Data Reference: Malaysia 2007 was received on 31 March 2008; published on 8 April 2008

Following your question about iron/non-alloy steel. We got the reply from Malaysian Department of Statistics. (see email below / attachment).

The data provided to us was provisional and it seems there is a mistake in the quantity of iron/non-alloy steel. We have asked them for the revised data.

Answer from Data Provider (Departement of Statistics, Malaysia)

Attached is the data compiled by DOSM for 2007(PROVISIONAL)

We have check our data and the range of such commodity is from

RM1,700-6,900 or USD 515-2,090 per tonne depending on country of Origin

dan Destination.

Furthermore the data in Comtrade are provisional status which are

details not fully validated 100%. Only selected codes were validated

such as major commodities i.e:  Petroleum, Crude Palm Oil and Cocoa

Beans.

I hope this will answer your queries and for any further clarification,

please do not hesitate to contact me.