Malaysia posts May trade surplus of RM10.4b, exports below forecast


A nurse wearing a protective face mask and gloves shows blood plasma from a person who has recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), to be used to help critically ill patients, at a blood bank in Basra, Iraq June 20,2020. Picture taken 20,2020. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia posted a trade surplus of RM10.41bil in May this year, rebounding from a deficit of RM3.63bil in April but overall exports were weaker than expected, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) said.

It said on Monday the trade surplus was the highest monthly trade surplus for the month of May since May 2008.

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