Malaysia Official Title: Malaysia General Information:

Capital Population (million) 32n./3a85 Total Area 329,750 km² Currency 1 CAN$=3.1586 Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) (2018 - Annual average) National Holiday Independence Day, 31 August (1957) Language(s) Malay (Bahasa Malaysia), English, Hokkien, Cantonese, Tamil

Political Information: Type of State Federation Type of Government Constitutional Monarchy, Parliamentary Democracy. Bilateral Product trade Canada - Malaysia 5000

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l Can. HM Al-Sultan Abdullah VI Agong XVI (King) PM i 0 Imports M -1000 Total Trade -2000 Ministers: Foreign Affairs: Dato' -3000 International Trade & Industry: Y.B Ignatius Darell Leiking 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Statistics Canada

Main Political Parties Canadian Imports Ruling Coalition: The Alliance of Hope (Malay: ) from: Malaysia Opposition parties: Islamic Party of Malaysia, (led by the United Malays National Organisation and including the Malaysian Chinese Association, the Malaysian Indian M ach. M ech. Elec. Prod . Congress and Gerakan). Specialized Inst .

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Fat s, Oils & W axes Elections: Hne/lad at least once every five years. Last: May 9th 2018. 2019 Prod . Statistics Canada Economic Information: (2018) IMF Malaysia Canada Canadian Exports GDP: (billion) $460n.1/a9 $2,222.58 to: Malaysia GDP per capita: $14,210n.0/a6 $60,078.85 C hemical Pro d . GDP Growth rate: (%) 4.n7/a2 1.83 Inflation: (%) 0.n9/a7 2.24 V eg. Pro d . Unemployment: (%) 3.n3/a3 5.83 M ach. M ech. Elec. Pro d. Product Trade and Investment: (2019) Statistics Canada B ase M et al Pro d . Canadian Exports: $802,876,7n7/a7 F at s, Oils & W axes Pro d. Canadian Imports: $2,847,246,3n7/a4 Plast ics, R ub b er 2019 Pro d. Foreign Direct Investment in Canada (2018) $2n4/a1 (million) Statistics Canada Canadian Direct Investment to country (2018) $9n1/a8 (million) Sources: Representation: Statistics/Industry Canada http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home Foreign Representation in Canada IMF High Commissioner Noraini Binti Abd Hamid http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28 Canadian Representation Abroad High Commissioner Julia Bentley

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