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International Trade Statistics Division is one of the six Divisions under the Economic Programme, Department of Statistics, Malaysia.

FUNCTION:

BPPA is responsible for compiling Malaysia's External Trade Statistics (METS):

• To generate monthly and annual external trade statistics;
• To generate monthly external trade indices;
• To provide export statistics by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Bio-tech industry and halal products;
• To provide external trade statistics for regular and ad-hoc customers; and
• To provides data for internal use of other Divisions of the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

OBJECTIVE OF METS COMPILATION:

• To provide information on the Malaysia trade performance in comparison to other countries in the world in terms of quantity, value and average unit value of goods. This information is a tool to assist governments in formulating policies and monitoring economic performance as well as for national development planning. In addition, the compilation of METS is also important as inputs in the compilation of GDP, Balance of Payment and Import & Export Indices.