Only one-third of Malaysia-US exports face new tariff
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KUALA LUMPUR: Only about one-third of Malaysia's exports to the United States will be subject to the new 10 per cent tariff under the US Trade Representative's (USTR) latest Section 301 action, according to CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd.
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The firm estimated that 31.9 per cent of Malaysia's exports to the US will be subject to the Section 301 tariff, down from 33 per cent under the previous Section 122 regime.
CIMB Securities said this would move an estimated RM3.3 billion of Malaysian exports out of the tariff's scope and lower the trade-weighted effective tariff rate to 5.1 per cent from 5.2 per cent.
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