KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Malaysia's November 2012 trade data released by the Trade

Ministry on Wednesday:

KEY DATA

(Exports and imports in percent, trade in billions of ringgit)

November October September August July June May April March

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58.67 61.29 60.21 55.97 58.12 60.97 58.8 57.7 61.8

Exports

y/y % 3.3 -3.2 2.6 -4.5 -1.9 5.4 6.7 -0.1 -0.1

49.39 51.71 53.7 48.9 54.5 51.8 54.2 50.2 51.3

Imports

y/y % 4.3 5.7 9.6 2.8 9.5 3.6 16.2 7.4 1.6

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9.3 9.6 6.5 7.1 3.6 9.2 4.6 7.5 10.5

Balance

MAIN EXPORTS

November 2012 % of % change

(mln rgt) total vs year ago

Electrical & Electronic Products 18,738.3 31.9 1.1

Palm oil 5,043.3 8.6 -2.1

Liquefied natural gas 4,393.7 7.5 -7.7

Chemicals and products 3,807.1 6.5 0.9

Crude oil 2,741.3 4.7 -2.8

Refined petroleum products 4,144.0 7.1 32.8

Machinery 1,939.1 3.3 2.1

Rubber products 1,648.6 2.8 10.2

EXPORT MARKETS

(mln rgt) % of total % yr/yr

China 7,729.9 13.2 5.4

Singapore 7,348.4 12.5 1.0

Japan 6,352.2 10.8 -16.2

USA 4,961.7 8.5 11.0

Thailand 3,037.7 5.2 16.7

NOTES

*Reuters poll: Malaysia Nov exports seen rebounding while output growth slows

(Reporting by Anuradha Raghu; Editing by Siva Sithraputhran)

Keywords: MALAYSIA ECONOMY/TRADE

(anuradha.raghu@thomsonreuters.com)(+603 2333 8040)(Reuters Messaging:)(anuradha.raghu.thomsonreuters.com@thomsonreuters.net)

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