Malaysia is a multi-ethnic, multicultural country located in Southeast Asia with a population of over 28 million. It has a constitutional monarchy and the official religion is Islam. The economy relies heavily on exports of oil, gas, palm oil and electronics. The legal system is based on British common law with federal and state laws. International trade is important, with the US, Japan, China and others as major trading partners. The textiles and apparel industry produces fibers, fabrics and clothing, mainly for export, though production declined in 2008 due to the US recession.

1. MALAY JEAN INC.
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2. ABOUT MALAYSIA
 Located 9374.86 miles across the Pacific Ocean from the United States
 Malaysia’s current population is over 28,700,00
 The official religion is Islam
 Life expectancy at birth is 73, with the median age of 26 years old as of 2011
 Official language spoken is Bahasa Malaysia, and the secondary languages
spoken are English and Chinese.
 Malaysia is newly industrialized, which puts the nation in between developing
and developed status.

3. POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
 Constitutional monarchy consisting of a Parliament with two
houses headed by a prime minister, sultans, and a king who acts as
chief of state.
 Legislative power is divided between:
• Federal and State legislature:
• A lower house, the House of Representatives, and the upper house, the
Senate.

4. CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
 Malaysia is a multi–ethnic, multicultural, and multilingual society.
• Separate cultural identities.
 Art and music
 1917 National Culture Policy
• Policy made it so that only Malay texts are considered official cultural
documents.
 Strong government control
 Family is important

5. ECONOMIC ENVIORNMENT
 One of the best economic records in Asia
• 2010, the GDP was $414,400 billion
• 29th largest economy in the world
• Government has pushed to increase tourism
• Negative Effects?
 Exports
• oil and gas, rubber and tin, palm oil, crude petroleum and petroleum
products, electronics, textiles, and timber.
 One of the highest standards of living in Southeast Asia
 Major trading partners:
• the United States, Singapore, Japan, and China.

6. LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
 Law based on other jurisdictions
• Federal and State laws
• Written and Unwritten laws
 Criminal Procedure Code and Contracts Act
 Malaysian land law is based on the Australian Torrens system.
 The Federal Constitution provides the supreme law of the land.
• Laws, legislation, courts, and other administrative aspects of the law
• Defines the government and monarch, and their powers, as well as the
rights of the citizens

7. TRADE ENVIRONMENT
 Malaysia growth through international trade.
• Stabilizing trade policy with other countries to create a more liberal and fair global trade
environment
• Trade arrangements such as free trade agreements
• Create quicker and higher levels of liberalization for effective market access between the participating
countries.
• Topic Malaysia needs to address:
• Tariffs and non-tariff measures
• Taxes
• Facilitation and promotion amongst trade, economic expansion, and financing
• Try to increase their efforts of becoming a more developed country with the help of
enhancing the competiveness
• The four bilateral federal trade agreements that
Malaysia has are with Japan, Pakistan, New Zealand,
and Chile.

8. TEXTILE AND APPAREL
INDUSTRY
 Began primarily in the 1970s
 Known for producing and exporting high end products
 Malaysian-produced goods include fibers
• man-made and natural-fiber yarns
• woven cotton and man-made-fiber fabrics
• knitted and crocheted fabrics
• tulles, lace, ribbons, trimmings, and embroidery
• special yarns, textile fabrics, and related products
 Malaysia behind China, India, and Vietnam when it comes to cheap labor
• Still ideal location for U.S., as well as other foreign, companies looking for a highly skilled, educated workforce and a
government supportive of foreign investment.
 The United States stands as the top export destination for Malaysian goods.
 In 2008, the production index of the textiles segment increased by 8.6% to 102.8 from 94.7 in 2007
 While the production of the apparel segment decreased by 9.5% to 102.5 from 113.3
• decline in man-made fiber spinning and the weaving of textiles
• decline due to United States’ economic recession