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Doing Business in Malaysia

QAD

Located in Southeast Asia, Malaysia is bordered by Thailand, Borneo, Indonesia, Brunei and the South China Sea. Industrial production is growing at about 5% annually as of 2017, making it the 55 th fastest growing industrial nation in the world. It has 116,169 km of paved roadways, so overland transport of goods is simple.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

Customers of maritime shipping firms not only want to protect their goods they also want to avoid higher insurance and additional shipping surcharges for cargo transiting the Red Sea. … On 14 December 2023 the report recorded the first successful hijacking of a vessel off the coast of Somalia since 2017.”[11]