Explore key sectors, investment incentives, and regulatory frameworks shaping Malaysia's industrial landscape.
Malaysia Industry Policy
2025-05-24
Category: Government
Frequency: Daily
Explore key sectors, investment incentives, and regulatory frameworks shaping Malaysia's industrial landscape
| Date | Category | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 21 May, 2025 | Oil & Gas | The federal government and Sarawak have signed a joint declaration, reaching an understanding on matters involving Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) and Petroleum Sarawak Bhd (Petros). |
| 21 May, 2025 | Healthcare | Malaysia’s plan to roll out a fixed-rate Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) payment system in healthcare has hit delays and will exclude private hospitals in its first phase. |
| 20 May, 2025 | Sugar | Local sugar refiners MSM Malaysia Holdings and Central Sugars Refinery (CSR) are asking the government to impose tariffs on imported sugar to protect the local industry from cheap sugar dumping, especially from Thailand. Malaysia normally allows 70,000 tonnes of sugar imports per year, but recently this surged to 250,000 tonnes due to Thai sugar flooding the market after China imposed high tariffs. |
| 13 May, 2025 | Iron and Steel | Starting May 11, 2025, Malaysia will impose five-year anti-dumping duties on flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel, and tinplate imported from China, India, Japan, and South Korea. The duties will range from 4.48% to 36.80%, depending on the country, and will be enforced until May 10, 2030, as part of an effort to protect domestic industries. |
| 8 May, 2025 | Financial | Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has announced a 100-basis-point cut in the statutory reserve requirement (SRR) from 2% to 1%, the lowest in 14 years. The change, which reduces the amount of cash banks must hold in reserve, will take effect on May 16, 2025. |
| 8 May, 2025 | Manpower | Employers in Malaysia must now go with their foreign workers to the airport or border when they leave the country, under a new rule to better track worker departures. The government also now allows foreign workers to switch jobs between different sectors, not just within the same one as before. |
| 7 May, 2025 | Chemicals | Malaysia will impose five-year anti-dumping duties on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) imports from Indonesia (37.44%) and China (2.29% to 11.74%). |
| 6 May, 2025 | Miti | The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti) will be the sole issuer of certificates of origin for exports to the US to prevent illicit transshipment through Malaysia. Issuance of such certificates by business councils, chambers or associations appointed by Miti will cease immediately, |
| 5 May, 2025 | Shipping | Plan to implement a phased 30% increase in port tariffs for container handling and storage. |
| 2 May, 2025 | Water | SPAN has reduced sewerage charges for developers starting March 1 to help lower home prices. |
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