MALAYSIA BIGGEST EXPORTER TO WEST SUMATRA

Padang, W Sumatra, Dec 6 (ANTARA) - The import data showed that Malaysia was the biggest supplier of goods to West Sumatra in October, 2009, contributing US$806.2 thousand to the province's total imports, a local official said.

"The second biggest supplier is Thailand whose exports reached US$558.0 thousand followed by Singapore US$400.9 thousand," Head of the local office of the Central Board of Statistics (BPS) Muchsin Ayub said here on Sunday.

West Sumatra's imports of these countries included machinery/mechanical products, salt, rubber, rubber-based products, iron-based goods, steel, electric machine tools, suphur, lime and other kinds of commodities.