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MALAYSIA

Source : Department of Statistics, Malaysia

Trade Performance, January 2013 - March 2014

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RM bil. Exports Imports Total Trade

Trade Performance,Jan - Mar 2014

Total Trade RM349.4 bil.

8.3%*

ExportsRM187.9 bil.

10.9%*

Imports RM161.5 bil.5.5%*

Trade Balance RM26.4 bil.61.4%*

Note: * y-o-y growth

No. ISSN: 2180-0448

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Export and Import by Sectors, Q1 2014

Singapore: RM26.2 bil.

Thailand: RM9.9 bil.

PRC: RM23.5 bil.

Japan: RM22.3 bil.

USA: RM14.7 bil.

Top Five Export Destinations, Q1 2014

Top Five Import Sources,Q1 2014

Singapore: RM21.5 bil.

Thailand: RM9.6 bil.

PRC: RM25.1 bil.

Japan: RM13.7 bil.

USA: RM12.7 bil.

Source : Department of Statistics, Malaysia

ManufacturedRM125.0 bil.

MiningRM44.4 bil.

AgricultureRM17.0 bil.

OthersRM1.4 bil.

ManufacturedRM117.9 bil.

MiningRM31.6 bil.

AgricultureRM8.5 bil.

OthersRM3.5 bil.

Total ExportsRM187.8

Total ImportsRM161.5

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Top 10Producers

1. China (4.2)*

2. Thailand (3.6)*

3. Indonesia (3.0)*

4. EU27 (2.6)*

5. USA (2.5)*

6. Japan (1.6)*

9. Malaysia (1.1)*

8. South Korea (1.3)*

7. Russia (1.4)*

10. India (1.0)*

The top 10 consumers for natural and synthetic rubber?

1. China (8.3)*

2. EU27 (3.8)*

3. USA (2.9)*

4. Japan (1.7)*

5. India (1.4)*

6. Brazil (0.9)*

7. Germany (0.9)*

8. Thailand (0.9)*

9. South Korea (0.8)*

10. Russia (0.8)*

Source : The Economist 2014 Edition

The top producers for natural and synthetic rubber?

Note: * million tonnes

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Malaysia Tourist Arrivals

10,354,16610,669,342

16,593,736

21,230,12223,965,869

24,690,11225,715,460

2000 201320112009200720052003

The number of arrivals reached 2,447,397 in January 2014, 18.2% more than January 2013

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Malaysia Tourist Arrivals by Selected Countries, 2003 - January 2014

Note: * Percentage change for January 2013/January 2014Source : Tourism Malaysia with the cooperation of Immigration Department

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US Economic Indicators

Inflation Rate

(March 2014)1.5%

Unemployment Rate

(March 2014)6.7%

Producer Price Index

(March 2014)236.3

GDP(Q1 2014)

(advances estimated)0.1%

Source : MITI Washington

Singapore Monthly Manufacturing Performance, March 2014

Manufacturing Output grew 12.1%

E & E 8.7%

Transport Engineering 29.4%

Marine Engineering Segment 45.1%

Biomedical Manufacturing 16.4%

Chemical 5.2%

Source : MITI Singapore

China Economic Performance, 1Q 2014

Economy grew 7.4%

(US$2,052.1 bil)

Agriculturegrew

3.5% (US$124.5 bil)

Mining & Manufacturing

grew 7.3%

(US$921.7 bil)

Servicesgrew

7.8% (US$1,005.9 bil)

Foreign Trade Foreign Direct Investment

US$31.5 bil.increased

5.5% (y-o-y)

Total Trade: US$965.9 bil., 0.1%Exports: US$491.3 bil., 3.4%Imports: US$474.6 bil., 1.6%

Source : MITI Beijing


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GDP and Trade Ranking with Malaysia for Top 10 Economies in Eastern Europe, 2013

Note: Ranking in terms of trade with Malaysia

RUSSIAGDP: US$2,118.0 bil.

Ranking: 26 (RM5.7 bil.)

POLAND GDP: US$516.1 bil.


UKRAINEGDP: US$177.8 bil.


ROMANIAGDP: US$189.7 bil.


AZERBAIJANGDP: US$73.5 bil.

Ranking: 148 (RM57.7 mil.)HUNGARYGDP: US$132.4 bil.


CROATIAGDP: US$58.1 bil.

Ranking: 145 (RM60.1 mil.)

CZECH REPUBLICGDP: US$198.3 bil.


SLOVAKIAGDP: US$95.8 bil.


BELARUSGDP: US$71.7 bil.


Eastern Europe

Source : International Monetary Fund

Armenia

MoldovaKosovoHungaryGeeorgiaCrotia

BulgariaBosnia & HerzegovinaBelarusAzerbaijanAlbania

Montenegro Poland Romania

Crotia Chech Republic

Russia Serbia SlovakiaSlovenia


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

Source: Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia

Number of CertificatesValue 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 members of the European Union, Norway, Switzerland, Belarus, the Russian Federation and Turkey.

MPCEPA: Malaysia-Pakistan Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (Implemented since 1 January 2008)



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

09 Mar 2014 937 511 243 4,274 1,435 732

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

MICECA MNZFTA MCFTA MAFTA

09 Mar 2014 248 5 66 41816 Mar 2014 282 13 56 41523 Mar 2014 245 2 75 31130 Mar 2014 234 0 47 39106 Apr 2014 230 6 45 37913 Apr 2014 232 5 54 33920 Apr 2014 250 16 50 35827 Apr 2014 243 8 48 402

MJEPA MPCEPA GSP

09 Mar 2014 862 156 179

16 Mar 2014 804 99 128

23 Mar 2014 787 109 25330 Mar 2014 924 216 8606 Apr 2014 888 115 178

13 Apr 2014 806 169 118

20 Apr 2014 730 127 244

27 Apr 2014 705 151 140

9 Mar 16 Mar 23 Mar 30 Mar 6 Apr 13 Apr 20 Apr 27 Apr

AANZFTA 96 64 83 79 107 76 68 83

AIFTA 120 81 103 104 348 113 536 122

AJCEP 110 78 80 53 86 116 30 93

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ATIGA 608 648 18,025 797 8,410 700 646 644

ACFTA 589 545 336 545 636 390 350 624

AKFTA 174 608 261 671 2,512 126 598 244

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MICECA 56.20 43.44 27.89 45.86 30.38 35.25 35.63 54.12

MNZFTA 0.11 0.26 0.02 0.00 0.17 0.31 0.32 0.14

MCFTA 10.74 6.70 9.78 7.31 7.23 7.77 6.41 6.38

MAFTA 66.47 46.14 24.77 30.12 27.78 30.55 29.89 32.67

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MPCEPA 40 23 22 89 13 52 22 43

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Gold and Silver Prices, 3 January - 2 May 2014

Malaysian Ringgit Exchange Rate with Philippines Peso (PHP) and Indian Rupee (INR), 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

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6.80

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7.60

7.80

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2013 2014

PHP100 = RM7.30

INR100 = RM5.40

PHILIPPINES PESO(PHP100) INDIAN RUPEE(INR100)

US$/gramme US$/oz

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Aluminum Copper Nickel

US$17,374

US$6,674

US$1,811

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Commodity 2 May 2014 (US$)

% Change* 2013i 2012i 2011i

Crude Petroleum (per bbl) 100.2 1.7 88.1-108.6 77.7-109.5 80.3-112.7

Crude Palm Oil (per MT) 913.6 0.2 805.5 1,000.4 1,124.0

Raw Sugar (per MT) 382.3 0.8 361.6 473.8 647.0

Rubber SMR 20 (per MT) 1,739.0 1.4 2,390.8 952.5 1,348.3

Cocoa SMC (per MT) 2,517.9 3.5 1,933.1 2,128.9 2,644.8

Scrap Iron HMS (per MT) 395.0 (High) 385.0 (Low)

unchangedunchanged 485.6 444.7 491.0

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 (2 May 2014)

US$100.2 per bblCrude Palm Oil

(2 May 2014)US$913.6 per MT

Lowest (US$ per bbl)

10 Jan 2014: 92.319 Apr 2013: 88.1

Highest(US$ per bbl)

18 Apr 2014: 104.2 Sep 2013: 110.2

Highest(US$ per MT)

14 Mar 2014: 982.515 Nov 2013: 925.0

Lowest (US$ per MT)

30 Jan 2014: 855.0 4 Jan 2013: 800.0

2 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 - 2 May 2014

Source : Ministry of International Trade and Industry Malaysia, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Malaysian Rubber Board, Malaysian Cocoa Board, Malaysian Iron and Steel Industry Federation, Bloomberg and Czarnikow Group

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 Crude Petroleum/bbl 96.7 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 Rubber SMR 20/MT 1,932.0 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 Cocoa SMC 2/MT 2,649.6 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 Crude Palm Oil/MT 855.0 860.5 869.0 906.0 929.5 954.5 982.5 952.5 950.5 950.5 913.5 900.5 915.8 913.6 Scrap Iron/MT 395.0 395.0 395.0 395.0 395.0 380.0 390.0 385.0 385.0 395.0 395.0 395.0 395.0 395.0 Raw Sugar/MT 323.0 346.5 342.8 353.5 377.8 396.0 384.5 368.5 387.8 372.3 373.8 368.5 385.3 382.3 Iron Ore/MT 160.0 160.0 160.0 160.0 160.0 150.0 145.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0 150.0

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Rubber SMR 20

Cocoa SMC 2

Scrap Iron

Raw Sugar

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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.

Les’ Copaque Production Sdn Bhd

Les’ Copaque is an animation pioneer in Malaysia and a film production company that was established in 2005 to bring Malaysian stories to the world. A Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) status company, Les’ Copaque has been producing high quality 3D animation for television serials as well as advertising and public service messages. Their first feature film, Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula in 2009 has been awarded with the best animation film by the Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival 2007. Other accolades received include Viewer’s Choice Award from the International Film Festival for Children, Indonesia 2009 and Best On-Screen Chemistry Award (Shout! Awards 2009).

LES’ COPAQUE PRODUCTION

SDN BHD

36A, Jalan Rugby 13/30, Section 13

40100 Shah Alam, Selangor

TEL : +603 5511 8089

FAX : +603 5511 8086

E-MAIL : [email protected]

www.lescopaque.com

It’s All about the Stories

Les’ Copaque believes that good story-telling is the core of their business. Launching off with 5-minute shorts screened during Ramadan 2007, Les’ Copaque’s iconic Upin & Ipin is now a regular television series screened over 17 countries. It was the first fully produced Malaysian animated series that was picked up by the Disney Channel Asia and Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia (TPI). Upin & Ipin is aired in both Bahasa Malaysia and English, garnering devoted fans from all over the continent and beyond. Their YouTube presence has made Upin & Ipin available globally to fans in Uzbekistan and Europe.

The enthusiastic reception of Upin & Ipin the animated series paved the way for the animation blockbuster, Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula (Geng: The Adventure Begins). This animated film presented a watershed in Malaysian cinemas as the first locally produced animated film to hit the box office. The film was also screened in Indonesia to an overwhelming reception.

The company has also launched a new animated series inspired by the folktales of Malaysia. The Pada Zaman Dahulu (Once Upon a Time) imprint is the first Malaysian 3D animated series to feature 2D animation techniques, narrating the adventures of two city kids, Ara and Aris, as they explore life in the village with their grandparents along with stories of the irrepressible Sang Kancil (The Mouse Deer) from Malay folklore. Pada Zaman Dahulu made its television debut on December 2011 on TV Al-Hijrah, Astro Ceria and MNC TV Indonesia.

Building a World Class National Brand

From short clips to full-length feature films, Les’ Copaque has been expanding their reach beyond animation. The company has since diversified into merchandising, working with their partners to produce licensed goods bearing the imprint of Upin & Ipin. These range from stationeries, comics, toys, DVDs, books, gift ideas, household goods and tumblers to chocolate and candies.

Les’ Copaque has also brought the Upin & Ipin brand into the food and beverage arena with the opening of Geng’s Corner. The flagship restaurant established in Malaysia, in Shah Alam and the newly opened branch in Taman Melati serve local and Western-inspired dishes in a family oriented environment with signature dishes such as Nasi Ayam Upin & Ipin (Upin & Ipin Chicken Rice) and ‘Gulai Kawah Opah’ (Grandma’s Pot Gravy Dish). It also caters for birthday parties, corporate events and other family functions. Fans can also opt to enjoy the Upin & Ipin Fan Club events such as ‘Malam Bersama Geng’ (A Night with the Gang) and other themed occasions.

Les’ Copaque is not resting on their laurels. For this reason, the company is in negotiations to set up an Upin & Ipin Theme Park in Sepang, in the State of Selangor, Malaysia. It is expected to make its mark in 3 years time, featuring park rides and other attractions centred on the Upin and Ipin brand. Les’ Copaque is opened to exploring business opportunities with international partners who are interested in new avenues with an established brand with market presence of over 300 million consumers.

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