KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's trade surged 9.2 percent year-on-year to a new high of 2.9 trillion ringgit (696 billion U.S. dollars) in 2024, official data showed Tuesday.

The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement on Monday that the mining sector significantly declined by 13.7 percent, followed by manufacturing (-3.4 percent) and electricity and ...