The commissioner of trade from External Trade Development Corporation in the country of Malaysia was in Belize for the yesterday and most of today.
He is on a diplomatic mission to increase trade between his country and Belize. He stopped in at 7News yesterday to speak with us about his intentions while in Belize. According to him, his country wants to increase its annual exports to Belize from the minimal 0.21% that it currently holds.
Here's how he explained it.
Remee Yaakub - Malaysia External Development Corporation
"As the initial promotion agency of Belize, we are actually looking to explore the possibility of enhancing the trade between Malaysia and Belize."
Daniel Ortiz
"Why is this important?"
Remee Yaakub
"It is important because for us we are always looking, even how small the country is, we tried to look to diversify the market for the Belizean product and services. So it is very important for us to look into opportunities, not only being offered by the big countries but also to the smaller market such as in Belize. We have established an office in Mexico City to cover for Mexico and Central America since 2006 and it has been a government policy for the last two; always continue to look into new market - to look into diversifying our export to as many countries as possible. For example last year, Belize has establish great linkages with 236 countries around the globe."
The Malaysian Trade Commissioner left today.
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