Malaysia: Food Processing Ingredients Annual

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Malaysia's food processing sector continues to be an attractive destination for U.S. food ingredients. Food and beverage manufacturing remain priority areas of economic growth for Malaysia and have boasted solid performance in the past several years. Though Malaysia depends on imported raw materials to sustain the food manufacturing sector, Malaysia has continued to grow its exports of processed foods to the region and beyond.

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