KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's exports rose 1.7 per cent in June from a year earlier, below expectations, government data showed on Thursday.
Exports had been expected to grow 4.6 per cent, according to a Reuters poll of 14 economists.
Imports in June rose 17.8 per cent from a year earlier, data from the trade ministry showed, more than the 15.5 per cent increase forecast in the same poll.
Malaysia recorded a trade surplus of RM14.29 billion (US$3.06 billion) in June, the data showed.
Analysts had forecast a surplus of RM14.8 billion.