{
  "id": 8182861,
  "title": "Malaysia's August exports rise 45.5% y/y, above forecast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/malaysias-august-exports-rise-45-5-y-y-above-forecast",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-18T05:52:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40440112/malaysias-august-exports-rise-455-yy-above-forecast"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Malaysia's exports rose 45.5% year on year in August, surpassing expectations. According to Business Recorder, the growth was higher than the 37.9% forecasted by 14 economists surveyed by Reuters. Imports in August grew 41.1% from a year earlier, as reported by both Business Recorder and Malay Mail.\n\nThe trade surplus was 28.1 billion ringgit ($6.89 billion) in August, exceeding the poll forecast of 25 billion ringgit, as per Business Recorder. Malay Mail reported that the total trade increased 43.4% year-on-year to 354.0 billion ringgit in August, with exports rising to 191.0 billion ringgit and imports increasing to 163.0 billion ringgit.\n\nMalay Mail also noted that the trade surplus expanded by 77.1% and marked the 76th consecutive month of trade surplus since May 2020. Additionally, exports, imports, and total trade decreased on a month-on-month basis, while the trade surplus increased.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Malaysia's vehicle sales hold above 70,000 units in August, YTD up 3pct",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/malaysias-vehicle-sales-hold-above-70-000-units-in-august-ytd-up-3pct",
        "published": "2026-09-18T01:49:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}