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Table AI.1 
Merchandise exports by group of products, 2001-04 
(US$ million and per cent)  
 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Total exports (US$ million) 88,004.5 94,058.3 104, 707.3 126,500.2 
 (Per cent) 
Total primary products 18.9 19.2 22.0 23.1 
Agriculture 8.2 9.7 11.0 10.4 
Food 6.1 7.5 8.6 8.0 
4222 Palm oil, fractions 2.7 3.7 4.4 3.8 
Agricultural raw material 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.4 
Mining 10.7 9.5 11.0 12.7 
Ores and other minerals 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 
Non-ferrous metals 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.0 
Fuels 9.7 8.6 10.1 11.6 
3330 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous 
minerals, crude 3.4 3.3 4.0 4.7 
3431 Natural gas, liquefied 3.4 2.8 3.4 3.6 
3341 Motor gasoline, light oil 0.8 1.9 2.1 2.5 
Manufactures 80.0 79.6 76.7 75.4 
Iron and steel 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.5 
Chemicals 4.3 4.7 5.2 5.6 
Other semi-manufactures 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 
6343 Plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood, each 
ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 
Machinery and transport equipment 60.6 60.2 56.8 54.6 
Power generating machines 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 
Other non-electrical machinery 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.7 
Agricultural machinery and tractors 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Office machines & telecommunication equipment 51.0 50.8 47.4 44.4 
7764 Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies 14.0 15.2 16.5 14.2 
7599 Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying 
cases and the like) suitable fo r use solely or principally 
with machines of headings 751.1, 751.2, 751.9 and 
group 752 9.9 10.5 7.9 6.3 
7522 Digital automatic data processing machines, 
containing in the same housing at least a central 
processing unit and input and output unit whether or not 
combined 2.2 3.6 4.0 4.5 
7763 Diodes, transistors and similar semi-conductor 
devices; photosensitive semi-conductor devices; light 
emitting diodes 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.5 
7643 Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-
telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or television, whether or 
not incorporating recep tion apparatus or sound 
recording or reproducing apparatus 2.8 2.2 1.9 2.1 
7649 Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or 
principally with the apparatus of division 76 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.8 
7529 Data processing equipment, n.e.s. 1.7 2.4 1.2 1.7 
7611 Television receivers, co lour (including video 
monitors and video projectors), whether or not 
combined, in the same housing, with radio-broadcast 
receivers or sound or vide o recording or reproducing 
apparatus 2.1 2.4 1.7 1.6 
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7526 Input or output units for automatic data processing 
machines, whether or not presented with the rest of a 
system and whether or not containing storage units in 
the same housing 1.0 1.7 2.1 1.6 
7527 Storage units, whether or not presented with the 
rest of a system 3.6 0.8 0.7 1.6 
7638 Sound recording and other sound reproducing 
apparatus; video recordi ng or reproducing apparatus 2.6 2.0 1.8 1.6 
7768 Piezo-electric crystals, mounted, and parts, n.e.s., 
of the electronic components of group 776 1.0 2.0 1.6 1.1 
Other electrical machines 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.7 
7726 Boards, panels (including numerical control 
panels), consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, 
equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 772.4 
or 772.5, for electric control or the distribution of electricity 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.1 
7722 Printed circuits 1.9 1.5 1.4 1.1 
Automotive products 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 
Other transport equipment 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 
Textiles 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 
Clothing 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.8 
Other consumer goods 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.6 
Other 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.5 
9310 Special transactions and commodities not 
classified according to kind 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 
Gold 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 
Source :  UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3). Malaysia WT/TPR/S/156/Rev.1 
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Table AI.2 
Merchandise imports by group of products, 2001-04 
(US$ million and per cent)  
 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Total 73,079.0 78,673.8 82,443.6 104,280.4 
 (Per cent) 
Total primary products 14.9 14.0 14.7 16.7 
Agriculture 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.7 
Food 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.5 
Agricultural raw material 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 
Mining 8.3 7.7 8.5 10.0 
Ores and other minerals 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.2 
Non-ferrous metals 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.5 
Fuels 5.3 4.8 5.6 6.3 
3341 Motor gasoline, light oil 1.3 2.5 2.8 3.4 
3330 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, 
crude 2.1 1.6 2.0 1.9 
Manufactures 82.0 82.7 82.2 80.2 
Iron and steel 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.5 
Chemicals 7.4 7.3 7.2 8.1 
Other semi-manufactures 4.3 4.1 3.9 4.2 
Machinery and transport equipment 60.3 61.7 61.5 57.7 
Power generating machines 1.7 1.7 1.2 1.3 
Other non-electrical machinery 8.0 6.5 6.1 6.4 
7284 Machinery and mechanical appliances specialized for 
particular industries, n.e.s. 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 
Agricultural machinery and tractors 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 
Office machines & telecommunication equipment 37.8 40.7 41.7 37.7 
7764 Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies 11.5 14.0 13.1 12.2 
7768 Piezo-electric crystals, mounted, and parts, n.e.s., of the 
electronic components of group 776 12.4 12.2 14.2 11.0 
7599 Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and 
the like) suitable for use solely or  principally with machines of 
headings 751.1, 751.2, 751.9 and group 752 3.9 5.0 6.0 5.9 
7649 Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally 
with the apparatus of division 76 2.6 2.4 2.2 1.9 
7763 Diodes, transistors and si milar semi-conductor devices; 
photosensitive semi-conductor devices; light emitting diodes 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 
7643 Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-
telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or  television, whether or not 
incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or 
reproducing apparatus 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.2 
7527 Storage units, whether or not presented with the rest of a 
system 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.7 
7761 Television picture tubes, cathode ray (including video 
monitor cathode-ray tubes) 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 
Other electrical machines 8.8 8.2 8.3 7.4 
7722 Printed circuits 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.6 
7788 Electrical machinery and equipment, n.e.s. 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.1 
7725 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical 
circuits, or for making connections to  or in electrical circuits (e.g. 
switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lampholders, junction-boxes) fo r a voltage not exceeding 1,000v 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 
7786 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.6 
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Automotive products 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 
7812 Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, n.e.s. 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 
Other transport equipment 1.6 2.1 1.5 2.2 
Textiles 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.9 
Clothing 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 
Other consumer goods 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.7 
8742 Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating 
instruments;  instruments for measuring length, for use in the 
hand, n.e.s.;  measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, n.e.s.;  profile projector s; parts and accessories therefor 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.7 
8747 Oscilloscopes, spectrum anal yzers and other instruments 
and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities 
(other than meters of heading 873.1);  instruments and apparatus 
for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic or 
other ionizing radiations 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 
Other 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 
9310 Special transactions and commodities not classified 
according to kind 1.9 2.3 2.1 1.9 
Gold 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.2 
9710 Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold or es and concentrates) 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.2 
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3). Malaysia WT/TPR/S/156/Rev.1 
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Table AI.3 
Merchandise exports by destination, 2001-04 
(US$ million and per cent)  
 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Total exports (US$ million) 88,004.5 94,058.3 104, 707.3 126,500.2 
 (Per cent) 
APEC 78.6 79.8 78.6 78.5 
ASEAN 25.1 25.8 24.8 25.1 
America 22.2 22.5 21.1 20.6 
United States 20.2 20.8 19.6 18.8 
Canada 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 
Other America 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.2 
Mexico 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 
Europe 15.0 13.4 13.6 13.6 
EC(15) 13.6 12.3 12.1 11.8 
Netherlands 4.6 3.7 3.3 3.3 
United Kingdom 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.2 
Germany 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2 
France 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.5 
Italy 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 
EFTA 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 
Eastern Europe 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.3 
Former USSR 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 
Other Europe 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 
Asia 59.1 60.3 61.0 60.8 
Middle East 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.7 
United Arab Emirates 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.2 
East Asia 54.3 55.3 54.9 54.7 
Singapore 16.9 16.9 15.7 15.0 
Japan 13.3 11.1 10.7 10.1 
China 4.3 5.6 6.5 6.7 
Hong Kong, China 4.6 5.7 6.5 6.0 
Thailand 3.8 4.2 4.4 4.8 
Korea, Rep. of 3.3 3.3 2.9 3.5 
Chinese Taipei 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.3 
Indonesia 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.4 
Philippines 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 
Viet Nam 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 
South Asia 2.7 3.0 3.7 3.5 
India 1.8 1.9 2.4 2.4 
Pakistan 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 
Oceania 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.7 
Australia 2.3 2.3 2.5 3.3 
Africa 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.2 
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 
Other Africa 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.8 
Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Source : UNSD, Comtrade data base (SITC Rev.3). WT/TPR/S/156/Rev.1 Trade Policy Review 
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Table AI.4 
Merchandise imports by origin, 2001-04 
(US$ million and per cent)  
 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Total imports (US$ million) 73,079.0 78,673.8 82, 443.6 104,280.4 
 (Per cent) 
APEC 79.5 82.6 82.0 81.1 
ASEAN 22.9 23.2 24.4 24.2 
America 17.7 18.1 17.1 16.3 
United States 16.2 16.6 15.6 14.6 
Canada 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 
Other America 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 
Europe 14.8 13.3 13.4 13.7 
EC(15) 13.0 11.6 11.8 11.9 
Germany 3.8 3.7 4.7 4.5 
United Kingdom 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.7 
France 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.4 
Italy 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 
Netherlands 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 
Sweden 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.8 
Ireland 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.6 
EFTA 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.0 
Switzerland 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 
Eastern Europe 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 
Former USSR 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 
Other Europe 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 
Asia 63.5 65.7 66.8 67.1 
Middle East 2.5 1.7 2.2 2.4 
Saudi Arabia 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.9 
East Asia 59.9 63.0 63.7 63.4 
Japan 19.4 18.0 17.2 16.1 
Singapore 12.7 12.1 11.9 11.2 
China 5.2 7.8 8.8 9.9 
Thailand 4.0 4.0 4.6 5.6 
Chinese Taipei 5.7 5.6 5.0 5.5 
Korea, Rep. of 4.0 5.3 5.5 5.0 
Indonesia 3.1 3.2 3.6 4.0 
Hong Kong, China 2.6 3.0 2.7 2.7 
Philippines 2.5 3.3 3.8 2.7 
South Asia 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.3 
India 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.2 
Oceania 2.6 2.2 1.9 2.1 
Australia 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.7 
Africa 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 
Other Africa 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 
Other 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 
Source :  UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3). Malaysia WT/TPR/S/156/Rev.1 
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Table AIII.1 
Summary analysis of the Malaysian's MFN tariff, 2001 and 2005  
 MFN 2001 MFN 2005 
  No. of 
lines Average 
(%) Range 
(%) No. of 
lines Average 
(%) Range 
(%) 
Total 10,368  9.2 0-300 10,581  8.1 0-60 
By WTO definition       
Agricultural products 1,162  3.3 0-114 1,202  3.2 0-40 
Live animals and products thereof 123  0.9 0-20 142  0.8 0-20 
Dairy products 40  6.1 0-25 40  6.1 0-25 
Coffee and tea, cocoa, sugar, etc. 209  4.7 0-30 209  4.1 0-25 
Cut flowers and plants 46  0.0 0-0 46  0.0 0-0 
Fruit and vegetables 293  4.5 0-30 302  3.9 0-30 
Grains 21  0.0 0-0 21  15.2 0-40 
Oils seeds, fats, oil and their products 194  2.1 0-20 197  2.0 0-20 
Beverages and spirits 65  10.7 0-114 81  6.4 0-30 
Tobacco 19  5.0 5-5 19  5.0 5-5 
Other agricultural products, n.e.s. 152  1.3 0-30 145  1.3 0-25 
Non-agricultural products (excl. petroleum) 9,176  9.9 0-300 9,349  8.7 0-60 
Fish and fishery products 181  4.2 0-20 188  3.2 0-20 
Mineral products, precious stones, etc. 424  11.4 0-60 416  10.4 0-60 
Metals 1,070  10.7 0-30 1,061  17.5 0-50 
Chemicals and photographic supplie s 1,453  5.8 0-50 1,481  5.1 0-50 
Leather, rubber, footwear, travel goods 368  13.1 0-40 397  13.1 0-40 
Wood, pulp, paper and furniture 2,271  2.4 0-40 2,370  2.5 0-40 
Textiles and clothing 1,148  15.3 0-30 1, 176  12.6 0-30 
Transport equipment 466  50.6 0-300 461  25.8 0-50 
Non-electric machinery 738  6.4 0-35 735  6.3 0-35 
Electric machinery 439  10.9 0-50 438  9.5 0-50 
Non-agricultural products, n.e.s. 618  7.3 0-105 626  6.3 0-50 
Petroleum 30  0.5 0-5 30  0.5 0-5 
By sectora       
Agriculture and fisheries 1,642  0.5 0-30 1,655  0.4 0-40 
Mining 126  1.0 0-30 124  1.0 0-30 
Manufacturing 8,599  10.9 0-300 8,801  9.6 0-60 
excluding food processing 7,736  11.7 0-300 7,904  10.2 0-60 
By stage of processing       
First stage of processing 2,039  0.9 0-30 2,054  0.9 0-40 
Semi-processed products 3,346  7.7 0-60 3,482  9.0 0-60 
Fully-processed products 4,983  13.6 0-300 5,045  10.4 0-60 
a ISIC (Rev.2) classification.  Electricity , gas and water are excluded (1 tariff line). 
Note: Calculations exclude sp ecific rates and include the ad valorem  part of alternate and compound rate s;  the 2001 tariff is based on 
HS96 nomenclature, and the 2005 tariff is based on HS02 nomenclature. 
Source: WTO calculations, based on data provided by the Malaysian authorities. 
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Table AIII.2 
Import licensing approval, 2005 
No. Product Approving authority 
1. Poultry (fowl, chicks, ducks, geese, turkeys, gui nea fowl and pigeons) alive or dead or any part 
thereof Veterinary Department 
2. Fresh or preserved meat and o ffal (dried, dehydrated, salted, pick led, smoked, frozen or chilled) 
of buffalo, cattle, sheep, and goats Veterinary Department 
3. Birds' nest, eggs of poultry, birds a nd testudinate (terrapin and the like) excl uding turtle eggs Veterinary Department 
4. Rice and padi, including rice flour, rice polishings, ri ce bran and rice vermicelli Ministry of Agriculture 
and Agro-based Industry 
5. Sugar MITI 
6. Natural barium sulphate (Barytes) MITI 
7. Acetyl Bromide Ministry of Health 
8. Acetic anhydride, acetyl chloride Ministry of Health 
9. Fireworks including fire crackers Police Department 
10. Magnetic tape webs for vi deo and sound recording MITI 
11. Explosives Police Department 
12. Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of  its bark or merely roughed down, wood, roughly 
squared or half-squared but not further manufactured Malaysian Timber 
Industry Board 
13. Safety helmets, except as worn by motorc yclists or motor-cycle pillion riders MITI 
14. Rice milling machinery including part s thereof Ministry of Agriculture 
and Agro-based Industry 
15. Automatic cassette or cartridge loaders MITI 
16. Parts of automatic cassette or cartridge loaders MITI 
17. All single colour copying machines, all mu lti-colour copying machines and colour toner 
cartridges MITI 
18. Any equipment, apparatus, appliance or an y other device capable of producing the sound of a 
siren or any sound resembling that of a si ren irrespective of its mode of operation Police Department 
19. Apparatus or equipment to be attached to or  connected to public telecommunication network or 
system SIRIM Berhad 
20. All radio communications apparatus capable of  being used for telecommunications in the 
frequency band lower than 3,000 GH z or their motherboards, except for:  (i) receivers designed 
for use in the broadcasting services;  and (ii)  radio communications apparatus having a valid 
licence issued by the telecommunications authority of any country or an international automatic 
roaming (IAR) card issued by a licensed operator SIRIM Berhad 
21. Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, goods  or materials (including sports motor vehicles, 
other than those under heading No. 87.11) 
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally de signed for the transport of persons (other than 
those of heading No. 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars (excluding go-karts and 
ambulances) Motor vehicles for the transport of goods falling within heading No. 87.04 MITI 
22. Chassis with or without engines, for motor ve hicles of heading Nos. 87.02, 87.03, 87.04 or 87.05 
and parts thereof.  For ambulance and motor vehicles within heading No. 87.05 MITI 
23. For machinery within heading Nos. 87.04, 84.27, 84.29 and 84.30 MITI 
24. Parts suitable for machinery falling within heading No. 84.31 MITI 
25. Bodies (including cabs), for motor vehicles falling within heading Nos. 87.02, 87.03, 87.04 or 
8705.  For ambulance and motor vehicles fa lling within subheading Nos. 8702.10.121, 
8702.10.122, 8702.10.900, 8702.90.121, 8702.90.122, 8702.90.900, 8703.10 MITI 
26. Motorcycles, autocycles and cycles  fitted with an auxiliary motor MITI 
27. High speed duplicators, including master electroni cs control, master playback, with or without 
loop bin and slave recorders, medicine-mak ing machines and CD master machines MITI 
28. Film or tapes for magnetic recording co mmonly known as "pancakes", excluding those in 
cassettes or cartridges MITI 
29. Parts of high speed duplicators, including master electronic control, master playback and slave 
recorders MITI 
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No. Product Approving authority 
30. Arms and ammunition as defined under the Arms Act 1960, other than personal arms and 
ammunition imported by a bona fide traveller Police Department 
31. Saccharin and its salt Ministry of Health 
32. Unmanufactured tobacco;  tobacco refuse Ministry of Plantation 
Industries and 
Commodities 
33. Road tractors for semi-trailers  completely built-up, old MITI 
34. Special purpose vehicles falling within heading No. 87.05 MITI 
35. Parabolic antenna for outdoor use SIRIM Berhad 
36. Parabolic equipment, antenna parts and accessori es;  (i) satellite receiver (tuner);  (ii) video 
plexer;  (iii) antenna positioner;  (iv) feed horn;   (v) low noise block dow n converter and cover;  
(vi) parabolic antenna mounts/stand and mounting brackets;  and (vii) actuators SIRIM Berhad 
37. Acesulfame K Ministry of Health 
38. Substances covered by the Montreal Protocol 
Annex A to the Protocol: 
Group I:  CFC-11 Trichlorofluoromethane 
 CFC-12 Dichlorodifluoromethane 
 CFC-113 1,1,2-Trichloro 1,2,2-trifluoroethane  CFC 114 1,2-Dichlorotetra-fluoroethane 
 CFC-115 Chloropentafluoroethane 
Group II: 
 Halon-1211 Bromochlorodifluoromethane 
 Halon-1301 Bromotrifluoromethane 
 Halon-2402 Dibromotetrafluoromethane 
 
Annex B to the Protocol: Group I: 
 CFC-13 Chlorotrifluoromethane 
 CFC-111 Pentachlorofluoroethane  CFC-112 Tetrachlorodifluoroethane 
 CFC-211 Heptachlorodifluoropropane 
 CFC-212 Hexachlorodifluoropropane  CFC-213 Pentachlorotrifluoropropane 
 CFC-214 Tetrachlorotetrafluoropropane 
 CFC-215 Trichloropentafluoropropane  CFC-216 Dichlorohexafluoropropane 
 CFC-217 Chloroheptafluoropropane 
Group II:  CCI Carbon tetrachloride (tetrachloromethane) 
Group III: 
 CHCCI Methyl Chloroform 3 3 (1,1,1 Trichloroethane) MITI 
39. Liquid milk in any form including flavour ed milk recombined or reconstituted MITI 
40. Liquid sterilized flavoured mi lk including flavoured milk reco mbined or reconstituted MITI 
41. Cabbage (round) FAMA 
42. Coffee, not roasted FAMA 
43. Cereal flours:  of wheat or meslin (includi ng atta flour) in packings not exceeding 5 kg. MITI 
44. Activated clay and activ ated bleaching earth MITI 
45. Billets of iron or steel MITI 
46. Bars and rods (including wire-rods), of iron or  steel, hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-formed or 
cold-finished (including precision made);  hollow mining drill steel;  wire-rod;  bars and rods 
(excluding wire rods) not further worked than hot-ro lled or extruded:  round;  bars and rods, cold-
formed or cold-finished (including precision made):  round MITI 
47. Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the form men tioned in heading Nos. 72.06 to 72.17;  wire rod 
of high carbon steel, of stainless or heat resisti ng steel and of other allo y steel;  bars and rods 
(excluding wire rods) and hollow mining drill steel  of high carbon steel, of stainless or heat 
resisting steel and of other alloy steel MITI 
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No. Product Approving authority 
48. Standard wire, cables, cordages, ropes, pla ited bands and the like, of aluminium wire but 
excluding insulated electric wires and cables:  of  steel reinforced aluminium;  of unalloyed 
aluminium;  and of other aluminium alloys MITI 
49. Insulated (including enamelled or anodized) el ectric wire, cables, bars and strip and the like 
(including co-axial cable), whether or not f itted with connectors;  telephone and telegraph 
(including radio relay) cables;  others:  power tran sfer wire, cable, bars, strip and the like:  paper 
insulated MITI 
50. All goods from Serbia, Montenegro, and Israel MITI 
51. Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy st eel of a width of 600mm, clad, plated  
or coated – 72.10 MITI 
52. Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel  of a width less than 600mm, clad, plated 
or coated – 72.12 MITI 
53. Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of  a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, 
plated or coated MITI 
54. Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-
reduced), not clad, plated or coated MITI 
55. Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600mm, not clad, plated or 
coated MITI 
56. Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron – 73.03.00.000 MITI 
57. Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel – 73.04 MITI 
58. Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for exam ple, welded, riveted or similarly closed) having 
circular cross-sections, the external diameter  of which exceeds 406.4mm of iron or steel – 73.05 MITI 
59. Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for exam ple, open seam or welded, riveted or similarly 
closed), of iron or steel MITI 
60. Toxic chemicals and their precursors covere d under the Convention on the Prohibition of the 
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of  Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 
1993 (CWC) Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs 
Source:  MITI (2004), Annual Report 2004,  Appendix 4. 
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Table AIII.3 
Khazanah investment holdings by sector and company  
Holdings Khazanah 
shareholding  Description 
Auto/industrial products   
EON (Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd) 6% Public listed 
Malaysia's leading distributor of motor vehicles;  diversified into 
motor, financial services, general trading, properties, manufacturing 
and services 
Asia Automotive (Asia Automotive 
Investment BV) 90% A special purpose vehicle is involved in the manufacture of 
automotive parts, based in Japan 
PROTON (Proton Holdings Bhd) 43% Public listed 
Incorporated in 1983;  manufactures, assembles and sells motor 
vehicles, related products;  l eading Malaysian national car 
manufacturer;  has a dominant market share of the local automotive 
market 
Modenas (Motosikal dan Enjin Nasional 
Sdn Bhd) 15% Spearheads technology transfer and development of motorcycle 
manufacturing 
Megasteel (Megasteel Sdn Bhd) 10% Member of the Li on Group;  first steel mill in Malaysia to produce 
flat steel products in the form of hot rolled coils 
Transport   
Malaysia Airports (Malaysia Airports 
Holdings Bhd) 73% Public listed 
Operator and manager of Malaysia's  38 airports, including one of the 
world's most technologically advanced airports, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).  MAHB is also the first airport company to be listed in Asia 
PLUS Expressways (PLUS Expressways 
Bhd) 21%  
and indirect 
shareholding 
through UEM 
46% Public listed 
Incorporated in Malaysia in 2002.  PLUS Expressways is the largest listed toll expressway operator in Asia. 
Westport (Westport Holdings Sdn Bhd) 9% Deep water, st ate-of-the-art port catering to modern fifth-generation 
vessels located in Port Klang ha ndles container and conventional 
cargoes with an annual capacity of 13 million tonnes for conventional 
cargo and, depending on installed equipment, up to 2.7 million TEUs 
for container cargoes 
MISC (Malaysian International Shipping 
Corporation Bhd) 2% Public listed 
The leading international shipping line of Malaysia, with a modern 
and diversified fleet of 139 vessels and a combined tonnage of 
8 million dwt 
Bintulu Port (Bintulu Port Holdings Bhd) 20% Public listed 
Handles a growing variety of cargo with increasing throughput 
annually;  due to its strategic lo cation and increase in demand for 
seaborne trade within the hinterland, the port is expected to undergo 
further development 
Penerbangan Malaysia (Penerbangan 
Malaysia Bhd) 100% The holding company of Malaysian Airline System Berhad, 
Malaysia's national carrier 
MAS (Malaysian Airline System Bhd) PMB's 
shareholding 
69% and 
Khazanah's 
indirect 
shareholding 
through PNB 
69% Public listed 
Malaysia's national carrier with a fl eet of more than 100 aircraft, and 
servicing more than 100 different destinations 
Property   
UDA Holdings (UDA Holdings Bhd) 50% Public listed 
UDA (Urban Development Authority ) given the task to promote 
planned urban development 
Putrajaya Holdings (Putrajaya Holdings 
Sdn Bhd) 16% Lead developer for Putrajaya, the Federal Government Administrative 
capital 
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Holdings Khazanah 
shareholding  Description 
STLR (STLR Sdn Bhd) 100% Property investment holding company, with several key assets, 
largely located around Kuala Lumpur, which are mostly held for 
investment and rental income 
Tradewinds Hotels and Resorts (Tradewinds Hotels and Resorts Sdn Bhd) 26% Involved in management and opera tion of hotels within the country 
(e.g. Crowne Plaza Mutiara KL, Pelangi Bearch Resort Langkawi, Hilton Kuching and Hilton Batang Ai in Sarawak) 
Financial institutions   
Commerce Asset (Commerce Asset-
Holdings Bhd) 22% Public listed 
Diversified investment and ma nagement holding company with 
interests in commercial banking, merchant banking, stock broking, 
offshore banking, finance company, discount house, leasing, factoring, futures broking fund management, unit trust management, venture capital and life insurance 
RHB Bank (RHB Bank Bhd) 30% Third largest bank in Malaysia offering, commercial banking, 
corporate banking and intern ational banking services 
BI Walden Ventures Ketiga (BI Walden 
Ventures Ketiga Sdn Bhd) 34% These funds primarily invest in companies both locally and overseas  
Bank Muamalat (Bank Muamalat 
Malaysia Bhd) 30% Second full-fledge Islamic bank to be established in Malaysia after 
Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad 
MSC Venture One (MSC Venture One 
Sdn Bhd) 15% Venture capital organization in Malaysia specializing in funding 
innovative companies in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) industry including but not limited to Internet companies, 
software developers, content cr eators and communication solution 
providers 
Royal Mint (The Royal Mint Exchange 
Sdn Bhd) 10% Franchising a variety of fina ncial services including wealth 
management, credit management and advisory, currency 
management, wholesale and retail money changing and as a payment 
gateway 
Valuecap (Valuecap Sdn Bhd) 33% Established in 200 2, a fund management company created to invest 
specifically in the Malaysia equ ities market.  Owned jointly by 
Khazanah, PNB and KWAP, key mandate is to undertake investments in equities listed on Bursa Malaysia on a portfolio basis 
EON Capital (EON Capital Bhd) 10% Public listed 
Holding company of the EON Bank Group, an integrated financial 
institution comprising a commercial bank, finance company and 
merchant bank focusing on retail banking within the country 
Maybank (Malayan Banking Bhd) 5% One of the largest banking groups in Malaysia providing a 
comprehensive profile of financ ial services both locally and 
internationally 
Technology   
AIC Microelectronics (AIC 
Microelectronics Sdn Bhd) 25% Company, active in design and manufacturing of LCD displays and 
research and development work;  also manufacture plasma TVs and 
monitors  
AIC Technology (AIC Technology Sdn 
Bhd) 25% Starting out as an automotive parts manufacturer, AIC diversified into 
the semiconductor, plastics, precision metal and information 
technology industries through acquisitions of companies and joint ventures into new businesses.  The semiconductor division under AIC 
Technology Sdn. Bhd. is the first local integrated semiconductor 
manufacturer in Malaysia providing the following one-stop solution 
services:  integrated circuit (IC)  design and system solutions;  
assembly and testing of IC packag es;  drop-shipment and distribution 
centre services for ICs;  and distribution of semiconductor and 
electronic components 
Crystal Clear Technology (Crystal Clear 
Technology Sdn Bhd) 59% Principally involved in the desi gn, manufacture and sale of liquid 
crystal display products 
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Holdings Khazanah 
shareholding  Description 
MTDC (Malaysian Technology 
Development Corporation Sdn Bhd) 51% Integrated venture capital company, whose role is to identify, finance 
and develop potential companies and strategic technology areas.  
Focus on commercializing resear ch results of universities and 
research institutions , identifying and transferring emerging and 
strategic technologies for adoption by  industries, and encouraging the 
growth of technology-based enterprises in Malaysia 
Silterra Malaysia (Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd) 69% Operates Malaysia's premier wafe r fabrication plant located at the 
Kulim Hi-Tech Park 
D'nonce (D'nonce Technology Bhd) 20% Public listed 
Principally an investment holdi ng company while its subsidiary 
companies are involved in contract manufacturing of electronic 
components, design and conversion of  advanced packaging material 
and sales and distribution of advanced packaging materials 
Spring Hill Bioventures (Spring Hill 
Bioventures Sdn Bhd) 33% A Malaysian based biotechnology focused fund with the objective of 
investing in biotechnology companies both locally and abroad in 
support of the Malaysian biotechnology initiative 
Power   
Tenaga Nasional (Tenaga Nasional Bhd) 38% Public listed 
Largest electricity company in Malaysia, serving over six million 
customers.  Core activities are in  the generation, transmission and 
distribution of electricity 
YTL Power (YTL Power International 
Bhd) 0.01% Public listed 
Malaysia's first independent power  producer.  It owns and operates 
two gas-fired combined cycle power stations in Malaysia 
Media and Communications   
Telekom (Telekom Malaysia Bhd) 35% Public listed 
Telecommunications provider with a strong presence in fixed line 
services, cellular and multimedia services, both locally and selectively abroad.  Through its wholly owned unit TM International, has also 
significant interest in leading telecommunication companies in 
Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh 
Time dotCom (Time dotCom Bhd) 30% and indirect 
shareholding 
through UEM 
and Time 
Engineering 44% Public listed 
Major telecommunications provider in the country with extensive 
fibre optics network and extensiv e fixed line, broadband, payphone 
and Internet service networks 
Astro (Astro All Asia Networks plc) 22% Public listed 
Malaysia-based multimedia group with established satellite multi-
channel subscription TV services, radio broadcasting, production and 
distribution of film and televisi on programming, talent management 
and magazine publishing operations.  The Group has strategic 
alliances with leading software de velopers and content producers to 
jointly develop both technology a nd content to provide satellite-
delivers, broadband, IP enhanced mu ltimedia and interactive services 
over multiple platforms across the Asia Pacific region 
Maxis (Maxis Communications Bhd) 2% Public listed 
Telecommunications provider with services covering both communications and Internet technology;  currently the leading cellular operator in Malaysia in terms of number of subscribers 
Conglomerate   
DRB-Hicom (DRB-Hicom Bhd) 11% Public listed 
Malaysia's single largest totally in tegrated automotive company with 
operations in the manufacturing, assembly and distribution of 
passenger and commercial vehicles 
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Holdings Khazanah 
shareholding  Description 
UEM (United Engineers (M) Bhd) 100% Entrusted with responsibility of  developing infrastructures and value-
added services in six core industries in the country, namely;  
expressways operations, engineeri ng and construction, healthcare, 
environmental services, manufacturing and information, 
communications and technologies.  The Group has more than 40 major operating companies, including ten public listed companies.  
With over 20,000 employees, has la rge pool of specialists and 
knowledge workers in diverse areas 
UEM World (UEM World Bhd) Indirect 
shareholding 
through UEM 
51% Public listed 
Holds engineering and constructi on, healthcare, environmental 
services, property and investme nts companies within UEM group 
Pharmaniaga (Pharmaniaga Bhd) Indirect 
shareholding 
through UEM 
World 16% and 
UEM World's 
shareholding 
30% Public listed 
Largest local healthcare company in  Malaysia, driven by its core 
businesses namely, generic pharmace uticals manufacturing and R&D, 
warehousing and distribution of ph armaceutical and medical products, 
sales and marketing as well as hospital equipping;  also created a niche in healthcare IT solutions 
UEM Builders Indirect 
shareholding 
through UEM 
World 26% and 
UEM World's 
shareholding 
52% Public listed 
Has within its group of companies UEM Constructions Sdn Bhd, 
PATI Sdn Bhd and UEM Genisys Sdn Bhd mainly involved in the 
construction industry and c onstruction related services 
Kinta Kellas Indirect 
shareholding 
through UEM 
31% and UEM 
World's 
shareholding 
62% Industry leader in asset development and asset management 
consultancy services;  wholly owns  Opus International Consultants 
Limited, the largest professiona l services, civil engineering, 
architecture, asset management  and environmental planning 
consultancy firm in New Zealand 
Bandar Nusajaya Development (Bandar Nusajaya Development Sdn Bhd) Indirect 
shareholding 
through UEM 
World 33% and 
UEM World's 
shareholding 
64% Landowner and master developer of  Bandar Nusajaya in Johor, an 
integrated township of about 23,000 acres 
CIMA (Cement Industries of Malaysia 
Bhd) Indirect 
shareholding 
through UEM 
World 27% and 
UEM World's 
shareholding 
54% Public listed 
One of the largest cement and conc rete manufacturers in Malaysia;  
manufacturer of the Blue Lion and NS cement brands 
Ho Hup (Ho Hup Construction Company 
Bhd) Indirect 
shareholding 
through UEM 
33% and UEM  
shareholding 
33% Public listed 
The group's current spectrum of ac tivities include civil engineering 
works like earthworks, highway and road works, bridges, dams, 
laying of steel pipelines, reservoirs , water treatment plants and other 
infrastructure works, foundation engineering, building works, quarry operations, property development and oil and gas works 
Parkmay (Parkmay Bhd) Indirect 
shareholding 
through UEM 
25% and UEM  
shareholding 
25% Provides public bus transportation in peninsular Malaysia.  Its 
services include the stage (City liner) and express ('Plusliner' and 
'NICE') busses 
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Holdings Khazanah 
shareholding  Description 
Faber (Faber Group Bhd) Indirect 
shareholding 
through UEM 
41% and UEM 
shareholding 
41% Public listed 
Involved in activities such as pr operty development and property 
management under Faber Development Holdings;  clinical waste 
management, linen and laundry serv ices, bio-medical engineering 
maintenance and others under its healthcare arm;  and owns the Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur and Sheraton Hanoi, international 
class hotels managed by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc 
Time (Time Engineering Bhd) Indirect 
shareholding 
through UEM 
46% and UEM 
shareholding 
46% Public listed 
Flagship of UEM's information, communication and technology 
division.  Companies under Time ar e TIME System Integrators Sdn 
Bhd, TIME Quantum Technology Sdn Bhd, Dagang Net 
Technologies Sdn Bhd and TIME dot Com Berhad.  Through its group 
of companies, Time offers ICT products and services to both domestic and international mark ets, ranging from integrated 
communications provider, complemented by an extensive fixed line, 
broadband, payphone and internet  service networks, e-commerce, 
project management and consulta ncy and supply and maintenance 
Source:  Khazanah Nasional Berhad.  Available at :  http://www.khazanah.com.my/portfolio.asp. 
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