The impact of Malaysia trade (import & export) towards economic growth from year 1991 to 2006 / Sharifah Nurul Aqmar Syed Nasir

This project paper is done for student to learn and experience the process of developing a research. For this research, the purpose is to investigate Malaysia trade balance from year 1991 to 2006 and searching the factors that influences Malaysia import export. By knowing Malaysia performance and the factors, it might lead towards Malaysia economic growth. Instead of that, this research is also to investigate the correlation between economy growth with import and export and the effects if import is more than export. The research objective for this project paper are to know the performance of Malaysia Trade Balance, to examine any association and correlation between economy growth with import and export of Malaysia, to investigate the factors influence Malaysia import and export, to know the effect on the economy growth if import more than export and to suggest and make recommendation to solve the problem mention in research question. In research methodology, it more focus on how this research data been collected. For this research, secondary data had been use. Some of the data and information had been searching through internet, newspaper and books. Therefore, the data need to be gathered and analyze. As a result, in data analysis shows there are close relationship between all the variables. a also specifies Malaysia performance in the trade balance. Currently, Malaysia has positive trade balance. ether than that, in theoretical framework line independent variables are the factors that influence import and export which are political environment, exchange rate of currency, barriers if trade, natural resources, technology advancement and natural disaster. Dependent variables are the Malaysia economy growth.