 Apr 2014 705 151 140

04 May 2014 684 129 94

16 Mar 23 Mar 30 Mar 6 Apr 13 Apr 20 Apr 27 Apr 4 May

AANZFTA 64 83 79 107 76 68 83 77

AIFTA 81 103 104 348 113 536 122 102

AJCEP 78 80 53 86 116 30 93 560

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

RM million

ATIGA 648 18,025 797 8,410 700 646 644 634

ACFTA 545 336 545 636 390 350 624 508

AKFTA 608 261 671 2,512 126 598 244 92

0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000

RM miliion

MJEPA 141 120 194 162 122 131 128 123

MPCEPA 23 22 89 13 52 22 43 63

GSP 16 27 13 23 17 26 39 16

0 50 100 150 200 250

RM million

MICECA 43.44 27.89 45.86 30.38 35.25 35.63 54.12 26.07

MNZFTA 0.26 0.02 0.00 0.17 0.31 0.32 0.14 0.13

MCFTA 6.70 9.78 7.31 7.23 7.77 6.41 6.38 5.04

MAFTA 46.14 24.77 30.12 27.78 30.55 29.89 32.67 21.44

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0

RM million “DRIVING Transformation, POWERING Growth”

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Gold and Silver Prices, 3 January - 9 May 2014

Malaysian Ringgit Exchange Rate with US Dollar (US$) and Euro (EUR), January 2013 - April 2014

Source : Bank Negara, Malaysia

Source : http://www.gold.org/investments/statistics/gold_price_chart/

Aluminium, Nickel and Copper Prices, January 2013 - April 2014

Source : World bank

US$/gramme US$/oz

18 20 22 24 26 28 30

35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45

3 Jan 10 Jan 17 Jan 24 Jan 30 Jan 7 Feb 14 Feb 21 Feb 28 Feb 7 Mar 14 Mar 21 Mar 28 Mar 4 Apr 11 Apr 18 Apr 25 Apr 2 May 9 May

gold/us$/gramme silver /us$/oz

0 5000 10000 15000 20000

Jan 13 Feb 13 Mar 13 Apr 13 May 13 Jun 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Sep 13 Oct 13 Nov 13 Dec 13 Jan 14 Feb 14 US$/ton

Aluminum Copper Nickel

US$14,204

US$7,149

US$1,695

3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00

2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 5.50 6.00

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr

2013 2014

1EURO = RM4.50

1USD = RM3.26

US DOLLAR (US$) EURO (EUR)

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Weekly Commodity Prices

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

* Refer to % change from the previous week’s price i Average price in the year except otherwise indicated

Highest & Lowest Prices, 2013/2014

Crude Petroleum (9 May 2014)

US$100.3 per bbl Crude Palm Oil

(9 May 2014) US$913.6 per MT

Lowest (US$ per bbl) 10 Jan 2014: 92.3

19 Apr 2013: 88.1

Highest (US$ per bbl) 18 Apr 2014: 104.2

Sep 2013: 110.2

Highest (US$ per MT) 14 Mar 2014: 982.5 15 Nov 2013: 925.0

Lowest (US$ per MT) 30 Jan 2014: 855.0

4 Jan 2013: 800.0

9 May 2014 domestic prices for :

1.Billets (per MT) : RM1,775 – RM1,800 2.Steel bars (per MT) : RM2,100 - RM2,250

Commodity Price Trends, 30 January 2014 - 9 May 2014

Source : Ministry of International Trade and Industry Malaysia, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Malaysian Rubber Board, Malaysian Cocoa Board, Malaysian

7 Feb 14 Feb 21 Feb 28 Feb 7 Mar 14 Mar 21 Mar 28 Mar 4 Apr 11 Apr 18 Apr 25 Apr 2 May 9 May

Crude Petroleum/bbl 97.6 100.2 103.2 102.1 102.4 98.2 99.2 101.5 100.4 104.1 104.2 101.9 100.2 100.3

Rubber SMR 20/MT 1,864.0 1,949.5 1,981.5 1,887.0 1,923.0 1,973.5 1,921.5 1,907.0 1,850.0 1,806.0 1,808.0 1,715.0 1,739.0 1,674.0

Cocoa SMC 2/MT 2,658.0 2,658.0 2,658.0 2,562.8 2,634.2 2,673.8 2,737.3 2,761.1 2,579.9 2,587.4 2,586.0 2,608.6 2,517.9 2,516.3

Crude Palm Oil/MT 860.5 869.0 906.0 929.5 954.5 982.5 952.5 950.5 950.5 913.5 900.5 915.8 913.6 913.6

Scrap Iron/MT 395.0 395.0 395.0 395.0 380.0 390.0 385.0 385.0 395.0 395.0 395.0 395.0 395.0 395.0

Raw Sugar/MT 346.5 342.8 353.5 377.8 396.0 384.5 368.5 387.8 372.3 373.8 368.5 385.3 382.3 368.8

Iron Ore/MT 160.0 160.0 160.0 160.0 150.0 145.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0

Crude Petroleum

Crude Palm Oil Rubber SMR 20

Cocoa SMC 2

Scrap Iron Raw Sugar

0.0 500.0 1,000.0 1,500.0 2,000.0 2,500.0 3,000.0

94.0 96.0 98.0 100.0 102.0 104.0 106.0

US$/MT

US$/bbl

Iron Ore

Commodity 9 May 2014

(US$) %

Change* 2013

ⁱ

2012

ⁱ

2011

ⁱ

Crude Petroleum (per bbl) 100.3 0.1 88.1-108.6 77.7-109.5 80.3-112.7 Crude Palm Oil (per MT) 913.6 unchanged 805.5 1,000.4 1,124.0

Raw Sugar (per MT) 368.8 3.5 361.6 473.8 647.0

Rubber SMR 20 (per MT) 1,674.0 3.7 2,390.8 952.5 1,348.3

Cocoa SMC (per MT) 2,516.3 0.1 1,933.1 2,128.9 2,644.8

Scrap Iron HMS (per MT) 395.0 (High)

385.0 (Low) unchanged

unchanged 485.6 444.7 491.0

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MATRADE provides assistance to SMEs to move into the global markets through trade promotion and exporters development programmes. These programmes include Trade Fairs, Specialised Marketing Missions, Incoming Buying Missions, as well as Bumiputera Exporters Development Programme and Women Exporters Development Programme.

Nelson’s Franchise (M) Sdn Bhd

Making fresh and healthy snacks for everyone is the cornerstone of Nelson’s philosophy in helping people set up their business. Every visit to Nelson’s is assured of a wholesome and delicious snack from waffles to dorayaki, sausages and corn soup mixed with cool and refreshing ice-blended beverage and bubble tea. From their best selling corn-in-a- cup, Nelson’s has innovated other corn-based products, from delicious corn drink to satiating corn soup to fulfil the market demand for tasty and healthy snacks.

Quality products are a must for Nelson’s. This is the reason the company has ventured into farming and manufacturing of corn and other agriculture-based products to ensure high quality food is served at their franchise. They have also been supplying other restaurants and food- chains with their top-grade corn and agriculture products. All Nelson’s products are rigorously checked for quality control from the farm all the way into the manufacturing process before it is made available to the consumers. Nelson’s has obtained HALAL certification to ensure the purity of their products for the discerning market.

Smart Business Partnership

The company aims to continue to provide natural and high quality wholesome food from home-grown farms to their customers in Malaysia and worldwide in partnership with their franchisees. Nelson’s is looking forward to explore new markets and to innovate new products to continue to serve the world with healthy, wholesome and delicious snacks.

Nelson’s has developed a system for training outlet operations and in- house management training to support their franchisees and business partners. This ensures a high standard of service delivery that is uniform across all Nelson’s outlets. Nelson’s believe in sharing their experience and excellent products with those who are venturing into entrepreneurship, both at the local and international level. They are always looking for opportunities to build businesses from farmers to process manufacturers as well as franchisees in order to serve the market.

Nelson’s – Serving Malaysia And The World

Nelson’s Franchise began with the corn-in-a-cup concept and has grown to serving a variety of healthy snacks at their franchise outlets. Nelson’s is always looking to upgrade and improve their operation and procedure to continue serving the world with delicious and healthy snacks while growing with their business collaborators.

No matter where the locations or market needs are, Nelson’s is eager to share their concept and products that can be customised to suit the market’s preference. The attitude of ‘building businesses together with others’ is the key to Nelson’s success in more than 17 countries worldwide.

The company has made a breakthrough in entering the China market since 2011, expanding from Indonesia, as the first international market to include Brunei, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Middle East and the United States. This success is due to Nelson’s adaptability to market demands and the ability to tailor their products to suit local consumers’ taste and preference. Utilising MATRADE’s service for internationalisation of Malaysian brands, Nelson’s continue to strengthen their global market presence, not just for their franchises, but also their supply chain products.

NELSON’S FRANCHISE (M)SDN BHD 7, Jalan Penyelenggara U1/77 Taman Perindustrian Batu Tiga

40150 Shah Alam Selangor TEL : +603 5512 8228

FAX : +603 5512 6133 E-MAIL : [email protected]

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Persons Employed and Unemployment Rate, January 2013 - February 2014

Working Age Population*

February 2014

Employed

Outside Labour Force

Unemployed

13.4 million

million 6.7

million 0.4

Total Labour Force 13.8 million Unemployment Rate

3.2%

Labour Force Participation Rate

67.4%

February 2014

Imports by Broad Economic Categories (BEC), Q1 2013 and Q1 2014

Imports by BEC for Selected Categories, January 2013 - March 2014

Total Imports for Q1 2013: RM153.1 bil.

Total Imports for Q1 2014: RM161.5 bil.

Intermediate goods:

• Industrial supplies: 41.5%

• Parts & accessories: 38.2%

• Fuel & lubricants: 15.9%

• Food & beverages: 4.4%

Categories Breakdown, Q1 2014

Consumption goods:

• Food & beverages: 42.1%

• Non-durables: 25.1%

• Semi-durables: 15.7%

• Durables: 14.3%

• Transport equipmet: 2.8%

(non-industrial) Capital goods:

• Except transport equipment: 82.6%

• Industrial transport equipment: 17.4%

Malaysia is the

23

largest car producer in the world

3

among ASEAN and

The most crowded road networks? The longest road networks?

Monaco with 413 vehicles per km of road

network, followed by Hong Kong (297) and

Singapore (249)

6.5 million km in the US, followed by

India (4.2 million km) China (4.0 million km) and

GDP and Trade Ranking with Malaysia for ASEAN Countries, 2013

MYANMAR GDP: US$56.4 bil.

Ranking: 41 (RM2.9 bil.)

LAO PDR GDP: US$10.0 bil.

Ranking: 139 (RM0.1 bil.) VIET NAM GDP: US$170.6 bil.

Ranking: 13 (RM32.3 bil.)

PHILIPPINES GDP: US$272.0 bil.

Ranking: 18 (RM14.1 bil.)

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GDP: US$16.2 bil.

Ranking: 35 (RM3.6 bil.)

INDONESIA GDP: US$870.3 bil.

Ranking: 6 (RM61.1 bil.) SINGAPORE GDP: US$295.7 bil.

Ranking: 2 (RM180.7 bil.) CAMBODIA GDP: US$15.7 bil.

Ranking: 61 (RM1.4 bil.) THAILAND GDP: US$387.2 bil.

Ranking: 5 (RM78.6 bil.)

Number and Value of Preferential Certificates of Origin (PCO’s)

Gold and Silver Prices, 3 January - 9 May 2014

Malaysian Ringgit Exchange Rate with US Dollar (US$) and Euro (EUR), January 2013 - April 2014

Aluminium, Nickel and Copper Prices, January 2013 - April 2014

US$/gramme US$/oz

Weekly Commodity Prices

Highest & Lowest Prices, 2013/2014

Crude Petroleum (9 May 2014)

US$100.3 per bbl Crude Palm Oil

(9 May 2014) US$913.6 per MT

Commodity Price Trends, 30 January 2014 - 9 May 2014

Commodity 9 May 2014

(US$) %

Change* 2013

2012

2011

Nelson’s Franchise (M) Sdn Bhd

Comments & Suggestions

Name : Mohd. Nazri Baharudin Designation : Administrative Assistant